People who think ephedra helped them lose weight are looking to new ingredients with names like guarana, bitter orange and green tea extract to replace the soon-to-be-banned dietary supplement.

"There are a number of, quote-unquote, 'ephedra substitutes' on the market now where even less is known about potential side effects," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan cautioned in an interview last week.

The ingredient drawing the most attention is bitter orange, which McClellan says the FDA is monitoring closely because it contains synephrine, a stimulant chemically similar to ephedra.

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I am a big believer in supplements. Always have been. Including Ephedra. One of the main reasons that it's being taken off the market is those morons that take more than the required amount and those that will go out in 100 degree weather to work out. I am currently on a non-ephedra supplement and along with exercise I have lost 18 pounds. Before the supplements, I was not getting any results with diet and exercise alone. Some people they work for, some they don't.