2 Step Weight Loss & Wellness Program

Losing weight technically involves only 2 simple steps which are to cut your daily caloric consumption and to increase your caloric expenditure by doing physical activities. When the body needs some energy and cannot find any from the food you consumed, fat deposits in the waist and other parts of the body get burned to supply the needed energy. Because of this process, the best way to shed off the pounds is to follow a diet that will cut your energy intake and do more physical activities to burn energy.

Even though losing weight this way is the most healthy and natural, it is not an easy task. No wonder that a lot of so-called weight loss pills like Phen375 were developed, which make it easier to lose weight. Among the many diet pills that were ever devloped, the most popular types are the fat blockers and fat binders. These pills follow a mode of action that decrease the quantity of fat that your body absorbs from food. Fat blockers (the most well-known example is Orlistat, marketed as Xenical) in particular inhibit the lipase enzyme in the intestines which breaks up fat making it ready for digestion. Because of this, the fat is not absorbed into the blood stream instead it is excreted through the bowel. On the other hand, fat binders bind or attaches to the fat molecules so that it is not absorbed into the intestines. Fat blockers and binders have very nasty side effects (among them are uncontrollable foul-smelling anal discharges.) Naturally you cannot expect that removal of fats from your diet in such a way will be healthy.

Another type of supplement that is used for losing weight are appetite suppressants. They make you feel full thus losing your appetite to eat. Hoodia Gordonii is one of the well known appetite suppressant that is herbal in origin. Hoodia is a cactus-like plant which grows in South Africa. Its appetite suppressing capabilities were well-known by Bushman who used it during their long hunting trips. Since Hoodia Gordonii is a purely natural treatment, it doesn’t have any side-effects associated with synthethic prescription appetite suppressing drugs such as Phentermine.