Product review, Zotrim, Alli and Appelsat

Zotrim herbal weight loss supplement

WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCT REVIEW: 

ZOTRIM 

1) Introduction
Zotrim is a plant-based herbal weight loss remedy. In this article we will compare Zotrim with two of its rivals Alli and Appesat to see which would be the most cost effective weight management program.
2) The Study
In a 45 day study (1) people taking the herbal diet supplement Zotrim lost an average of eleven pounds of weight over and above those taking the placebo. This is equivalent to a cost of around £4.50 per pound of weight lost, plus because it is sourced from natural plant extracts there were no reported negative side effects.
In a similar study (2) it has been shown that Alli costs around £37 per pound of weight lost and takes 84 days to lose just 4lbs more than the placebo.  This is over eight times more expensive per pound lost than Zotrim.
Appesat, by way of contrast, can cost as much as twelve times more than Zotrim to lose exactly the same amount of weight.  Results have been published which show that Appesat costs around £56 per pound of weight lost and takes 84 days to lose 8lbs more than the placebo(3).  After a period of six weeks people taking Appesat lost the same quantity of weight as those taking the placebo(3), whereas those taking Zotrim lost 11lbs more than the placebo group in the same time (that is the equivalent of five bags of sugar!)(1). 

3) On TV
In the BBC2 TV programme Professor Regan’s Diet Clinic (17 April 2009) Zotrim was the only natural diet pill to display clinical evidence of weight loss. Professor Reagan stated that Zotrim’s research shows a “clear link to weight loss” and the “difference in weight lost between the group taking Zotrim and the group taking the placebo was statistically significant”.  Since the programme was first shown sales of Zotrim have rocketed.
The research results for the herbal weight loss product Zotrim were obtained without any changes in diet or lifestyle.  However, users are offered advice on lifestyle change via the online Zotrim ‘Step-by-Step’ guide to help boost weight loss even further.  Zotrim can also be used alongside other diet and exercise programmes and there are no minimum BMI restrictions. With Zotrim, it is ‘dieting without hunger’ that helps sustain healthy long term weight loss.
Zotrim costs £21.48 for up to one month’s supply, and is available from Boots and many other High Street pharmacies and health food stores. You can also order it directly from their website by clicking on this link:  Visit Zotrim.   

 4) The Results in detail

Here are the findings of the research comparing Zotrim, Alli and Appelsat in more detail:

 5) Conclusion
From looking at these results it is easy to see that Zotrim costs far less for each pound of weight lost than either Alli or Appesat. Analysis of the published results of each product shows that the all-natural Zotrim is a much more cost-effective way to lose weight and provides quicker results. 

Click here to go to the Zotrim website. 

Click here to find out about another great herbal slimming supplement, Proactol. 

SOURCES: 

(1) Anderson, T and Fogh, J (2001). ‘Weight loss and delayed gastric emptying following a South American herbal preparation in overweight patients’, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 14,pp.243-250 

(2). Alli/Xenical – NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance TG 23, March 2001
 [Also see Rucker etc al, British Medical Journal online doi:10.1136/bmj.39385.413113.25
BMJ published online 15 Nov 2007] 

At £49.95 for 84 tablets (current retail price), Alli cost £149.85 per person for the 84 day study (taking three tablets per day).  As 4lbs above placebo were lost on average per person in the study, it costs £37.46 (149.85 divided by 4) per pound of weight lost. 

BMJ  2007;335:1163-1164 (8 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.39385.347049.80 (published 15 November 2007) 

(3) Appesat; Significant weight reduction by stimulation of the satiation receptors’ Willmen. Der Allgemeinarzt: 24, 1464-1468, 2002 (English translation)   

At £29.95 for 50 tablets (current retail price), Appesat cost £452.84 per person for the 84 day study (taking nine tablets per day).  As 8lbs above placebo were lost on average per person in the study, it costs £56.60 (452.85 divided by per pound of weight lost.