Monday, February 23, 2009

Picking the Right Diet Pill for You

By Cal Stevens

With every new diet pill that hits the market, there seems to be more and more conflicting information about which diet pills are effective and which ones aren't. While nearly every diet pills claims that it can make you look like a movie star, which ones are actually legitimate and which ones are just giving you a sales pitch? How can you effectively choose the right diet pill among so many different options? With a little time, it's really not that hard to choose the right diet pill if you focus your preliminary research on four things: the diet pill ingredients, the actual diet pill company, the price, and the money back guarantee.

The first and main factor that determines if a diet pill will be effective or not is the ingredients that make up the diet pill. Obvious, I know. But you'd be surprised how many people buy a diet pill without even looking at the ingredients to verify what they advertisement says it will do. What more is a diet pill than the ingredients? Nothing. When researching the ingredients of a certain diet pill, don't just read the propaganda you find on the pill's website. Search in medical journals that have been published (on the internet) and the cite the sources of the clinical studies. If what you are reading sounds like they are trying to convince you something, they are and you shouldn't take their word for it. Any legitimate diet pill should list studies that are easily found that up the claims of that particular ingredient.

The next thing that you should look at when choosing a diet pill is the company that is producing the product. Why is this important? How does this effect how well the diet pill will work? I'll answer with a question: Would you put something into your body that was made by someone who lied about its ingredients? Or maybe by someone who is being charged with making false claims about the results of the product? Perhaps the company is known for ripping people off by charging their credit card more than the consumer agreed to. All these things (and much more) are actually quite common in the diet pill industry. So make sure you get a good feel for the diet pill company itself. A quick search on the internet can usually give you a good idea if the company has encountered many problems or complaints (?Company Name complaints? is usually a good search).

While I'm sure that most consumers need no reminder to look at the price of a diet pill, something should be said about pricing. Its clich?, but I'll say it anyway: You (usually) get what you pay for in a diet pill. You should, however, be cautious of extremely high price tags as these are often just trying to appear more credible. Also pills that are super cheap are usually skimping on the ingredients. So as a general rule, a good diet pill will usually be in the $40 to $70 per bottle range.

A quality diet pill will almost always have a good money back guarantee. A ?good' guarantee is anything more than 60 days (I actually prefer to see 90 days to a lifetime guarantee). Anything less that this doesn't give you enough time to effectively judge how effective the product is. The company bank on the fact that you probably won't want to return the product until after the short guarantee is already up. With all the different diet pill on the market, it can be difficult to weed through them to find the ones that will actually be effective at helping you lose weight. But with these guidelines and a little time and research you should be able to narrow them down rather quickly. - 16650

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