5 Healthy Weight Loss Tips
What are some natural weight loss products that are available?
The weight loss industry is full of very promising research. There is no magic bullet for to lose pounds as different things work for different people based on their own individual situation.
Natural Weight Loss Tip #1- with the supervision of a health care practitioner, consider including some of the Weight Loss Supplements Dr. JJ recommends to his patients:
Chromium
Green Tea is a popular weight loss supplement (taken as a tea or in a pill form.. some may remember Dr. Nicholas Perricone's recommendation on an episode of Oprah that if someone replaces coffee for green tea, over the course of 6 weeks they will lose 10 pounds)
Caralluma (herb to suppress the appetite)
White Bean Extract (seems to help decrease your appetite)
Relora (a herbal combination - when you lose weight with the support of Relora, you are less likely to put the gain the weight back)
There are some studies that suggest that if you have low Vitamin D levels, low calcium levels or low levels of fish oil you may be prone to be obese. However, there are no studies that conclude that if you take Vitamin D, calcium or fish oils that it will prevent you from being obese.
Are there weight loss products people should avoid?
No one should be on ephedra without medical supervision. In fact it is currently banned in Canada and the US as an ingredient in weight loss products.
Hoodia - Dr. JJ has not reviewed any studies that substantiate their weight loss claims, so he does not recommend it for his patients.
Will I lose weight just by taking supplements or are there other components to help with weight management?
Tip #2: Exercise
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As a health care practitioner (D.C.), cert. personal trainer and published author (strategicbookpublishing.com/TransfromingBodyMindAndSpirit.html) focused on healthy lifestyles, the last four tips are great. But I would hope the public would steer away from weight loss supplements, yet realize their insatiable thirst for immediate results. Thanks for a great article, Dr.David Robinson
April 2, 2009 - 12:29pmThis Comment
Thank you for a great article. Supplements may help with real benefits or the placebo affect, but nothing beats a good diet and regular exercise. No miracle cures exist unfortunately.
It is important to be ware of some unhealthy diet supplements on the market. I did review earlier this year highlighting 69 pills and weight loss products that the FDA published health warnings about. The 69 products marketed for weight loss contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients, some of which may cause harmful side effects. I was amazed at the number of 'bad' weight loss product on the market to avoid.
http://www.my-weight-software.com/fda-warns.html
September 6, 2009 - 6:11pmWould like to add another nature food into the list, the Acai Berry
January 26, 2010 - 6:14am