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Diet Pills Too
Good to Be True?
Ads for diet pills are just about everywhere from TV to radio, in
magazines and newspapers and on the Internet. They entice you with
testimonials featuring amazing before and after photos and many come with
money-back guarantees. All you need do is find the latest and greatest,
hottest, weight loss product out there that really really works, right? Well,
not so fast. Get the real facts before you fall prey for slick
marketing campaigns.
Proceed with caution when selecting the right diet pills for you.
While you may actually lose weight with some diet pills
the pounds may return once you stop taking the diet product. Of more concern
is that manty diet pills have potentially dangerous side
effects. While we know that people who take prescription medications need to
check with their physicians before using any type of weight loss supplement;
many of us don't. Our recoomendation is you always check with your
physician before you take any new diet pill.
Metabolism Diet Pills,
Ephedra and Fat Burners
While the FDA banned ephedra in
December 2003 due to safety concerns linked to many adverse reports,
ephedra-like substitutes have become all the newest diet pill rage. Synephrine, a
substance made from the fruit of the citrus aurantium plant. Bitter
orange, sour orange, green orange and
zhi shi are other common names for this fruit. Synephrine acts
almost the same way as ephedra does in the body, but with potentially fewer side
effects like increased blood pressure and heart rate. Thus far, clinical studies show that synephrine may in fact help
reduce appetite and slightly increase metabolic rate, especially when combined
with other stimulants such as caffeine or white willow. Obviously, anyone who
has high blood pressure or other heart problems should not use any of these
substances.
As for banned Ephedra, compounds, including ephedrine,
norephedrine, pseudoephedrine,
methylephedrine and norpseudoephedrine,
present in ma huang and other diet aids (often in combination
with caffeine, which may exacerbate side effects) are clearly dangerous. These compounds potentially
present the same dangers as ephedra: higher blood pressure including and not
limited to heart palpitations,
insomnia, irritability, headaches, seizures, stroke, heart attack and even
death. The safest route is to avoid all products that contain any of these
substances.
Hoodia Diet
Pills
Hoodia is currently the most publicized and talked about natural weight loss
product in America . It has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, ABC, NBC Today,
BBC, CNN, in Oprah's “O” Magazine and in other major electronic and print
media….with tremendous positive reviews. With the media storm presently surrounding
hoodia, the product is in high demand. That coupled with the fact that there is
a very limited quantity of real hoodia gordonii available from South Africa, the
opportunity for counterfeit, fake and diluted hoodia products has emerged…is
even running rampant.
The surge of products declaring to have the most effective weight loss
supplement in the last decade simply can not be! Real hoodia is Rare,
Controlled and Expensive! It is literally impossible to have so much of the real
hoodia product in the market place. Amazingly, we found that as much as
50% of the hoodia products being advertised were
misleading and a substantial quantity had Little to No hoodia at all! Simply
wasting consumer's time & money!
Hoodia Diet Pills Rules of Success
Follow the 10 “educated dieter” rules of
success listed below and you will
be assured of finding a high quality product with real hoodia in it.
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Rule #1: Insure the Hoodia product you've selected has a USDA 'Protected Plant' Permit required
to import Hoodia gordonii into the USA.
Rule #2:
Insure an official Phytosanitary Permit and
CITES Certificate showing South Africa as the Country of
Origin
Rule
#3: Seek a Hoodia product with a generous,
no less than 800mg of Hoodia gordonii per pill to ensure for a larger dose (avoid product with
little to no Hoodia!).
Rule #4: Look for
a HPLTC Lab Report (ideally from *Advanced-Labs, an true
independent lab)
Rule
#5: Seek a Hoodia product with a daily dose of
2000mg+ of Hoodia gordonii and obtain a larger daily dose for your
money.
Rule #6: Avoid products claiming to
contain over 850 mg of hoodia in each pill. They are either likely making
false claims or have been dramatically diluted with fillers. The fact is that
an
average person would not be able to consume more than 850mgs of
real hoodia at any one time because the the limits to how large a pill can be
provided for human consumption.
Rule #7: Avoid clearly bogus
hoodia products
such as hoodia patches, hoodia liquids, gum, tea, coffee and shakes. They are simply a waste of
your money. Beware: our investigation revealed that it is impossible
to sqeeze in the amount of Hoodia the liquid products
claim in a 1 ounce bottle.
Rule #8: Be cautious of any products sold
at too good to be true prices. Real South African hoodia gordonii is incredibly
expensive. With a cost of up to $310 per kilo,
clearly products
sold at cheap prices cannot be the real thing.
Rule #9: Beware of spam
and other FREE TRIAL hoodia offers
blasted with email campaigns all over the
Internet. These are virtually all outright SCAMS. When you accept the "so
called" free hoodia offer, you will receive auto-ship
hoodia products on a re-current with automatic credit card charges
applied to your card monthly without your
explict authorization.
Rule #10: Select an established company
that shows verifiable credentials. The company website should have:
- a toll free number to ask questions, or place an order
- independent testing of their products for purity, contaminants, etc.
- Clearly spelled out amount of Hoodia of no less than 800mg per pill.
- a customer service phone number, not just an email address
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Special Note : Although
there are several high quality hoodia pills available that deliver positive
results, we did find that a larger 90 count 800 - 850mg per pill Hoodia product
may support improved results. The advantage of access to more
Hoodia in a 90 count 800-850 mg per pill Hoodia product is clearly
of benefit.
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TOP
20 DIET PILLS
Diet Pills Exposed Best Rated Diet Pills Review Summary (Top Diet Pills
1-5) |
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Diet Pill Product Reviewed |
Editors'
Rating |
Price
Rating |
Diet Product
Rating Summary |
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Hoodia90
Superior Hoodia
90s

