The sad things about most diet pills is that they just about all come with some sort of unsavory side effect.  Especially the heavy hitters, the ones you have to go to a doc to get the prescription for. It seems that almost every big weightloss drug that’s been put on the market is either found to have serious side effects and taken off the market later, or is forced to put huge warnings on the product.

Heck, look at Alli (orlistat), the nonprescription sister of the prescription weightloss drug Xenical.  This one is notorious because of its potentially embarrassing and very uncomfortable side effect. It is known for producing water stool and diarrhea when too much fat is taken in.

People have literally gone in their pants with this stuff and had leakage, so that’s pretty unsavory and has prevented a lot of people from staying on it very long.  Then there are the heavy hitters like Meridia which I believe was finally taken off the market because of potential heart problems.

And who can forget the Phen Fen disaster? People actually lost their lives due to this lethal combination of prescription diet drugs. Heart problems were also associated with the drug, which is a shame because it was actually effective for weight loss. There are of course herbal phentermine options available and the one part of the drug, phentermine I believe is still available on the market for prescription use.

Then you have some problems even with the OTC stuff or stuff you can buy on the internet that’s herbal or all natural. First off, there have been a couple of scandals about “herbal” products actually containing potentially dangerous and interactive prescription drugs.

Second off, there have been scandals about some of the herbs and ingredients themselves. Consider the ephedrine ban. Ephedrine was linked to heart issues such as rapid heartbeat, arrhythmia and other problems associated with the fact that it tended to make the heart beat too fast.

Of course, this is the same reason it kept the appetite down, because it had you on “speed” motion all day long!  I know a lot of the herbal diet pills out there now give me that “shaky” feeling, like I’m going to pass out, or like I just can’t calm down.

Some of them even have made me feel sick, like I’m going to throw up. Sure, they’ve killed my appetite, but at what cost? Making me feel like crap all day?  These are all reasons that I’ve consistently turned to non-stimulant diet aids like carb cutters and hoodia appetite suppressants. They help me to get that extra “willpower” to not eat so much without making me a nervous, jittery mess!

Lots of people, in fact more than you would think, absolutely despise swallowing pills. No matter what the size, although of course the larger the pill the harder it is to swallow for most, some people’s gag reflexes are just always on, and trying to swallow  a hard object is just against their nature.

I don’t mind taking pills, but I do mind taking the larger ones that seem to get caught in your throat and never go down until they dissolve. If you hate taking pills, and you want a diet aid to help you lose the weight you’re trying to take off, then there is another excellent option for you.

It’s the diet patch.  These appetite suppressant patches have grown immensely in popularity. Much like the nicotine patch that people use to help them quit smoking, the diet patch works the exact same way, except it releases ingredients into the blood stream which may help the body to reduce its appetite, or help it to burn fat, whatever that particular formula may purport to do.

No matter what the formulation, the way a diet patch works is pretty simple. It is attached to the skin in an inconspicuous area. Here, it releases ingredients all day long in a sort of time released fashion,which help to control the appetite, burn fat and raise the metabolism, if that is what its purpose is.

Lots of people prefer this method over the pill, because it has several key advantages over popping a pill.

Here are the advantages of a diet patch over a diet pill:

1.)  Time release. This is a pretty integral part of success in dieting. If you buy a product that is not time released, and have to depend on remembering to take more pills precisely when the effects wear out, then you are increasing the odds of failure.

2.)  No pills to take.  No remembering when to take more.  Most pills are not time released, but if they are, then that’s great!

3.)  You are getting a more steady dose, and you are also getting the benefit of having it be effective more quickly, rather than having to go through the entire digestive process to hit the blood stream.

Weight loss diet patches can definitely be a great part of any successful diet regimen.

You may have heard about the HCG diet, which has been advertised fairly widely by now.  I first found out about it while perusing the diet aids and weight loss pills on Amazon, where I stumbled across it while doing some research on another diet pill.

The whole idea for the homeopathic style of the HCG diet, which contends that it mimics the real HCG diet which was developed by a Doctor on Indian boys who were obese, is that it mimics a pregnancy hormone in the body which stimulates the hypothalamus, which controls hunger and how food is utilized, to keep caloric intake for energy and for the baby instead of storing it as far.

