With the New Year having arrived, people have started thinking about resolutions and weight loss is one of the most common. These are some popular diet pills, which (supposedly) provide easy, fast, and guaranteed weight loss. If you are interested in chemical free approaches to weight loss, check out the Top 10 Natural Weightloss Aids.
10. Hoodia
Hoodia Gordonii is marketed as an appetite suppressant. It is supposed to simply make the user “not hungry.” In theory, if you had enough Hoodia in your system you could go for days without eating. There is no published scientific evidence that Hoodia works as an appetite suppressant in humans. The safety and/or effectiveness of Hoodia Gordonii as a dietary supplement must thus be considered as unsubstantiated.
9. Hydroxycut
Hydroxycut is marketed as a metabolism booster and appetite suppressant. Early on, Hydroxycut was extremely popular due to ephedra in the product. Since the ban of ephedra in the U.S. the popularity of Hydroxycut has dropped dramatically. Though still claiming to be “clinically proven” to be a “fat Burner” there is no actual clinical study to support this fact.
8. TrimSpa
TrimSpa is marketed as an appetite suppressant. TrimSpa formerly contained ephedra until that ingredient was banned in the U.S. The new TrimSpa formula X32 contains no ephedra. Its active ingredient is Hoodia gordonii, along with the stimulants caffeine and theobromine. Interestingly enough, TrimSpa’s spokesperson, Anna Nicole Smith, died with much controversy as to the cause.
7. CortiSlim / Relacore
Cortislim and Relacore are not actually marked as “weight loss pills.” The main thing these dietary supplements do is reduce “cortisol,” often referred to as the “stress hormone.” The theory behind Cortislim and Relacore is that stress creates “belly fat” and by reducing stress you can reduce fat. To achieve this stress reduction the pills claim to reduce cortisol levels.
6. Stacker 2
Stacker 2 is unique on this list in that it is marketed solely as a metabolism booster. The original Stacker 2 was based on the common stack known to many athletes and body builders of Aspirin (white willow bark), ephedrine (ma huang), and caffeine. These three components together create thermogenesis in the body, which speeds up metabolism and therefore burns calories at a higher rate. Since the ban of ephedra Stacker 2 has added other stimulant ingredients as substitutes.
5. Propolene
Of all the items on the list, Propolene is perhaps the most credible. The main active ingredient in Propolene is glucomannan, a water-soluble polysaccharide composing 40% by dry weight of the roots or corm of the konjac plant. In a nutshell, it absorbs water to form a gel-like mass. This makes you feel full without actually eating. In obese patients, taking 1 gram of glucomannan with 8 ounces of water 1 hour before each of 3 meals daily over 8 weeks resulted in an average weight loss of 5.5 pounds. This product also boasts a clinical study published on a government website.
4. Alli / Xenical / Orlistat
Alli started out as the prescription drug Xenical. It is marketed as a fat burner though this is not precisely what it does. Its primary function is preventing the absorption of fats from the human diet, thereby reducing caloric intake. It also comes with a reduced calorie, low-fat diet. The major drawback of this pill is the “treatment effects.” Basically, if you don’t follow the diet, all that excess fat comes out the other end; uncontrollably. It’s suggested that you wear dark pants when first starting out and don’t go anywhere public for a couple days. It should also be noted that Alli is the only product, which is FDA, approved as a weight loss product, though the FDA regulates all dietary supplements.
3. Leptoprin / Leptopril / Formula 9
Leptoprin is marketed specifically towards people who are “significantly overweight.” Leptopril is the exact same formula and is marketed by the same company as a generic. Although much the same as many diet pills, it is most known for costing a whopping $153 per month. Originally, the product was called Anorex and the formula was based on the ECA Stack (see number 6 on this list), with an almost identical ingredients list. After the ban of ephedra, the name was changed to Leptoprin and the formula was changed (still containing almost exactly the same ingredients as Stacker 2). Then in 2007, the formula was changed once more as the parent company of “A. G. Waterhouse” and “Generix Labs” discontinued a failing product known as “Formula 9.” The current formula of Leptoprin/Leptopril is the same as Formula 9. As a fun side fact, a short while after the new formula went into effect you could actually get Leptoprin/Leptopril with “Formula 9” stamped on the capsules.
