Imagine a diet which allowed you to eat a cheese burger and two slices of pizza for lunch, followed by steak and potatoes for dinner, and an evening snack of cookies and chips. If such a diet really worked, EVERYONE would be doing it.

Weight loss isn't about taking a pill. If you ate the diet mentioned above on a regular basis, do you really think a pill could turn a cheese burger into something healthy? Supplement companies will often put a disclaimer on their label indicating that their supplement doesn't work, but will help add balance to an already healthy diet.

What does this mean? It basically means that supplement companies know their products don't really work, but also that they can get away with selling them as long as they add a disclaimer to the label. Their products sell well because of the psychological impact supplements have on the consumer.

So, if supplements don't work, what does work? The supplement companies have already given you a hint: eating a healthy diet. If you really want to lose weight, change your eating habits. But what do you eat? A high protein diet? A low fat diet? Subway Sandwiches?

If you have no clue what to eat, there is an ebook you need to read called "Fat Loss 4 Idiots". The reason it is mentioned in this article is because it uses online software which allows you to actually generate menus which tell you exactly what to eat. The authors of Fat Loss 4 Idiots even boast that you can lose 9 pounds in 11 days!