Fat Fighter Review With Customer Comments

Fat Fighter is a weight management product manufactured in America by IT Works. It’s produced in tablet format and is designed to absorb “some of the fat and carbohydrates from food”.

There are nine calories in a gram of fat, and four in a gram of carbohydrate, so blocker-type diet pills offer obvious value. IT Works also claim the tablets can suppress the appetite. If they prove efficient in this regard, they could help dieters to avoid the frustration of unpleasant hunger pangs.

Many fat and carbohydrate blockers fail to live up to the manufacturer’s claims, but the better ones can be very good for helping people to slim down. They work by disrupting the body’s ability to digest fat and carbohydrates, causing the undigested nutrients to pass through the stomach and intestines without releasing any calories.

The Fat Fighter Formulation

Two tablets contain:

NeOpuntia (500mg): A standardised form of nopal cactus extract. Nopal has proven fat blocking abilities and is also known to be capable of suppressing the appetite.
Chromium (150mcg): A mineral that can help control the appetite by preventing the fluctuations in blood sugar levels that may otherwise lead to a craving for sugary food.

The formulation contains eight more ingredients, but they are housed in a proprietary blend (510mg) and the inclusion rates are not provided.

Phaseolamin (white kidney bean extract): A number of studies show white kidney bean has carb blocking abilities, but the doses involved were quite high. The participants in a study conducted at the University of California received 1000mg, two times per day, before meals. The entire Fat Fighter proprietary blend only contains 510mg and white kidney bean is diluted with other ingredients.
Wheat amylase inhibitor: An ingredient that might help block carbohydrate absorption, but only if it is used in highly concentrated form.
Garcinia cambogia: The HCA (hydroxycitric acid) provided by garcinia cambogia fruit assists weight loss by suppressing the appetite and limiting the body’s ability to store excess calories as fat.
Green tea leaf extract: A proven fat burner that that may also offer protection against heart disease.
Banaba leaf extract: Further study is required, but some research suggests banaba may lower blood glucose and help the body use insulin more efficiently.
Bitter melon: An ingredient that may help regulate blood sugar levels, but its abilities have never been subjected to adequate study.
Gymnema sylvestre: An extract taken from a climbing plant that’s native to India. One study suggests gymnema sylvestre extracts may have the ability to help suppress the appetite, but further research is needed.
Vanadium: An article posted on the University of Maryland website states vanadium is “not recommended for any disease or condition” but may have an effect on blood sugar in people with diabetes.

[info]Usage Guidelines – The IT Works website has a product information sheet (PDF) that presents conflicting information.

The “Directions” state two tablets are required during or up to 60 minutes after each large meal. They also state it is important to drink at least eight glasses of water each day.

A snapshot of the label also states a serving is two tablets.

The FAQs on the second page of the document state the dose is one to two tablets and the best time to take them is 15 minutes to an hour after eating the two largest meals of the day.[/info]

Fat Fighter Customer Testimonials

A few average customer testimonials read:

[plain]”I’ve lost over 4 inches from my waist since I began using these fat fighter tablets, so I know for a fact that they work and I have not experienced any side effects at all.[/plain]

[plain]”These pills made me poop more often than normal but I haven’t lost any weight.” [/plain]

[plain]”Fat Fighter is the best diet pill I have ever tried. It stops me feeling hungry and has helped me to lose over 18 pounds in less than a month.” [/plain]

[plain]”What a waste of time! I can’t believe I allowed myself to be suckered in so easily. These pill don’t fight fat at all. I actually gained a few pounds while I was using them.”[/plain]

Fat Fighter Side Effects & Other Considerations

The Fat Fighter sales page states some people will need to obtain medical clearance prior to using the product:

People with existing health problems
People using medication
Women who are pregnant or nursing a child

Although IT Works fail to mention this, some of the vitamins the body needs are provided by dietary fat. The use of fat blockers can lead to deficiencies, so it’s wise to compensate for this by taking a vitamin pill. The way fat blockers work can also present problems. People who use fat blockers need to cut back on their intake of fatty food. If a lot of fat enters the stomach there is more fat for the product to block. This means extra fat has to exit the body with the faeces. This can cause sudden attacks of diarrhoea.

Pricing and Availability

IT Works Fat Fighter is only available from the IT Works online store. Each bottle contains 6 tablets. Customers making a one-off purchase can expect to pay USD 43 (AUD 56) per bottle.

Customers who buy via the IT Works autoship program only pay USD 25 (AUD 32.60) per bottle, but they have to agree to remain “Loyal Customers” for at least three months.

However, customers visiting the IT Works website have to select their country before they can access the store, and Fat Fighter is not listed on the Australian version of the site. We selected several other countries and, as far as we can tell, the product is only available to people living in the USA.

Guarantee

IT Works Fat Fighter is not backed by a money back guarantee.

The Final Judgement

IT Works Fat Fighter contains a decent amount of nopal, so it should have good fat blocking abilities. Chromium is also a good addition, but the proprietary blend is unlikely to contain enough white kidney bean to offer sufficient carb blocking value.

Many of the other ingredients in the blend, such as green tea and garcinia cambogia, are good for weight loss, but the inclusion rates are not provided and it is possible they may be overly diluted by ingredients of more questionable value, like vanadium and bitter melon.

Customer feedback suggests something has gone wrong somewhere because the tablets have let a lot of people down. This would not be such a big problem if the product was backed by guarantee, but it is not, so anyone who finds the tablets don’t work for them will have no way of pulling their money back.