A Guide To Buying Diet Pills

The internet is a great place for information but can often produce contradicting results and at worse misleading information.

Where your health is concerned it is of paramount importance to understand exactly what you are buying and what it is you are about to introduce into your system.

The weight loss and in particular, the diet pill industry are prone to exaggeration, untruths and at times complete fabrication.

The ultimate driver for the manufacturers of diet pills is profit. Billions of dollars are at stake each year with each manufacturer fighting for market share.

Diet pills that are freely available to buy over the counter or from the internet are not governed as strictly as prescription only diet pills and so advertisers have a virtual carte blanche to market without  firm guidelines.

An alarmingly high proportion of commercial diet pills have no medical backing and have undertaken no clinical trials to validate the claims made on their official websites.

On occasions manufacturers over step the mark quite considerably and are dealt with by the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration.) In the time it takes for a resulting court ruling, hundreds of thousands of units have been sold to unwitting consumers.

Prescription Diet Pills

If you have an alarmingly high body mass index you may be eligible for a prescription diet pill. This route is not open to everyone and at the discretion of a GP or Doctor.

Prescription only diet pills are usually strong and classed as drugs and so the most likely to cause side effects ranging from the minor irritant to the severe.

It is highly advised to NOT attempt to purchase a diet pill that is meant to be prescription only.

Some of the most common products include: The following cannot be purchased legally in many countries.

Xenical - a fat blocker that can prevent a percentage of dietary fat from being absorbed. Xenical is the diet pill most likely to be prescribed. More about Xenical

Meridia - an appetite suppressant that uses the active ingredient Sibutramine. Sibutramine can cause more problems than it solves. Prone to sever side effects.

Reductil - another Sibutramine derivative that suppresses appetite by interfering with chemical in the brain

Acomplia - the brand name of Rimonabant - recently removed from the market amid fears of potentially fatal side effects

Phentermine - available generically and also under the brand names Fastin and Adipex. Suppresess appetite and also can cause a wide reange of side effects.

Non Prescription Diet Pills

The non prescription diet pill market also known as the over the counter market has hundreds if not thousands of products offering everything from the sublime to the ridiculous.

It is here that the consumer relies on what they read or recommendations.

Buying a diet pill from the non prescription marketplace can be gamble.

There are 3 distinct categories of diet pills offering varying degrees of success.

1. Fat Burners

Fat Burners - fat burners are not available via prescription and are the least likely to contribute to your weight loss success. Fat burners do not burn fat. It  is your mobility that burns fat. Fat burners can, in some cases, provide additional energy creating mobility.

This type of diet pill is most likely to cause side effects such as restlessness, insomnia, the jitters, mood swings, palpitations and headaches.

If you are an athlete, sportsperson or lead a very active lifestyle - a fat burner can provide additional energy.

If your intention is lose weight do not buy a fat burner.

2. Appetite Suppressants

Appetite Suppressants - suppressing appetite is the most effective weight loss technique. Reducing the quantity of food consumed will result in natural, manageable and healthy weight control and permenant weight loss.

Reducing calorific intake gradually over time is a scientific, research driven method that forms the basis of most effective diet plans and weight loss programs.

The less food you eat, the less body fat you will produce - period.

Will power, or lack of it is the most probable reason why a diet may fail. Diet pills that produce an appetite suppressing effect provide the will power.

Hoodia Gordonii is the most commonly used, most effective and yet most maligned genus of diet pill in the history of the over the counter diet. It is estimated that 80% of Hoodia Gordonii based diet pills are either fake or synthically produced.

Negatives aside - Hoodia will provide you with an outstanding chance of weight loss success if an authentic and genuine brand is purchased. More Hoodia Gordonii

3. Fat Stoppers

Fat Stoppers - fat blockers and fat binders are the third distinct type of diet pill - fat blockers are regularly prescribed by GP’s and doctors for morbidly obese patients - fat blockers prevent fat from being absorbed. The unabsorbed fat can then pass through the body and leave via bowel movements.

Fat blockers can be prone to producing an unpleasant side effect as better described by reading the Alli Review - a commercial diet pill that has been granted FDA approval but can create its own little problem

Fat binders are equally as effective as their fat blocking cousins without the embarrassing anal leakage issue - fat binders "bind" with fat rather than just prevent the digestion.