Weight loss is the new Holy Grail. Everyone wants the secret. Is it the special packaged food? How about the expensive exercise machine? Or the magic pill that burns fat while we do nothing? Women in the TV ads tell us that they have shrunk four dress sizes, and their husbands now call them a "trophy wife." While the men in the ads say they feel four times healthier since they lost weight. No wonder everyone wants to get on the bandwagon -- there's both money to be made and increased self-esteem to be had. But the glowing testimonials often come with little disclaimers in fine print, saying such things as "Results not typical."

So weight loss is an endeavor in which most people expect to fail. What a perfect business for charlatans, who can blame the failure of their miracle products on the will power and resolve of their customers. Can you think of another business where the onus is all on the customer? If I sell you a toaster that fails to work, I can't just say, "It's all your fault -- you didn't want that toast badly enough." Yet hundreds of purveyors of diets, pills, and exercise equipment get away with this everyday, blithely cashing checks for failure. The dedicated people who succeed in weight loss and chiseling their bodies often don't know if it was the packaged food or the ab-cruncher chair. They only know they're the lucky ones, unless they slip back into bad habits.

Well, now there's a proven way to lose weight, and it doesn't involve magic. Supplements such as Pyruvic Acid, Co-enzyme Q10, Carnitine, and Lipoic Acid have been found to help the body burn fat cells faster, but they do their best work during strenuous cardio-vascular exercise. Not sitting around watching TV. There's the secret -- exercise with the help of natural supplements. It's not jazzy and exciting and doesn't involve beautiful models smiling while they do abdominal crunches. It just works.