How Weight Loss Pills Work
Weight Loss Pills work in three major ways:
- By suppressing appetite
- By blocking digestion of fats
- By quickening burning of fats
Let’s discuss how exactly these different types of medications work.
Appetite Suppressants
The Weight Loss Pills that work by suppressing your appetite fall in this category. These are also called Anorectic Drugs. When you take such pills (or medications that are not pills but powdery) you will feel as if your stomach is full and as a result you are likely to consume lesser food or no food at all. This situation forces the body’s metabolic mechanism consume excess fats thereby resulting in slimming and reduced body weight. By taking these kinds of pills you may be able to give up your cravings for even the most delicious dishes that you normally wouldn’t let go voluntarily.
Basically, there are two types of Appetite Suppressants. The first type of the pills (or medications) work on your digestive canal and the second type work centrally on the part of your brain that controls appetite. Although the net result is more or less the same, these two types differ greatly in terms of their side effects.
There is a wide range of items that are promoted as appetite suppressants of the first kind mentioned above. Products are available with ingredients like bran, gums and plant fibre that act physically within the digestive canal causing a swelling effect and thereby reducing appetite. While bran and plant fibre are not found to have any noteworthy side effects on the body, the pills containing gums (guar gum or locust bean gum) may become potentially dangerous if taken in higher doses, which may frequently happen because small doses of gums generally have insignificant effects in suppressing hunger. However, efficacy of this type of medications depends greatly on the quantity and timing of taking them.
The other kind of the appetite suppressants work on your brain and initiate signals that are normally transmitted when you are actually full after consumption of adequate food. These drugs are very effective. But please remember, most of the pills falling in this category have adverse side effects and some of which have been banned by FDA. These anorectic drugs contain ingredients like Amphetamines, Fenfluramine, Phentermine, Diethylpropion, Rimonabant, Sibutramine etc. and all of them work centrally through the brain.
Fat Blockers
The Weight Loss Pills falling in this category work by blocking digestion of fats. These are also known as Fat Trappers or Fat Binders. Such pills contain chitosan that is obtained by crushing the shells of different kinds of shellfishes. Chitosan itself is not digestible and it binds to the fat of the food thereby making the fat also indigestible. There another ingredient obtained from the cactus Optunia Ficus-indica, which also works as an appetite suppressant. Fat Blockers make the fat contents of the food get excreted directly. This forces body’s stored fat to get consumed by the ongoing metabolic process thereby resulting in loss of weight. Unfortunately, the healthy fat-soluble nutrients also get excreted with the fats. Moreover, there can be irritating side effects of the Fat Binders, such as, oily stool, lose motion, increased number of bowel movements, discharge on undergarments, nausea, vomiting, rectal pain etc. Although these side effects may decrease with time, you may have to consult your doctor if necessary.
Fat Burners
Weight Loss Pills under this category accelerate burning of stored fats in your body. These drugs contain various combinations of ingredients such as pyruvate, hydroxycitric acid, herb-derived stimulants and essential fatty acids. Usually, Fat Burners stimulate burning of your fats and also increase your energy level.
Some fitness experts preach that weight loss pills of this category work quite well when taken in conjunction with exercise. But, their safety could become a major concern because of serious side effects if the drug contains ingredients such as ephedrine. There are various types of Fat Burners:
Thermogenic Fat Burners
Thermogenic Fat Burners, which are also called Metabolic Optimizers, operate by rising body warmth and consequently hastening your metabolic process. Quicker metabolism signifies that calories are burned faster thereby converting more of the foods into energy rather converting them into stored fat. Similar results can be accomplished by exercise, but thermogenic fat burners work round the clock so you burn fat even while sleeping.
Topical Fat Burners
Topical fat burners come in the form of lotions or creams and are to be applied on those areas of the body where fatty tissues or cellulite happen to be excessive. Thus these medications try to dissolve the fat that lies below the skin in those areas. Such areas can be the abdomen, the thighs or hip or any other area where you want to see the fat burnt off. The topical fat burners have to to be applied suitably so that they work effectively. You must apply the fat burner gel at least two times a day and also make sure, before you begin, that the area is dirt free and also don’t have hairs. Then, it should be put on and rubbed in until it seems to be gone. The producers of topical burners maintain that their products work fine. But it is hard to prove that this method really works.
Green Tea Fat Burners
Green Tea has been used for centuries for its medicinal properties. Many people believe in the overall contributions of Green Tea to good health and well being. But currently there is substantial proof that green tea can be an influential means for fighting obesity. Green Tea contains both antioxidants and caffeine, which makes it a good fat burner. The deoxidizing process of your body accelerates the process of fat burning and in losing weight. Caffeine also is said to play a great role in reducing weight.
Liquid Fat Burners
The Liquid Fat Burners are absorbed faster into the body than any other pills taken orally. These medications can boost energy level so high that the condition may last several hours. Thus these energy boosters can burn off the fat contained in the unwanted excess body mass.
Fat Burning Foods
Spices and some herbs used in foods help burn calories in their own unique ways. Starting from black pepper to more exotic turmeric and cardamom, they all share two exclusive features – 1) add flavor and aroma to any food and 2) enhance tastes of low-calorie dishes.
Comparison of the Top 5 Weight Loss Pills
| Rank | Product | Results | safety | guarantee | Rating | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
Apidexin
 |
95% | 96% | Yes. Lifetime. | 96% |
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2 |
Adapexin-P
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99% | 84% | Yes. Lifetime. | 92% | |
3 |
Phenphedrine
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93% | 89% | Yes. Lifetime. | 91% | |
4 |
MyoRipped
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88% | 82% | Yes. Lifetime. | 85% | |
5 |
DecaSlim
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85% | 80% | No | 83% | |