The discovery by the Doctor in India was that he noticed most Indian women would stay incredibly thin while pregnant, since they were very active and still ate a fairly restrictive diet, but they would give birth to totally normal birth weight babies.

Upon more research, he found that this pregnancy hormone, called Human Chorionic Gonadatropin, when injected into young Indian boys who had a problem with obesity, would help them to return to a normal and stabilized weight, essentially curing them of their obesity.

He then contended that this hormone helped them to normalize their eating habits by reducing their appetite because of its somewhat mysterious action on the hypothalamus, which controls hunger and appetite among other things.

Well, the product that is out there now is a homeopathic remedy that is supposed to mimic the effect of HCG on the body and the brain, and assist people in losing weight over time. 

The fact that the homeopathic remedy mimics this hormone though, is questionable by some, claiming that you cannot mimic the hormone’s gut busting effects via a homeopathic remedy.

Some say that this effect can only be achieved by actual shots of the hormone into the body, which of course if a hard thing to come by. If you have been on the commercial form of the homeopathic version of HCG, and had any experience with it, please feel free to comment here. 

We’d love to hear your story!  I’ve seen mixed reviews thus far on the supplement for weight loss, so I must admit my curiosity is piqued!

You work hard for your money. So, when you’re embarking on a weight loss strategy to take off those few extra pounds, or if you’ve struggled with obesity or weight issues for much of your life, no one blames you if you hate squandering your money on diet pills that don’t work for you.

Most of us tend to know which categories of diet pills work for us. We’ve usually had some sort of experience in each realm, if we’ve ever dabbled in using supplements to help us reach our goals. For me personally, the most effective diet pill is one that suppresses my appetite.

My appetite is really what gets me in trouble, and portion control, so in order to help me be satisfied by smaller portions and smaller amounts of food throughout the day, I really need a good appetite suppressant diet pill in my corner.

Some people may find that appetite suppression is not the way for them. They may find that other products that help to block fat or carbs, or in some other way change your body’s metabolism of certain types of foods that are their weakness work best to aid them in their weight loss efforts. That’s why we put together this new page on the most effective diet pills.

We provide an overview of a few different types of diet pills, in various categories, so that you can make a choice that seems to fit your body and your preferences as a dieter.

This way, you can see which ones tend to be at the top of their respective fields, with the most clinically proven ingredients to get you where you want to be on that bathroom scale that seems to be the bain of your existence when things aren’t going your way.

So, take a look and see what you can find to help you get your weight loss efforts jump started in this new year at our new Effective Diet Pills page.

I use chewing gum all the time to distract myself from eating. The reason is, chewing gum helps me get that part of eating out of the way that’s so hard for so many people to control which is this sort of “oral fixation” to be chewing on something. It’s almost like a pastime, chewing is.  I suppose that chewing is soothing somehow, it occupies the mind and the stomach, at least for a bit, and it doesn’t hurt your concentration, in fact, the really silly part is that half the reason I chew gum is so that I can concentrate better!

It’s as if they rhythm and momentum of my chewing gum helps me to make my thoughts and focus more rhythmic. Sounds crazy, but this is why I’m truly a chewing gum addict -especially at work. But I do always chew sugar free gum. I find that it stays soft much longer, whereas the sugary stuff gets stiff and has to be thrown away sooner. Plus sugar free is better for your teeth and gums instead of pounding sugar into it over and over and over.

And what of these appetite suppressing gums that use hoodia to help suppress hunger?  They’re great!  Not only do you get to enjoy the focus-intensive side benefits of chewing gum, but you also get the benefit of a slowly and evenly released dose of hoodia, which is a powerful natural appetite suppressant that helps you to avoid food and minimize your portions.

It can be extremely helpful to losing weight if you’re looking to lose some pounds, or it can also be helpful if you’ve already lost weight and are looking to maintain your svelte figure, and you don’t want to start over doing it on the sweets, salty fatty foods and other diet temptations that hoodia gums can help to ward off.

I like the fact that it’s portable as well, you don’t have to carry around a big bottle of diet pills and have this awkward sort of pause in your day where you have to get your pills out, instead you just pop a piece of gum out and no one even knows that you’re dieting.