Can anyone recommend any safe and effective supplements to help with weight loss?

Hello, the best one i could advise would be l-carnitine. It must be used in conjunction with an exercise regime but if you are trying to lose weight then i am guessing that you are exercising. l-carnitine is a natural substance in the body, the body uses it to transport stored fat into your muscles when exercising. People who have low l-carnitine levels may go work out for 1 hour and only have an effective stored fat loss of maybe 15 minutes of the workout. The rest of the 45 mins is burning the days food intake and ATP. So taking the l-carnitine before a workout just insures you get the maximum results for your hard work. Sugar cravings usually come from vitamin deficiency. It is important for you to take a good quality multi, and eat foods that combined, will give you complete proteins and amino acids. Foods like this would be for eg. grain toast with baked beans on top, or a salad with some egg in it or tuna. Avoid white breads, sugar and as many carbs as you can. I would allow 1 day per week where you can splash out and enjoy foods, but other than that i would try and keep 6 days per week on a healthy eating plan. The reason why diets dont work is because you are trying to tell your body that you can never eat unhealthy foods again....how would anyone be successful in that!!! Allow yourself to continue to enjoy the foods you like, but as i mentioned before, just limit the amount of time you allow this to happen. There is only so many potatoes and chips and icecream you can eat in one day!!!! And the more you avoid thosee foods during the other 6 days, the less tolerance your body will have to them, the less you will be able to consume them....Drink loads of water.....this is the KEY!!!!!