Posted on March 17, 2009 in Latest News
Obesity is considered an epidemic in all developed countries. People try hard to stay away from weight gain but sometimes fail in making a change in their lifestyle. This article talks about the alternative ways to treat obesity. This would tell you how different herbs can make a difference in the way how you look.
Herbs To Reduce Weight
Here is a list in alphabetical order giving you an idea of how different herbs work and this would give you an idea how you can include them in your diet:
- Aloe Vera: Helps improve digestion and also clears our digestive tracts.
- Astralgus: Improves absorption of nutrients and increases energy.
- Bee pollen: Satisfies one’s craving for food especially sweet and also stimulates metabolism.
- Bladderwrack: As it contains iodine it enhances thyroid function. Remember thyroid disfunction can make a person gain a lot of weight.
- Brewer’s yeast: This reduces cravings for both drink and food.
- Cayenne: This reduces craving for in between meals and also increases burning of calories.
- Chitosan: This slows down the process of absorption of fat in our intestine.
- Chromium: This helps our body to make use of fat for building muscle and increase energy.
- Dandelion: As this herb flushes out kidneys; our metabolism gets a boost and we crave less for sugary foods.
- Ephedra or ma huang: The herb is useful in suppressing appetite.
- Fennel: The herb not only controls appetite but also cleans fat and mucous from our intestinal tracts.
- Garcinia cambogia: This herb again is helpul in supressing hunger pangs.
- Green tea: It is effective in enhancing energy expenditure as wel as increases the ability to burn calories in the body.
- Guaran: As this herb is also a source of caffeine it helps curb hunger pangs by increasing metabolic rates but it has a slight diuretic effect.
- Guggul: It promotes weight control and lowers cholesterol.
- Kelp: Helps boost metabolism.
- Licorice: Reduces cravings for sweet and sustains regulated blood sugar level.
- Malabar tamarind: It helps prevent the production of fat and also controls appetite.
- Siberian ginseng: It regulates blood sugar and we have less craving for anything sweet.
- Yohimbine: It raises calorie burning , increases metabolic rates and reduces appetite.
When combined with a healthy lifestyle these herbs can work wonders. Warning: It would be wrong to think that they can be food supplements.
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