If only I knew the answer to this one! The quest for the Holy Grail is as nothing compared to the search for the best way to lose weight. Open any newspaper or magazine and you can’t escape the dozens of weight loss ideas within.

Most weight loss ideas centre round two principles – diet and exercise – or a combination of the two. Exercise regimes commonly involve long hours at the gym – surely the most boring place on earth? – on treadmills, rowing machines and the like. Frankly, the thought of going anywhere near a gym fills me with horror, so I intend to stick to diet plans to lose weight here.

These weight loss diet programmes tend to concentrate on banning certain foods: red meat, fats, sugar, carbohydrates etc. Many such programmes also involve calorie counting, which can become extremely complicated since it is often difficult to measure the calorie content of some foods. Are such methods successful? I dare say that every weight management programme will be successful for someone, but it is unlikley that any one weight loss diet programme can suit everyone.

Some other weight loss programmes specify various pills and supplements that are meant to speed up weight loss, sometimes without any change of diet at all. As a person who only takes Paracetamol with great reluctance I find the idea of ingesting artificial weight loss products unappetizing to say the least.

Which leads me on to the natural weight loss products, of which there are several on the market. A natural weight loss plan does not involve tablets, pills or supplements, and seeks to amend an individual’s diet to cut out foods which contribute to weight gain while increasing the intake of foods which assist weight loss. Such a natural weight loss product will be discussed shortly – watch this space!