Best Appetite Suppressant

We take a look at the UK's best selling appetite suppressant (as voted by the public), and how it works to keep your appetite under control.

Find out exactly how appetite suppressants work, and how they can stop you from over-eating.

What is the Best Appetite Suppressant?

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Limiting the amount of calories you eat in a day is obviously the key to losing weight quickly. Appetite suppressants are often recommended as the best type of diet pill over fat binders or fat burners.

The reason is simple, it targets the root cause of why we gain weight in the first place - over-eating.

We all snack when we know we shouldn't, but many people find it hard to satisfy their hunger. Not surprisingly snacking can add around 1000 calories a day on top of your daily meals.

One way to combat over-eating is by using a good appetite suppressant, this can be natural plant extract based diet pill or one which has been prescribed by your Doctor.

How do appetite suppressants work?

Regardless of the diet pill in question, most appetite suppressants work by stimulating the hypothalamus gland in the brain.

The hypothalamus is thought to be responsible for regulating appetite and can be tricked into producing certain chemicals (typically serotonin) which tell your brain you are full. This is just a temporary effect and hunger is usually subdued for around 3 hours. Elevating levels of serotonin is normally a natural occurrence and happens every time we eat a meal.

People who feel hungry often may not be producing enough of this chemical when they consume food, an appetite suppressant will help restore this balance.

Best appetite suppressant according to UK online sales

Hoodia Gordonii extract

Hoodia extract, in its various guises, is still the number one best selling appetite suppressant in the UK. Hoodia Gordonii is a type of cactus plant which grows wild in the deserts of South Africa; it has been extensively tested by major pharmaceutical companies confirming its effectiveness in suppressing appetite.

It has also been used by local Kalahari Desert tribesmen for hundreds of years to combat hunger when food is scarce. Now considered to be a western medicine, many people do not realise its African origin.

Because of Hoodia's great success and mass media attention, the industry is now awash with faked products which claim they contain Hoodia Gordonii extract.

Many "Hoodia" diet pills have little or no Hoodia content at all and many contain harmful fillers or binders. There are only a handful of licensed importers in the UK which can guarantee the source of origin, and authenticity of the product.

Read more about what to look for when buying a Hoodia product - African Hoodia Gordonii