Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased both the powder AND the capsule. I started taking one capsule and didn't find it very helpful to satiate my hunger. So a little later I took a second one. No dice. Still felt hunger. I tried it again the following day with the pure powder version and it seemed to work MUCH better. I did an experiment with the capsule vs powder to compare. I set up 2 glasses, one with the capsule and one with the powder (about 1/4 tsp) and mixed about a 3 oz of water in each. After 5 minutes, I could see the powder was doing its job. After 15 minutes it was set up like a viscous gelatin, I could turn the glass around and no liquids would pour out. The glass with the capsule looked the same after 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, etc. Even after MORE than 24 hours, all it did was swell up inside the capsule. By no means does this replicate the conditions of heat, acidity, or mechanical churning in your stomach. I hypothesize the powder inside doesn't have a chance to do escape the capsule and get exposed to water. In conclusion, while the capsule sounds like a convenient method of ingestion, in practice I found it much less effective due to it's difficult to due perform it's intended function. I would recommend getting it in plain powder form and use a 1/2 measuring scoop. Mix it in a cup with a small amount of water, chug that quickly before the powder reacts to the water and expands. Adding more water to the cup and keep drinking the sediment until you've had at LEAST 8 oz.