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     Excellent
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$59 from 1
store
As low as $36 with special promotions 
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With excellent performance, and a robust 90 pills per bottle
along with a larger 800mg per pill of pure South African Hoodia gordonii
Hoodia 90s are truelly unique and our best rated diet pill. Superior Hoodia90 is made with an all-natural nutritional ingredient, called
Hoodia gordonii, that reportedly helps "neutralizes" the brains recptors that
control hunger. Hoodia acts on the brain to make it seem like you are fool
without any reported adverse effects.
Specs: 90 Pills per bottle, 800mg of pure Hoodia
gordonii.
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Phenhermine
Oral Appetite
Suppressant

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     Excellent
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$68 from 1
store
As low as $47 with special promotions 
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Best of class powerful oral appetite suppressant with
excellent potential for weight loss coupled with an extra large 90 pills per
bottle A truelly powerful diet pill and our best rated diet pill. New easy to
order, no rx denials, no doctor consultation required and no rx membership fees.
Immediate processing and fast shipping.
Specs: Extra large 90 Pills per bottle
count.
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HoodiaElite
no photo
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    Very Good
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$59 from 1
store
As low as $40 with special promotions 
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For the ultimate battle fo the bulge warrior, HoodiaElite
aides dieters with speed, the power, and control for dieters on the go. Like
Hoodia 90s, HoodiaElite is a pure Hoodia gordonii diet pill
product.
Specs: 60 Pills per bottle, 800mg of pure Hoodia
gordonii. |
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CarboExpel

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    Very good
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$69
from 1 store; 2 bottle trial package

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For the carb loving addict in all of us, CarboExpel is an
excellenent diet aide for the pasta trotting diner. CarboExpel is a powerful
carb netralizing diet aide that offers carb relief when it comes real world
dieting. It has the clear potential to offer solid carb specific
diet performance.
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HoodiaGordoniiPlus
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    Very good
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$69
from 1 store; 2 bottle trial package

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Though it's not an exclusive Hoodia gordonii product,
HoodiaGordoniiPlus offers a nice dose of Hoodia along with Green Tea leading to
the potential for enchanced solid performance in our diet pills ratings.
Specs: 60 Pills per Bottle, Under 600mg of Hoodia
Gordonii
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Diet Pills Exposed Best Rated Diet Pills Review Summary (Top Diet Pills
6-15)
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Diet
Pill Product Reviewed |
Editors' Rating |
Price Rating |
Diet Product Rating
Summary |
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Leptorprin

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   Good
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You may have heard seen the commercial for
Leptoprin -- "...For the millions of Americans who are significantly overweight
there is simply no longer any way to deny the genetic link to obesity. That's
why ordinary diet pills and so-called "fat magnets" (if they work at all) so
often fail to help the significantly overweight.... " |
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Leptopril

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   Good
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Marketed as "Finally... significant weight loss at an affordable price!"
Leptopril is the same formula as the Leptoprin-SD formula. But is still quite
expensive!
Leptopril is best known by its touting of the diet pills for
the significantly overweight in less popular Cable TV spots and commericals.
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Hydroxycut
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   Good
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Hydroxycut ingredients indluing hydroxycitric acid [HCA],
(Garcinia cambogia extract standardized to 60 percent, Gymnema
sylvestre extract, and chromium polynicotinate) in Hydroxycut, the
Hydroxycut website reports work together synergistically to help you reach your
goals.
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Anorex

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   Good
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$60 from 1 store

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Anorex is yet another well hyped diet pill product. You're
significantly overweight, but you can't take stimulants..so what do you do? Take
stimulant-free Anorex safe...
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Lipo6

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   Good
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$49 from 1
store

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Lipo 6 by Nutrex is the first fat-burner that utilizes liquid
capsules for superior absorption. Lipo 6 is a somewhat strong stimulant based
diet pill that was initially popular with bodybuilders back when the formula
contained ephedra but since ephedra ban in 2004 its sales have been slumping.
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Fahrenheit