2. Zantrex-3
Zantrex-3 is marketed toward people under 30 as an energy boosting, fat burning diet pill. The ingredients of Zantrex contain about three types of caffeine with a whopping estimated total of 300 mg per serving. That’s about the equivalent of 3-4 cups of coffee. This is the cause of the majority of the side effects associated with Zantrex. It’s effectiveness as a diet pill though comes into question due to the company’s official stance that Zantrex-3 is designed specifically for people who only want to lose 5-10 lbs. As a fun side fact, Dustin Diamond claimed to have used Zantrex-3 and lost 13 lbs. in 2 weeks, while he was on the VH1 television show “Celebrity Fit Club.”
1. Estrin-D / Akavar 20/50
Estrin-D is marketed as the first diet pill designed specifically for premenopausal and menopausal women. Akavar 20/50 is marketed as “the fastest, easiest weight loss ever” and also boasts the claim “eat all you want and still loose weight.” You might be wondering why they are in the same listing. Well, get this; they are the exact same product. That’s right. They both contain the exact same list of ingredients save one. It should be noted that when Akavar was released in March 2007 it contained exactly the same ingredients as Estrin-D. However, due to a phenomenal marketing campaign the company soon sold out of Akavar containing DHEA (the differing ingredient). Thus, by the beginning of May 2007 Akavar was being manufactured without DHEA and is therefore technically different from Estrin-D. The product claims to work through “automatic calorie restriction” aka you feel full faster. The company will also claim that preliminary studies show an affect on ghrelin, the “hunger hormone.”
Honorable Mention: These products didn’t make the list due to the fact they are not pills. L. A. Weight Loss, Nutrisystem, Enviga Tea.
Afterword: Neither the contributor nor the List Universe endorse any of these products and would suggest that if you decide to try any of them do so only after checking the guarantee and under medical supervision. In the world of miracle pills, take nothing at face value. I feel that I should also mention that Relacore, the same company makes all Leptoprin/Leptopril/Formula 9, Zantrex-3, and Estrin-D/Akavar 20/50.
Notable Omission: Phentermine / Duromine
Contributor: Mystern
Not Advise to buy the diet pills contain ephedrine
I go to the gym 3 times a week and mountain bike at least once a week. I also diet and eat right, no sugar low carb. I have 10 more pounds I just can’t get ride of, I’m looking for the little extra boost.
rob: Much as you may hate to hear it, I’m by no means a professional and my best advice to you is to consult a professional. From what I do know (keep in mind this is purely opinion), I’d suggest perhaps changing up your routine. Try going to the gym 4 times a week for a couple weeks and try lower weights, and more reps. See what happens and let me know.
The problem with the “eat less, exercise more” prescription is that it is very very easy to eat an extra 500, 1000, or even 2500 calories per day, but very very hard to eat 500 less or burn 500 with exercise. And if you are conscientious for a week and then somehow get tempted to eat an extra 3000 calories over the weekend, you are back at square one. Or worse.
I come from a family that has weight problems. My mother kept her weight pretty much ideal her whole life by keeping track of calorie content every meal and snack she ate and walking or biking every day. I’m not saying she never over-indulged. But she knew what she was eating. She was a little crazy, yes? But she died very old, and of Alzheimer’s not heart disease or type 2 diabetes.
It’s hard to do this. But it’s very enlightening. It helps you discover that your favorite restaurant or your best friend is pushing stuff you don’t actually enjoy enough to die for, and that maybe the second (or even the first) dessert is counterproductive. She ate everything she wanted. She just counted it. If she wanted pecan pie, she had it — either rarely or in a very small portion or by omitting the rest of lunch.
Personally, I’ve had a very good experience with hypnosis. I lost 30 pounds and kept them off for five years. The guy’s name is Don Mannarino. He has a CD he sells over the internet, but my personal success with him was a $50 group session at a local high school in Ohio.
I still count calories. It makes me think twice about the mindless potato-chip, bread basket, cookie, and fruit punch dipping.
