How Do Fat Binders Work
If you have been reading online sites regarding slimming products or diet supplements, you are more likely to have come across the three different categories of diet pills: the fat burners, the appetite suppressants and the fat stoppers.
Fat stoppers are also divided into two distinct categories: the fat blockers and
the fat binders. While most fat blockers are prescription-only drugs, fat binders are over-the-counter diet products.
Fat binders are natural, herbal-based products and their ingredients often come from exotic plants or from herbaceous by-products. During a meal, fat-binders bind a large proportion of the fats contained in our food with their fibrous active ingredients. The fats and the fibrous substances form such large molecules that they cannot be absorbed by the intestines and have to leave the body through bowel movements.
On the other hand, fat blockers work in a slightly different way. Fat blockers use enzymes to break down the fats that enter the body, but when the fat leaves the body undigested, it causes some really unpleasant side effects.
One of the most successful and most frequently prescribed fat blockers is Xenical (Orlistat). As we mentioned above fat blockers are prescription-only drugs and if you want to obtain one legally, you will have to see your doctor or GP.
UK consumers are strongly advised against buying Xenical from online stockists. Dieters are most likely to get a fake substitute of the product which may put their health at risk.
The BBC Watchdog programmes have also issued warnings against buying such illegal and counterfeit products that are likely to harm you instead of helping you lose weight.
How Fat Binders Work
Convenience food, take-away meals of doubtful quality, and our cravings for fatty or sugary snacks give us such a high, daily calorie intake that our body is not able to burn. Moreover, lack of exercise makes things even worse and we gain weight without realizing it.
Fat binders can reduce our calorie intake up to a quarter, and this means that for a 2000-calorie diet 500 calories are eliminated. This category of diet pills mostly appeal to people who cannot or do not wish to change their eating habits but want to lose their excess weight effectively.
A successful dieter commented:
“The great thing about fat binders is that you can still enjoy the food you love in the knowledge that a quarter of it isn’t really counting.”
Do Fat Binders Cause Side Effects?
Fat binders contain only natural ingredients, are really safe to use and they do not cause side effects.
On the other hand, fat blockers which are chemical-based, synthetic diet pills often cause unpleasant side effects, such as anal leakage and very urgent bowel movements. This happens because the fat leaves the body undigested and there isn’t any fibrous substance to absorb it in order to prevent it from leaving the body in a liquid form. That is why, users experience loose stools and oily spots on their underwear.
The Most Effective Fat Binders
Proactol Plus and Lipobind are both manufactured in the UK and are considered as the best fat binders on the market today.
