There are hundreds of weight loss products on the market today. Just turn on your television or flip through any magazine and you will get bombarded with ads for products that claim unbelievable weight loss results. With all of the hype, it's impossible to tell what's what and which products are based more on marketing hype rather than true effectiveness. There is no question that some of these products offer the potential for real weight loss benefits. The scientific research on the association between supplements and weight loss is accumulating rapidly.

Unfortunately, unfounded or exaggerated claims leads to confusion for the consumer. Having adequate information about the efficacy and safety of weight loss products is paramount to making a well-informed decision.

With those facts in mind, realize one of the most important facts is if you're overweight, you probably eat too much. By "too much," we mean more than your body needs. Your body needs a certain amount of calories to keep itself going, and if you eat more than that amount, you will gain weight. For an effective weight loss product to assist you in making weight loss occur faster and easier, it would need to increase lipolysis and/or fat oxidation. It would also need to aid in reducing one's appetite.

In this article, we offer our readers a comprehensive list and evaluation of those diet supplements which we feel have the greatest potential to help you burn off the fat quickly, effectively and safely. We looked at hundreds of weight loss products from the most popular name brands to the nondescript one's. We focused on each products' ingredient quality, metabolic enhancing potential, and the ability to safely suppress one's appetite and we ranked each product accordingly.

Despite their popularity - not all weight loss supplements are equal or equally effective. Many times it is hard to differentiate which product offers the best overall weight loss potential - that is unless you have done your homework. Because many of the ingredients used in products marketed for weight loss can differ drastically in efficacy, we scrutinized the most current, comprehensive and well-respected supplement and herb information sources to find those products that had key ingredients that boosted metabolism, suppressed appetite and had the greatest overall weight loss potential on the market today. See our evaluation below of the top 20 products that we feel are your best options for maximizing your weight loss potential.

So here is the list of products, which we hope you will find helpful.

Rank		Product	Metabolism Enhance- ment	Weight Loss Potential	Appetite Suppression	Ingredient Quality	Learn More
1		Phenocal™	5 of 5	5 of 5	4 of 5	5 of 5	96/100
2		Alli™	4 of 5	4 of 5	4 of 5	5 of 5	94/100
3		Lean System 7™	4 of 5	5 of 5	5 of 5	4 of 5	94/100
4		Certiphene™	5 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	93/100
5		Hydroxycut™	4 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	91/100
6		MiracleBurn™	4 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	91/100
7		AppuLoss™	4 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	91/100
8		Cylaris™	4 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	91/100
9		Crevax™	4 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	91/100
10		Phen- tramene™	4 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	88/100
Rank		Product	Metabolism Enhancement	Weight Loss Potential	Appetite Suppression	Ingredient Quality	Learn More
11		Lipo 6™	3 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	86/100
12		Tetrazene ES™	3 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	85/100
13		Thermo- cerin™	4 of 5	4 of 5	2 of 5	3 of 5	85/100
14		Nuphedrine™	3 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	85/100
15		Zylene™	3 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	3 of 5	85/100
16		Lipocerin™	2 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 5	84/100
17		Zovatol™	2 of 5	2 of 5	4 of 5	4 of 5	82/100
18		nanoSLIM™	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	82/100
19		Cuur™	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	82/100
20		SeaThin™	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	3 of 5	82/100

• Superiority of nutrient levels- this is based on the percentage of actual ingredients contained in the product. (Quality of Ingredients)
• Expected overall effectiveness of the formulation.
• Safety-are there any safety concerns for the product, or the recommended dosage.
• Value compared to other products.

A total score was derived, and products ranked.

A word about overall effectiveness. Based on the available literature, we rank ordered nutrients based on expected efficacy. This is a subjective assessment based on the strength of the available information and our estimation of efficacy.