A lot of people either do not know it, or refuse to believe it and continue their search for fat burners that contain the herbal ingredient ephedra.
While I hate to be the bearer of bad news the truth is, the Food and Drug Administration has banned the herb ephedra from all products. It is not allowed to appear in any product in any form for any reason. The FDA considers ephedra more harmful in it's effects than beneficial.
I know many people who have trouble losing weight without it would beg to differ and would tell you that it is more dangerous to be fat than to use ephedra.
Since the federal government has made the decision for you and you no longer have the choice of buying ephedra, many people have been wondering what fat burner is just as effective as ephedra used to be.
The short answer is there isn't any ingredient that is just as effective.
If you look at all of the fat burners out on the market and begin to compare ingredients you will find that the companies that make the herbal diet pills simply have no agreement on what works.
It used to be that every single fat burner contained ephedra and caffeine. If you wanted to make an effective fat burner you had to have those two ingredients.
Now the only common ingredient you will find is green tea. Green tea may help a little bit in the weight loss department but it will not make any dramatic changes in your body like ephedra did.
For some people there were drawbacks to using ephedra, but for many people they were able to use the herb safely.
Ask any person who previously used ephedra diet pill products for weight loss and ask them how many different fat burners they have tried since. Most people will tell you they have tried 3 to 4, and often more, brands trying to find a product that gave them the same feeling and kick ephedra did.
There simply is nothing that can compare to ephedra.