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   Good
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$49 from 1
store

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Lipo 6 by Nutrex is the first fat-burner that utilizes liquid
capsules for superior absorption. Lipo 6 is a somewhat strong stimulant based
diet pill that was initially popular with bodybuilders back when the formula
contained ephedra but since ephedra ban in 2004 its sales have been slumping.
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CortiSlim

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   Good
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up to $40 various
offers

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CortiSlim Ingredients seem somewhat ordinary and it may be
possible to simply replace CoprtiSlim diet supplement by drinking Green Tea,
taking a Vitamin C dietary supplement daily, and taking a Calcium
supplement.
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Xenadrine

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   Good
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In our most recent review Xenadrine EFX did not post any
testimonials for the product; rather the testimonials link page says, “Returning
Shortly”. Xenadrine contains various forms of the stimulant caffeine.
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Somma Slim

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   Good
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$49 from 1
store

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SomnaSlim PM is the Only Nighttime Fat Burner to make our best
value list. Its an interesting blend of Stimulant Free fat burners and
"Relaxing" herbs. Recent research has linked getting a bad nights sleep with
obesity. Those who get let less than 8 hours of sleep daily are 80% more likely
to be overweight. SomnaSlim is a great diet pill to take if you're currently
taking or are planning on taking a stimulant based diet pill becasue they tend
to disrupt your ability to get a good nights rest. Its also a great stand alone
diet pill worth trying. A
25 day supply retails for $58.99.
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Ripped Fuel

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   Excellent
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$49 from 1
store

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Like Hydroxycut, Ripped Fuel was torn from the market shelves due
to the illegalization of Ephedra. This is their comeback product. Ripped Fuel
contains Guarana wihc is Caffeine, which some health experts caution consumers
to minimize. Caffeine may lead to irritability, nervousness, anxiety and sleep
disorders in some.
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Smart Burn

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   Good
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Smartburn Fat burner contains various forms of the stimulant
caffeinethe and is shrowded with a 'proprietary blend' of only 1.5 mgs, and that
is pretty small. Still, the product seems to follow the popular trend: based in
science. This is why the product contains Hoodia, HCA, and Theanine. Don't brace
yourself for a miracle, but a solid product with a ridiculously high ticket
price.
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Xerisan

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   Good
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Xerisan is marketed by the Weight Loss Institute. We could not
find contact information for The Weight Loss Institute. And found Xerisan diet
pill product expensive, starting at $88.00 for 20-days supply. Notes: Xerisan
diet pills were just released to market in January 2006. The Weight Loss
Institute had no listing in the Better Business Bureau.
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Phentramin

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   Good
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Phentramin was designed to be a short-term weight loss aide and
unlike its similar nameske Phentermin is not the appetite suppressing drug.
Those looking for a supplement to help suppress the appetite for long-term
weight loss may want to consider a formula that contains the natural Hoodia
appetite suppressant plant.
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Certiphene

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   Good
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Certiphene is a non-prescription weight loss pill that is advertised as
“...metabolism booster.” However, the Ceriphene website does not clearly post
all of the actual ingredients. The secrecy surrounding the ingredients is not an
indication of the ability of this product to deliver the desired results but is
a cause for concern, especially due to the possible allergen reaction it poses
to some users.
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Phentremine

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   Good
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Another spoof of the Phentermine diet drug, that is OTC and
clearly withtout the same appetite suppressant punch as the real Phentermine
diet drug. Those looking for a supplement to help suppress the appetite may
want to consider a formula that contains the natural Hoodia appetite suppressant
plant.
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What is Hoodia
Hoodia gordonii (pronounced HOO-dee-ah) is also called hoodia, xhooba, khoba,
Ghaap, hoodia cactus, and South African desert cactus hoodia is a cactus like
plant that's causing a stir for its ability to suppress appetite and promote
weight loss. CBS 60 Minutes, NBC, ABC, BBC and numerous other broadcasters have
done stories on hoodia. hoodia is sold in capsule, liquid extract, spray, patch
or tea form in health food stores and on the Internet. 
Hoodia gordonii can be found in the semi-deserts of South
Africa . It grows in clumps of green upright stems and is actually a succulent,
not a cactus. It takes about 5 years before hoodia's pale purple flowers appear
and the cactus can be harvested. Although there are 20 types of hoodia, only the
hoodia gordonii variety is believed to contain the natural appetite
suppressant.
Although hoodia was "discovered" relatively recently, the San Bushmen of the
Kalahari Desert have been eating it for a very long time. The Bushmen, who live
off the land, would cut off part of the hoodia stem and eat it to ward off
hunger and thirst during nomadic hunting trips. They also used hoodia for severe
abdominal cramps, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and
diabetes.
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