Overweight people are not stupid or lazy. They are just victims of a society that has far too few sidewalks, far too much stuff to do tied to a desk before the day is over, and far too many junk food aisles in the grocery store.
Love riding bikes. Don’t have one though. Can’t get it home. Won’t fit in my car.
Vera Lynn: I just stick it in my trunk and have it sticking halfway out of my car.
All of you don’t have a life, to just sit on your computer and respond to all this bull. You should all get off your ass and workout period.
XENICAL = BEST
hi,someone can tell me which pills is the best upwards.
^^Haha. Sorry I have no clue
CANDY says XENICAL is the best. Does that help?
Ruby: If there’s one thing I’d like you to take from this list it would be that there is no diet pill/plan that is right for everyone. You should consult your doctor before trying any of these.
Diet Pills are strictly placebos and nothing more.
Hit the gymnasium, eat right and do lots of push aways…
Set realistic weight loss goals and make damn sure you achieve them…
Weight loss of a permanent nature can be achieved like this…
I learned this the hard way, only recently, at the advanced age of 45…
i would say if your truly thinking about taking diet pills see how bad the caffeine will effect you first…. drink a lot of coffee…. i mean if your willing to risk hurting yourself just to be thinner (even after hearing of people having heart attacks after taking that crap) you will probably do any stupid thing anyone says…
If you are saying you want to take this crap to be “skinny” or “healthy” your not that smart. be happy with who you are stop having such a low self esteem (and if you cant get some therapy)
i have used hydroxycut and xnical myself, always lost weight whenever i did and with that i was using atkins diet,,,,i lost all my extra 60 pounds, came back to my wedding weight which was 56 kg,,,
Have used hoodia, found acai berries a bit more effective.
I’ve been using Acai Berry Supreme for a few months already, can’t say anything bad about it.
Do you think people that take Diet pills and go to the gym and eat right maybe… are losing weight from going to the gym and eating right. but they are.. telling themselves that the diet pill is actually doing the work so they keep going. like its all in their head.. a placibo almost.
It’s not that hard to lose 500 calories…all it requires is some dedication. A committed hour on a treadmill or elliptical can lose around 450 calories (especially if you aren’t holding on to the handles). If an hour on a single machine is rough, break it up half and half on two, or half hour on the treadmill, 10 minutes on a stairclimber and jog for 20, or skip the gym altogether and do outdoorsy things, and so on and so forth. For those who can physically handle it, exercise is not bad after you get over mental hangups.
The worst part of the “eat less, weigh more” approach is the guilt that comes from indulging which makes people jump off the exercise wagon. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not evil to have extra hot fudge on your ice cream AS LONG AS it’s not an hourly occurrence. Once in a while I attack a huge bag of Ruffles and sour cream. I go back to the gym feeling no more remorse for that than I would the baked fish and salad a week earlier. Food is NOT a bad thing. However, it’d be easier all around to simply put down that extra Twinkie and take the dog for a half hour walk. If twinkies will survive a nuclear holocaust, it will probably still be on the counter after you work off that first twinkie, the two ho-hos, the sno-balls, and moonpie.
But to be honest, the best diet pill in the world is a workout buddy or fitness class. Then there’s someone or something to motivate you and you don’t have to rely solely on yourself. That’s essentially what most people are looking for when they seek diet pills.
i think gabi you are one of the smartest comments on here you are completely right
A majority of the diet pills listed are guilty of producing the Placebo effect.
http://www.kentgarden.co.uk/2009/01/27/placebo-diet-pills/
When a new diet product is being clinically trialed it undergoes a double blind placebo test where the actual product is tested aginst a fake or dummy one.
Half the participants are given the product and the other half – A “sugar pill”
In a large number of cases the placebo (dummy) has proven to be just as effective as the real product.
Which begs the question – can the mind heal the body.
Interesting that Hoodia is number one and the brand specifically used to highlight this Hoodoba.
