Herbal Supplements for Weight loss

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Herbal Medicine Guide - herbs for Weight Loss

Excess weight and obesity is a growing epidemic. And being overweight is often associated with high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and insulin resistance. Diabetes related illnesses affect 70 million people in the USA alone and is a common cause of premature death and disability.

There is no doubt that exercise has to be a part of any weight loss program, and, of course cutting back on eating helps too. Less, yes but, as importantly, it is to do with eating the right things. Eating foods that will speed up rather than slow down your metabolism.

Two of the herbs I am highlighting on this page are the currently popular appetite suppressants, hoodia gordonii and garcinia cambogia . But they are not to stop you eating. They serve to help you control and manage your intake, so that you can regulate the quantity and sort of food you are eating, and cut back on, maybe even eliminate, the snacks. You have no hope of winning the weight battle if you are ravenous all the time. You need to give yourself a chance by curbing that appetite.

The proven cholestoral lowering effects of red yeast rice are used in the Vitabase "Red Yeast Rice" and the Native Remedies "Cholesto-Rite" products

Furthermore, the fat burning and triglyseride lowering properties of guggulipid are also employed in these two products and Physicians Formulas "Diet RX"

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The big weight loss success story of the past two and a bit years in Western society is the hoodia gordonii plant. African Sans Bushmen have used hoodia for centuries to curb appetite while on their long hunting treks.

In 2004 the West “discovered” it and much research has been carried out to establish the processes which make it work and to ascertain whether there are any adverse side effects. It seems the hoodia plant is rich in steroidal glycosides, which actually fool the brain into thinking the stomach is full, as if you have just eaten a big meal. And, seemingly, it has no discernable detrimental side effects. Certainly at this point in time the hoodia plant appears to be a blessing, with no negatives, particularly for those people who are grossly overweight and whose uncontrollable overeating is likely to lead to diabetes and other diseases.

Other ingredients in these recommended supplements include green tea extract for its anti-oxidant properties, the "superfood", spirulina, also rooibos, dandelion and licorice all of which have known benefits to digestion and alleviating stomach disorders