According to the product advertising, Avesil is "a safe, effective weight control formula made from ingredients supported by substantial published scientific research." The advanced new formula claims users can use Avesil to boost energy, reduce appetite, burn fat and lose weight.

A few visitors have contacted me lately about Zylotrim, wondering if there was anything to the hype behind this product. Now, we don't normally review every single product that a visitor inquires about. We simply don't have the resources. However, after doing a couple of searches on Google to see the what the other "review" sites were saying, I though it would be worthwhile to review Zylotrim—because no one has actually got it right yet.

I was amused to see one web site promoting Dieters Cheating Caps as a "generic form of Alli." Alli is the low dose, over-the-counter version of the prescription weight loss drug Xenical.

Yerba mate (sometime labeled as mate, or Ilex paraguariensis) is a South American shrub of the holly family. It is commonly used to create a "tea like" infusion called "maté." Both dried leaves and twigs can be used in the infusion, and it may be served hot or cold.

Glucomannan (occasionally labeled as "konjac" or "amorphophallus konjac") is an un-absorbable polysaccharide that is derived from the konjac root. That's a slightly complicated way of saying that glucomannan is a source of fiber.