According to a new research, taking a herbal diet pill can cut down women’s intake of calories.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool learnt that Zotrim, which includes plant extracts, helped to lower sugar cravings.

The product has been planned to make the user feel fuller for long durations and stretch the 20 minutes time at which the stomach starts feeling empty.

The process is not believed to be hazardous since it just prolongs the time taken to digest food.

Zotrim consists of caffeine as well as Guarana that enables to repress the appetite and help with burning of fat, Yerba Mate, which helps to enhance energy levels, and Damiana that reduces bacteria inside the body.

The researchers also found that it also helped to take curb sweet cravings.

During the research, participants were either given Zotrim or a placebo.

Those women who took the herbal pill at breakfast did not feel as hungry at lunch time and reduced their calorie consumption by 17.6%.

Also, the women on the herbal pill finished eating about three minutes sooner than the others, signifying that they did feel full quicker.

Dr. Jason Halford, an Obesity Expert, told the Daily Mail that the results recommended that Zotrim has a ‘robust' effect on a dieter's appetite that could help them to lose weight.

Available in superstores and chemists, the pill comes at £22.99 for a month's supply.

Though, there is evidence of considerable weight loss in the short-term by taking the pill, the findings of long-term follow-up researches have been ‘disappointing’.