Slimming Pill Checklist

There are hundreds of slimming pills, diet tablets and weight loss supplements available either via prescription or free purchase over the counter or from the web.

With an abundance of choice where do you start? This easy to navigate checklist should reduce the choice and steer you in the right direction

Are You Considerably Over Weight Or Obese?

If you have an extremely high BMI (Body Mass Index) in the mid 30’s you may be eligible for a prescription slimming pill. Prescription slimming pills are not available to buy – So do not attempt to purchase from the web.

The most likely prescribed slimming pill is Xenical. Xenical is an anti obesity fat blocking treatment (or drug) that is prescribed by GP’s the world over.

Xenical is generally accepted as being the most effective anti obesity treatment. More about Xenical

If you do not fall under the category of seriously over weight or obese it highly probable that a slimming pill via prescription will not be open to you – if you wish to use a slimming pill then you have to explore the over the counter market.

Cant Seem To Shift Excess Body Fat?

If you are convinced that you are not guilty of over indulgence but still consider yourself to be over weight a fat binder could help you lose additional body fat.

The problem facing many dieters is not the food that they eat but more a case of how their body deals with the fat content.

Fat binders can prevent a portion of fat (around 25%) of the fat from our food consumed from being absorbed by our stomachs and stops it being converted into excess or stored fat.

Two of the most popular and widely sold fat binders are Lipobind and Proactol. Read Lipobind and Proactol comparison

Do You Enjoy Food Just A Little Too Much?

If you enjoy your food and understand that the most likely cause of current weight issue is over eating or snacking then an appetite suppressant is a product you should look closely at.

Cant Resist The Temptation To Snack?

PhenQ is possibly the most effective natural appetite suppressant – it is also highly adept at both burning and blocking body fat

On average a male will consume just over 2000 calories per day with a female just under. An appetite suppressant can reduce the need or want for food and create a feeling of fullness that can last for hours.

If you wish to sample an appetite suppressant we suggest you try PhenQ

Hoodia Slimming Pills UK

If you live in the UK and wish to buy a Hoodia diet product it makes sense to buy from a UK based company.

There are two main reasons for this:

Firstly, with no disrespect to our American cousins, shipping costs and any possible customer service issues are dealt with more economically and efficiently when buying from the country in which you live.

Secondly, with a slight disrespect to the Americans, a majority of their Hoodia diet products are highly dubious and do not contain the raw powder preferring to use the cheaper, ineffective Hoodia extract.

For the uninitiated raw powder is very effective at suppressing appetite whereas Hoodia extract isnt.

USA Hoodia Slimming Pills

If you were to purchase Hoodia product fom the United States the commonly sold brands are the likes of Hoodia Balance, Hoodobo, Hoodia Desert Burn and the like.

These products are priced at around $39 – which at the present exchange rate makes them half the price of the leading UK products.

Raw Powder

The raw powder is relatively expensive to produce and can take up to 4 years from harvest to encapsulation – this is the reason why genuine Hoodia retains a premium price point.

A standard sized vegecap can hold just over 400mg of raw powder and three times as much of a less dense substance – if the hoodia you are planning to purchase contains over 500mg it is highly likely to not be raw powder.

UK Hoodia Slimming Pills

One of the most successful UK based diet producers is Unique Hoodia. Unique Hoodia supply the genuine raw powdered product and try not to deceive.

Pure Hoodia – one of the oldest Hoodia brands also based in the UK.

Unique Hoodia also supply the raw Hoodia powder encapsulating  around 460mg per capsule. More about Unique Hoodia

Slimming Pills And The Placebo Effect

For the uninitiated, a placebo is a medication that is without any trace of a compound that could treat, soothe or cure a health problem or condition.

Or to put it another way a fake or dummy medicine.

Our brain can be a complex and complicated piece of equipment and so sometimes the (unwitting) introduction of a placebo can sometimes cause an improvement in health – this is called the Placebo Effect

Placebos are commonly and regularly used in the medical and pharmaceutical industry to trial a newly created drug against a dummy drug to test its effect both physically and psychologically.

In clinic trial conditions, a drug containing nothing but a  placebo may be given to one group of patients instead of the active (or real) medicine or treatment in order to assess whether the real drug is actually effective.

Slimming And The Effect Of Placebos

In some circumstances the placebo effect has been shown to reduce symptoms better than the actual created (real) medication. Could a diet pill help you lose weight, even if they do not contain any active ingredient?

A slimmer could be given a course of slimming pills that contained no active ingredient and  could be informed that the drugs they were being administered produced a potent slimming effect – how would the results stack up against another slimmer that was given the exact same slimming pill but told they contained no active weight loss ingredients?

This sentence “In some circumstances the placebo effect has been shown to reduce symptoms better than the actual created (real) medication.” describes how the power of the mind can influence health and its ability to “cure” itself.

This also highlights the weakness of the mind  and its dependence on something for health and well being . A human being, it would seem can only heal itself if the mind is in positive mode and has some form of outside assistance allowing it to become almost passive and succumb to the effect be it is real or artificial.

Slimming Pill Placebo Effect

Slimming pills (manufacturers) that are available for purchase without the need of a prescription are guilty of utilising the placebo effect to their advantage. Marketing material is spun very positively in the media and a potential consumer is already in a positive mindset before embarking on the course.

Although the intention is not to produce a placebo, some less potent or weaker weight loss formulas rely on the “It says it works – therefore it must work” type mindset of consumers.

The bottom line is the effect that a placebo can have is relatively short lived, especially in the area of slimming . The symptoms of being over weight are physical and so after the honeymoon period as long since gone, the stark reality still exists.

The gap between the ineffective slimming pill products and the clinically proven initially can be tiny – but after a while, the desire to lose weight has to be complimented by something that actually works.

Which are the most effective slimming pills – click here