If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Sadly there is no magic supplement that can fix all of our problems. Any benefits are proabably just psychosomatic, and you have to remember that "trials" done on mice are usually skewed to back up a point, not to learn anything and they don't really apply to the human world, even if they did they usually give test subjects such high doses it would be impossible to keep up with.

A good example of a great supplement scam is Raspbery Ketone for weight loss. Read about how these "studies" are done a bit before you waste your money.

http://supplement-geek.com/raspberry-ketones-weight-loss-review-side-effects/

If it blunts your appetite, and lowers your cholersterol, how does it acheive those things? (mechanism). What other effects does it have?

It may well have very interesting properties, but without knowing how it worked in something near totality, its not nessasarily 100% positive in effect.

Have you tried a leptin reset?

Here is a review of the research on Nopolea cactus juice. take special notice of the study showing that it reduces cellular inflammation

http://supplement-geek.com/trivita-nopalea-cactus-juice-review/

mbragg,

It looks like this does nothing more than expand in your stomach, which makes you feel full (the site really doesn't make any other claims beyond that). Sort of like eating rice, but with a (I assume) lower caloric content. Any effects beyond that (cholesterol lowering, weight loss, obtainment of super-powers) would be secondary to the cessation of eating.

When I first started primal and was dialing down in my carbs, it helped me to sustain my blood sugar. It also could have been placebo effect.