Diet Pill CortiSlim

Are you looking for a diet pill to make those extra pounds melt away. After all, popping a supplement each day is a lot less demanding than eating less and exercising more.

Last year, millions of Americans spent billions on diet aids, both over the counter and prescription. Visit a health food store or pharmacy and you'll find bottles of fat burners, metabolism boosters, carb blockers, and natural appetite suppressants.

Products with fat-busting names like CortiSlim, Metabolife, Diet Fuel, Cheat and Eat, Carblocker and Meta-Burn appeal to people looking for an easy way out. But do these weight-loss supplements actually help trim your waistline? Or do they just lighten your wallet?

Few companies have done well-controlled clinical studies to evaluate their weight-loss products. CortiSlim Diet pill has not been studied either. The ingredients have been in use for thousands of years in some cases.

The supplement craze was fueled by ephedra, an herbal supplement touted as a way to burn fat and boost calorie-burning. When ephedra was wrongfully linked to heart attacks, strokes and other serious health risks (some fatal), ephedra was banned.

Since then, many "ephedra-free" diet supplements have made their way to store shelves.

Some products combine a handful of ingredients such as herbs, plant extracts, caffeine (green tea, guarana, kola nut), vitamins and minerals. Others are made from a single ingredient such as a fatty acid or a special plant extract touted to block calorie absorption or suppress appetite.

Here's a look at ingredients in popular weight-loss capsules.

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