herbal supplements

Sugarest is a tablet based on the Indian herb Gymnema sylvestre. You place a tablet in your mouth for a few minutes, and apparently for the next 20-30 minutes sugary foods lose their sweetness.

According to the manufacturer Genotec Nutritional this is "long enough for a dieter to defeat their sugar cravings and lose their desire for sweet but fattening foods".

If ephedra is banned - why are there ephedra-based diet pills appearing on the market? The answer lies in the amount of concentrated ephedra alkaloid that these new products contain.

So what exactly is the status of this supposedly banned herbal supplement?