African Mango Complete

My mom is constantly on a crusade to get me to lose weight. She asked me if I wanted diet pills - I obviously balked at the idea - but she is went ahead anyway and presented me with a bottle of pills the next week anyway. The bottle said "African Mango Complete". I figured, "Oh, why not try it?" - but only after reading the bottle and pamphlet and some research online. All-natural ingredients, blahblah, nothing chemical or strange (well, relatively) in it.

Will these actually work?

The main ingredient in this is African Mango, or Irvingia gabonensis extract. It also has psyllium husk, red clover powder, artichoke leaf extract, and dandelion root extract, all of which togethere supposedly form a potent mixture that claim to burn body fat, control appetite, increase energy, cleanse, detoxify, and lower cholesterol. "Lose 25 lbs. in as little as 4 weeks!" is the bottle's claim.

You take two pills a day, one in morning and one in evening. I read on the Internet to take it before meals, so I took mine a half hour before meals when I could. The main things of the laundry list of claims I'm concerned with are losing body fat and supressing appetite. I've tried these for a few days, and I have to say when it comes to suppressing appetite and my cravings they actually seem to work. I have a terrible sweet tooth, but my sugar cravings are pretty much nonexistant when I take these, and my appetite does seem lower. I really only feel like eating when I'm actually hungry.

Of course, I've only taken these a few days, so I won't make any claims about them yet, except for the few observations I just made. Maybe I'm feeling a placebo effect. I'll update in a few weeks to give my full opinion on these.