AboutTanya Zilberter, PhD Expertise I am in neurophysiology, nutrition and dieting academic research since 1972 (PhD in Physiology) and on the Internet since 1995. Developed the Banta Diet program based on macronutrient balance using the Wilder's formula (1922). I granted the non-exclusive reprint rights to the current owner of BantaDiet.com under the condition of free online access to the program.
Experience Authored 3 academic print books and two popular diet print books as well as about a hundred scientific and popular articles
Organizations I currently do my research on neuroprotective effects of foods and diets. The site where this can be read is Brain Fuels
Past/Present Clients I wrote for about.com as a guide to the category "weight loss", for the lifetips.com as an expert in the category "diet", for the dietandbody.com, infozine.com, atkinszone.com, and bantadiet.com. My eBook "On Pins and Needles" is used as a content by the reflexo-therapy.com.
Question Can you reccommned or advise on safe and effective appetite suppressants or over-the-counter diet pills in the U.S.?
Answer Dear Kathleen,
I researched the OTC appetite suppressant and failed finding safe AND effective ones. The prescribed 'diet pills' are even worse and unless there's a morbid obesity case, I would never recommend any of them due to significant side effects and inevitable withdrawal reaction.
What really works, is changing the very structure of your way of eating from utilizing the carbohydrate metabolic pathway to the lipid (fat) metabolic pathway.
It works because on the latter, your body finally recognizes your own fat as legitimate fuel and the fact of burning it signals to the 'hunger' center in your brain that there's constant flow of fuel coming in, thus the reduced appetite.
Our dieters, almost all of them, report decreasing hunger after one week on the diet.
Authored 3 academic print books and two popular diet print books as well as about a hundred scientific and popular articles