There is a lot of debate surrounding the effectiveness of weight loss pills. However, there is no question that many of the weight loss pills act as a foundation of an effective program for weight loss. This is especially the case if a person’s BMI (Body-Mass Index) is above 27. Moreover, there have been several cases of obesity where the problem cannot be solved without the intervention of a weight loss pill.
The following components in weight loss pills are advertised by hundreds of companies in the weight loss industry to induce weight loss:
– Bitter orange: works through chemicals that act as stimulate the metabolism and temporarily suppress the user’s appetite, hence escalating the amount of calories burned during the process.
– Chromium: This is an insulin-regulating mineral which helps in building muscles and burning body fat, however, it is unlikely to reduce body weight overall.
– Guar Gum: helps in blocking of fat absorption and increasing the dieter’s feeling of fullness. However, the ingredient is not proven to guarantee reduction in weight.
– Hoodia: This is a plant that is a lot like cactus and helps in temporarily suppressing one’s appetite. This is also not proven to guarantee weight loss.
Weight Loss Patches
As the name conveys, weight loss patches are patches that are fixed on the user’s skin on body areas such as arms, back and stomach. The patches work on a transdermal process, which means that they deliver the ingredients causing weight loss through the skin. Users are required to change the patches on a daily basis and to use them continuously for at least a month in order to experience their effectiveness in weight loss.
The patches work on the assertion that suppressing hunger and increasing the body’s metabolism will help the user shed pounds. The patches do this by delivering ingredients such as Guarana, Garcinia and Chromium and regulate appetite and metabolism.
Fat Burners
Fat Burners are fundamentally pills containing herbal elements namely Ephedra, HCA, Chitosan and Pyruvate. The ingredients are meant to produce energy and escalate the metabolism of the user in order to suppress their appetite. The diet pills come with a number of harmful side effects. Some of the most commonly experienced side effects are an upset stomach, diarrhea and incapability to absorb several vital fat-soluble vitamins and nutritional elements. Moreover, the fat burning pills can also hinder the process and effectiveness of various medications, such as birth control and estrogen pills. These are considered to some of the most harmful side effects of fat burning pills.
Fat Binders
Fat binders are weight loss products that work by binding to fat molecules that we consume in our diet. These come in the form of pills that should be taking before meals. These pills prevent your pancreas from processing a certain percentage of the fats that we consume. These pills are approved by Food and Drug Administration for weight loss, unlike many other weight loss products available in the market. By reducing the fat intake each day, a fat binder helps in reducing weight overtime.
Carb Blockers
The enzyme in charge of breaking down carbs in our body is named alpha amylase. A type of diet pill known as a carb blockers works by restraining this enzyme, thus creating weight loss. The pill prevents a proportion of your carbohydrate intake from being transformed into glucose. Lesser glucose available leads to lesser chances of additional fat being created out of the glucose.
Carbohydrates are not simply broken by passing through our digestive systems alone. The simple carbs are not very famous for influencing blood sugar levels which leads to hunger pangs sometimes after an initial rise in the sugar level crashes. The carb blocking pills hinder this process and therefore help in suppressing the appetite.
Appetite Suppressants
Appetite suppressants contain different arrangements of various drugs that help induce weight loss. The drugs maneuver the hormones and chemical course of the body, specially those that have a direct hold over hunger twinges. The drugs promote a feeling that send signals to the brain that the stomach is full, thereby suppressing the hunger. These drugs are technically known as “anorectic” drugs, which has been derived from the Greek word “anorektos”, which means “without appetite”.
These drugs ease down the hunger twinges before the start of a meal. This specific type of drug is known as a noradrenergic drug. The drug induces the adrenal glands to release two hormones namely, epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones, present in the body, cause the central nervous system to stimulate and to increase the heart rate as well as the blood pressure. They suppress the appetite by interrupting the signals being sent from the brain to the body when it feels hungry.
