Former contestants on The Biggest Loser reveal their trainers gave them Adderall and Ephedra pills.
Lezlye Donahue was a contestant on The Biggest Loser and the Hurricane Katrina survivor has revealed that the reality show was worse than the Hurricane that destroyed her home. According to NYPost, the former contestant accused that the reality show for drugging them so they would lose weight.
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“People were passing out in Dr. H's office at the finale weigh-in,” says Season 2's Suzanne Mendonca. “On my season, five people had to be rushed to the hospital. He knew exactly what we were doing and never tried to stop it.”
Many contestants return with grave medical issues they had never suffered before.
“That show is so corrupt,” a source close to production says.
A source close to the NYpost revealed that the show's trainer would provide the contestants with Adderall and ephedra.
This source confirms that show trainer Bob Harper and one of his assistants have supplied contestants with Adderall and “yellow jackets” — pills that contain ephedra extract. Ephedra is used to promote weight loss and boost energy, and was banned by the FDA in 2004.
“I felt jittery and hyper,” she says. “I went and told the sports medicine guy. The next day, Dr. H gave us some lame explanation of why they got added to our regimen and that it was up to us to take them . . . People chastise Bill Cosby for allegedly offering meds to women, but it's acceptable to do to fat people to make them lose weight. I feel like we got raped, too.”
This news comes after a study found that contestants of The Biggest Loser, would regain massive amounts of weight after appearing on the show. The federally funded study, conducted by Dr. Kevin Hall at the National Institutes of Health and published two weeks ago, says changing metabolic rates, hormone levels, and genetic predispositions explain post-show weight gain.
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Via NYPost
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