The following experiment was conducted by a freelance author who lives in the United Kingdom, and she wrote the following summary of her findings:

I am Emma Powdrill, a freelance writer residing in the United Kingdom, and as the world's popularity soars into an overweight frenzy, we decided to try out some popular diets that claim to help you shed some unruly pounds.

One of the ones we decided to test was the Fat Vanish program written by Francesco Castano. This diet claims to help banish the fat without any hard exercise and diet pills. Our tester Amanda Delallio is an average UK housewife whose weight soared after the birth of her 3 children.

No matter what I tried, I just couldn't lose the excess weight I had gained during my 3 pregnancies, so I was happy to be a tester for this particular diet. I have a very busy lifestyle caring for my family and needed something that was easy to follow, this seemed like just the remedy," says Amanda.

We put Amanda on the Fat Vanish program for 3 months, with thanks to the author who kindly donated the plan for our experiment.

"I started the diet program with high hopes and promised myself that I would stick to it word for word! When I received the program, it looked complicated, so I was a little worried I might lapse."

Although once Amanda started, she soon found the program really easy and was able to stick to it, even with her busy schedule as a mother of 3.

"The first week went by very quickly and I was surprised at how I was finding it easy to stick to! With my children I have chocolate and crisps everywhere I look but I found I was satisfied with what I was eating, and didn't feel the desire to snack on all the unhealthy food I once craved."

Amanda managed to lose an incredible 3 and a half stones (49 pounds) in the 3 months and is now a svelte size 12!

I have never felt sexier and healthier; I am so glad I took on the challenge offered to me. I want to thank Fat Vanish for a well thought out diet plan, without that, I would still be the size 18 I was 3 months ago, maybe bigger."

Amanda kindly allowed us to use her before and after pictures (shown above) so others can witness her achievement.