Without wishing to cast aspersions on any one particular Hoodia brand there are that many that use the raw powder rather than the cheaper extract
http://www.dietpillreviewer.co.uk/hoodia-gordonii-questions-and-answers
Amphetamines are the best way 2 lose weight! £5 a bag – gets u off ya tits ina great way an ya lose weigh FAST! I was on it one weekend and lost 6 pounds
take adderoll or a generic, so easy to find and i guarantee you will lose weight. its like being on coke but a light enough dosage u can function normally, even better then normal. very alert and produces dopamine so your super happy
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I take ephedrine and chromium nicotinate, and I have lost about 20 pounds in three months. I go to a weight loss doctor, and I’m not even considered overweight(anymore). I am about 5’2” and 125. I would like to get to 110 eventually. My doctor perscribed the ephedrine and chromium to me so I can lose weight, along with a natural thyroid supplement (since my thyroid doesnt work at all). I like that he helped me before I became obese. I think its stupid that most doctors that specialize in weight loss only help those who are highly obese. Obesity runs in my family and I think its better for the problem to be nipped in the bud. I also had to take a couple classes on healthy eating before I got my pills. He stressed PROTEIN, PROTEIN, PROTEIN! It keeps you full. Anything that will dissolve in a glass of water is probably really fattening (a doughnut, bread, sugar, etc). Eat a lot of protein in the morning and you will be full all day.
Also, I tried stackers, zantrex, hydroxycut, and relacore. None of them really worked, but stackers and zantrex make you feel like your on crack! There is so much caffiene that when i first took them I shook and had cold sweats! Definitely scary and not for me.
actually im on diet pills rite noow.. but im not happy with the results im seeing.. im not relly losing weeight… it succkss man.. why do they make diet pills if they dont work.. seriously it makes ppl soo excided about the new diet pills.. and when they try it it doesnt help and makes then feeel so bad
i neeeeed help email mee.. iam using acai berry and etreme lean ( ARE THEEEEY GOOD???)
The best diet pill should be a multivitamin. To everyone who says diet pills don’t work, they are meant to be SUPPLEMENTS to a good diet and exercise, read the bottle I guarantee it says it on there. If you want to lose weight, diet and exercise. I know that’s not what you want to hear but that’s the truth. The diet industry profits billions of dollars each year but America is still grossly overweight because we are lazy and are looking for an easy way out. Do yourself a favor and do it the right way. It’ll be better in the long run.
Hey there,
really freat post! thanks to you I’ve finally decided to give a shot to this “miraculus” fruit. Do you know where i can find free trials?
Kind regards
Sammy
I need help, i’m 11 stone and i need to lose 3 stone by december, please does anyone know any way i can do this quickly?????????
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I definitely noticed a difference in my energy level from taking the Dr Max Powers "Burn" which is from Acai Berry.
I took the burn for 2 months. I didn't have any issues, no stomach upset. You don't get any junk fillers, or anything that your body doesn't need. They are also made int he USA, and sometimes you don't know where other weight loss pills are made.
I highly recommend the product as I lost weight and had a noticeable boosted my energy levels, which made my cardio sessions doable.
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“though the FDA regulates all dietary supplements.”
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I used to work for the company that makes Relacore, Estrin-D, Strivectin, Dermalin, Leptopril/Leptoprin-SD. They have been developed by a company in Utah (Now they have several other facilities in the U.S.), and I hate to break it to you all…. The products are not what they seem. Not only did I have to be a “Dietary Technician/Beauty Technician” (Their fancy word for a phone monkey), and give advise that goes against their doctors orders (Estrin-D is supposed to be for women who are pre-post menopausal. ) but I was going though med school at the time, and hearing the symptoms the women were telling me about, and then here is Estrin D with loads of caffeine which just makes the hot flashes worse. Estrin D is supposed to also help with their menopausal symptoms.
Along with working there, and getting free food (this was nice), we also were given 2 free products a month (I loaded up on the strivectin because hey… I figured it would be good as a cooler since it has peppermint oil in it. Oh…. The peppermint oil in it is a false reactor. Meaning that when it is applied it “FEELS” like it is working).
Anyways, I worked with this company from 04-05. I ended up quitting because I couldnt take the BS anymore. I still have a ton of Strivectin too…. Along with Dermalin (supposed to rub it on target areas of fat. Got it for a friend, she didnt like how sticky it was.), and their extra strength lip plumper.
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