I don’t know whether its our own jealousy towards the affection that Santa Claus receives through the winter months, but our own bodies do tend to expand over Christmas, creeping our waist line towards the rotund form of the great Saint Nick. Maybe this is because we subconsciously think that if we get a little more rounder, our friends and family may celebrate our own existence just as much as they celebrate that other fat bloke. This is, of course, not the case, but our appetite for all the things we have avoided during the previous 10 ½ months grows unlimitedly, leaving us with a lot of work to do in January.

Launched last week, Slim Sticks are a renovation in curbing your anti-dieting antics.

Containing the amply titled, active ingredient Fabuless, Slim Sticks have been demonstrated to reduce your food intake by up to 30%, through reducing the pace of which you digest your food. In turn, your next meal will involve a smaller portion, and with the aid of Slim Sticks, this will have a knock on effect on all your meals, leaving your body slimmer by the day.

DR Jason Halford, appetite and obesity reader at the University of Liverpool, said “ The only effective way to lose weight and to keep it off is to change your lifestyle by changing dietary habits and increase daily activity. Even so, many people find weight loss difficult and weight regain a problem. Here there is a role for products with proven health benefits that help control appetite without diminishing the enjoyment of eating.”

The sticks themselves couldn’t be easier to include into your eating regime. Simply add a single sachet to a beverage of your choice, and drink before Breakfast and Lunch. This should be continued for the first month of your Slim Stick plan, and when that month is completed, one sachet per day should suffice.

Slimsticks can now be purchased from www.slimsticks.com, and will be on the shelves of over 1,000 Lloyds pharmacy’s across the UK from November 2^nd.