Question:I received an email about a product called Anatrim. It sounds like it could help me lose weight. Does it really work? Do you recommend it?

Answer: Anatrim is a new weight loss supplement that may be the most hyped diet product on the internet at the moment. Unfortunately, this hype has apparently been garnered by the inclusion of such unscrupulous marketing efforts as "spamming" people's email boxes with bulk unsolicited emails.

Also, there have been allegations that the marketers of Anatrim have falsely portrayed an endorsement of the product by highly respected news and TV organizations such as Oprah, ABC, CNN and 60 minutes. Yet, to date there has not been a shred of evidence that Anatrim was ever “recommended by Oprah” or covered by any highly regarded news organization. The marketing odyssey of the Anatrim product is allegedly being directed by a reputed criminal element overseas. One website hot on their heels stated "the websites linked to from the emails give no information about the company who manufacture anatrim pills. There is no contact information given on these websites and many of the domain names are registered in China or Russia, but these change frequently." This alone makes the Anatrim product highly suspect.

The ingredient in Anatrim, called Hoodia Gordonii, has received some mainstream media coverage, but to date, there is no reliable scientific evidence that it does anything for weight loss. Additionally, real Hoodia is an endangered species and is almost impossible to obtain. One would probably be wise to treat emails urging you to buy Anatrim the same way you treat emails from overseas that promise to share amazing riches with you.

If you do shop for a weight loss product in a health store, pharmacy or on the Internet, you'll often find hundreds of different brands containing a confusing array of ingredients. You may be tempted to experiment with different diet aids until you find one that works. But this approach may be expensive. Karen Austin, a respected nutritional writer from Med Health Reports did a fantastic review on diet pills and their actual effectiveness in a recent feature, the results are quite surprising.

Click on this link to read her review:

Med Health Reports