Many people turn to dietary supplements to help them lose weight, but find that although these products make great claims, they just don’t work. This may in part be due to a lot of weight loss products that promise unrealistic results. Also, often the overweight person failures complete the entire diet program. Sometimes the claims made by diet supplement manufacturers about the supplements are written just to make a sale and are not backed by any real results.
Although the Food and Drug Administration has successfully banned illegal marketers, some products are still available. Consumers may be deceived by the labels which claim to be caffeine or ephedra free, not knowing that these supplements include other ingredients that may pose the same health risks. These include heart and digestive problems, headaches, insomnia, and even sometimes, psychological side effects.
Other supplement manufacturers say that their products contains EGCG which is a phytochemical ingredient found in green tea. This so-called component claims to speed up metabolism but in reality only acts to reduce the risk of cancer. Some studies claim that this ingredient may slightly increase the potential to burn calories so that now it is found in many weight loss supplements. It does have good points, on the other hand, since the body might conform to EGCG after a period of time. Even the weight loss benefit (of burning calories) could sum up to 60 to 70 calories a day, which could help prevent excessive weight gain.
A few other significant effects of weight loss supplements is that they may contain ingredients that makers claim will prevent the absorption of carbohydrates. One good example is Chitosan, which appears most promising, but which in fact shows no positive result in fat absorption. It could even take up to seven months for men to lose just a pound of body fat and for women, there is no fat loss at all.
Thyroid supplements that act as thyroid replacements help regulate and optimize the thyroid at a higher level. This they say makes the body feel like a couch potato and won’t perform the job it has to.
Since the number one reason why people eat is because they feel hungry, there is another type of ingredient that manufacturers make which increases the feeling of being full and decreases appetite. This is called Guar Gum. However, recent studies show that it has no meaningful benefit at all to weight loss. It is ironic that manufacturers mix Psyllium that has the reputation of reducing eating and aiding weight loss into weight loss supplements. Initial studies, however, do not support this claim although it can help control blood cholesterol and sugar.
One of the latest innovations in the fat loss industry is a product that uses skin absorption as a method of weight control. There is a product called a Cutting Gel, which is an epidril product and by far the best selling in fat loss creams technology. You simply rub it on your skin where you want the fat to be removed. Since it is fairly new technology, there is no enough evidence to prove that this works successfully.
For now, it seems safer to advise people to use the age old remedies to battle excessive weight gain and that is to invest on walking shoes instead of diet supplements, go to the park and do brisk walking, go to the gym, and have a well balanced diet.
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