Top 10 Diet Pills

Here’s a look at today’s top 10 diet pills and what they contain. Learning about the ingredients in these popular brands should make it easier for you to compare others, too.

The brands included in this article are:

  • Alli
  • Accuslim
  • Applied Nutrition Green Tea Triple Fat Burner
  • Slimquick with Hoodia
  • Xenedrine Ultra
  • Hydroxycut Advanced
  • Evercleanse
  • Relacore
  • Acai Berry Cleanse
  • Dexatrim

The brands listed above are all non-prescription dietary supplements designed for weight loss or weight management. The company claims are based on certain ingredients.

They may work to:

  • suppress your appetite
  • help you burn more calories
  • provide a sense of fullness
  • block the absorption of fat from the foods you eat
  • help you burn more fat
  • stimulate or modulate your metabolism
  • increase water elimination
  • balance your hormone levels
  • help you lose belly fat
  • improve your mood
  • increase your energy levels

Some of the top 10 diet pills contain ingredients that provide several different benefits. In other words, they may work in several ways. Let’s start with Alli.

Alli

Alli contains the drug orlistat, a derivative of lipstatin. It prevents the absorption of fats from the foods that you eat. The benefits of the drug have been studied extensively. On average people taking the drug lose about 5 more pounds per year than those who don’t take it.

Side effects include loose stools or diarrhea, frequent bowel movements, fecal incontinence, flatulence or excessive gas, lesions in the colon, nutritional deficiencies and liver damage.

Accuslim

There are currently three versions of Accuslim on the market; the chromium complex, the fat blocker and the carb blocker. Only the chromium complex is among the top 10 diet pills in terms of popularity. In addition to chromium, the complex contains vanadium, bitter orange, garcinia cambogia, green tea and three types of ginseng. Chromium and all types of ginseng are listed in the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database as compounds that modulate carbohydrate metabolism.

Vanadium would have a similar effect in promoting the body’s cells to absorb glucose from your bloodstream. Bitter orange helps your body burn more calories. It is promoted as a safe alternative to ephedra, a weight loss aid banned in 2004 by the US FDA.

Green tea helps your body burn more fat. Accuslim may have more side effects than some of the other top 10 diet pills, because of all the different ingredients it contains. For example, the Applied Nutrition Green Tea Triple Fat Burner contains only tea extracts and antioxidants. In reasonable amounts tea is safe.

Slimquick with Hoodia, Dexatrim and Xenadrine Ultra contain appetite suppressants and nutrients. Appetite suppressants were the first weight loss aids. Some people find them helpful, others do not.

Evercleanse and Acai berry cleanse are more like laxatives. Although popular, the real benefits are questionable.

Hydroxycut Advanced was introduced after the US FDA forced a recall of their best-selling original formula. The original formula was banned because it caused liver damage and failure in some individuals.

The only product left on the list of top 10 diet pills is Relacore. Highly advertised on TV, Relacore is primarily a nutritional formula that is supposed to help balance hormonal levels, improve mood, reduce stress and promote the loss of belly fat.

It is important to remember that all weight loss aids are designed to be used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise plan. That includes the products on this list of today’s top 10 diet pills.