How To Buy The Best Slimming Tablets
If you are currently browsing the internet looking for a slimming tablet or weight loss supplement the most important thing to remember is that the companies that produce the products have a duty to make their product look as attractive and appealing as possible – they are in business to make money first and foremost, especially the over the counter market.
There are basically two distinct categories of slimming pill – ones that are available via prescription …from your doctor or GP and those that can be bought on the high street or from the web.
Prescription slimming pills are usually pharmaceutically produced drugs and not available to buy or simply on request – you cannot walk into your GP’s office and ask – mainly because it doesn’t work that way and secondly because there has to be specific reason …. you have to be what is considered to be extremely overweight or obese.
There is not a exact science to identifying if you are extremely over weight or obese – but there is a rough tool that you can use called the Body Mass Index calculator – if your Body Mass Index or BMI is around the 30 mark or over you should really start reducing this sooner rather than later.
Latest Additions To the Over the Counter Market
Alli – the hugely publicised fat blocker based on Xenical. Contains the active ingredient Orlistat that stop a percentage of dietary fat from being digested.
Alli is available in most high street stockists but certian restrictions apply. More about Alli
Appesat – dubbed the seaweed slimming pill. A bioginate complex produced from natural substances that directly competes with hoodia.
Appesat is an appetite suppressant that works by creating a feeling of fullness. More about Appesat
So… if you do think you are obese or bordering on obesity your first course of action is to visit your GP – express your concerns and depending on your GP stance towards slimming tablets you may be lucky – but do be warned that any weight loss medication prescribed by your doctor is technically a drug and so does not come with some kind of a risk from a side effect. Your GP will no doubt highlight any potential risks.
This is why is very important to only take prescription slimming tablets under the supervision of your GP – do not be tempted to buy anything that is prescription only from the web as you may be putting yourself at risk – plus there is high chance you may be buying something that is counterfeit and completely useless.
The second major category is the non prescription slimming pill – or slimming pills that can bought over the counter or via the web – this is the market where the dreaded hype often comes into play.
If this is your first experience of research into slimming pills – the biggest piece of advice I can give is not to believe everything you read on the manufacturers product site. Slimming products that are freely available to buy are usually based around herbal and natural substances – there are very few rules governing what manufacturers can and cannot say – and the rules and regulations that do exist are rather blurry.
So – if you are in position where, for whatever reason the prescription route is one that is not open to you – you will have to buy a natural slimming product.
Nowadays there are hundreds of different brands from all over the world – the internet has made the health market and particular the weight loss market easily accessible.
The herbal weight loss market, just like any other industry is blessed with premier and superior products and cursed with dubious and inferior ones.
There isn’t really a best slimming pill – there are several available to purchase that have all the necessary accreditation and have undergone clinical trials – but one of the the most important factors to consider before buying any diet product from the web is – can I contact them. Product sites that supply just an email address obviously do not want to be contacted.
So, no matter how appealing the product seems always look for telephone number – if a company offers a legitimate product they will take orders by the telephone and equally answer any customer service issue by telephone. If you cannot find a telephone number on the product site then they have something to hide.
Recommended Slimming Products
Xenical – possibly the most effective prescription only slimming pill. Xenical is pharmaceutically produced and only availble by GP administration.
Xenical is the brand name for the active ingredient Orlistat and can block a percentage of fat from the food you consume. It is strong slimming drug and not without side effects. More about Xenical
Unique Hoodia – a natural appetite suppressant using only raw Hoodia Gordonii powder. Unique Hoodia is UK manufactured and distributed.
A majority of the Hoodia products use cheap Hoodia extract – Only raw powder has an appetite suppressing effect. More about Unique Hoodia
Proactol – a natural fat binder that is available to buy direct without the need for a prescription. Proactol voted as one of the best 5 ways to lose weight 2008.
Proactol works in a similar way to Xenical by preventing the absorption of dietary fat. More about Proactol
Lipozene has featured on numerous TV commercials mostly across the Atlantic – Reduce Body Fat seems to be the tag line which seems truthful and honest enough.
Zotrim – UK high street diet pills were recently put under the microscope by Professor Lesley Regan on BBC2′s Diet Clinic.
More recently The Daily Telegraph published an article entitled: The 5 Best Weight Loss Methods 
Hoodia is a succulent plant – a bit like a cactus – that grows wild in the Kalahari desert in South Africa and Namibia.
