Dietary Supplements
for Weight Loss
Many diets are initially effective for
achieving weight loss, however the weight is often regained
once the diet is over because the weight loss usually
consisted primarily of water and lean muscle tissue. The
result of the typical diet is that the percentage of the
body’s tissues made up of fat increases and the percentage
made of up lean tissue decreases. This typical diet can then
lead to a "yo-yo" pattern of weight loss and weight gain.
Research shows that yo-yo dieting can be bad for your health,
because as weight is lost so often is lean muscle tissue and
bone density. The risk of osteoporosis is
increased.
Sound Nutrition, exercise and a rational
state of mind are essential for long term weight
loss.
There is a growing number of doctors and
researchers who advocate that the addition of nutritional
supplements to the diet and a modification in the foods eaten
(rather than a large reduction in calories consumed) will
assist in decreasing fatty tissue and increasing the ratio of
lean muscle. The main idea behind this is that certain
nutrients and dietary supplements can improve the body’s
efficiency in metabolising fats in the diet and also increase
caloric expenditure.
Continuing research is uncovering the
role certain vitamins, herbs and other nutrients play in
weight control and weight management.
Inhouse Pharmacy
offers a few of the dietary supplements that have demonstrated
in some research that they may play a role in assisting in
weight loss weight control at a biochemical
level.
These products can be divided into
several categories: fat blocking, Fat metabolising and
lipogenisis inhibitors.
Lipogenesis
Inhibitors
These are substances with slow the production of fats from
the metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins. One natural
product which has been studied extensively and in a number of
studies has demonstrated an ability in inhibiting the
production of fats from carbohydrate calories is Hydroxycitric
Acid or HCA
Products containing HCA
are:
Kordels
Citrimax Plus
Fat
Metabolisers
Fat Metabolising supplements include
L-Carnitine, Gamma linolenic Acid and other
lipotropics.
Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA )
GLA is a fatty acid
nutrient. Several studies have illustrated the effectiveness
of GLA as a dietary supplement that can assist weight loss.
One explanation of the effectiveness of GLA is that it
increases brown fat activity, which burns fat for
fuel.
Slimfarm can provide Kordels
Evening Primrose
Capsules
,
which are manufactured from Evening Primrose plants and
contain GLA.
L-Carnitine
L- Carnitine is an amino acid and
is also known as Vitamin B. L Carnitine carries fat to the
mitochondria of the cells where the fat is burned for
energy. Inhouse Pharmacy can provide
Natures Own Fat Metaboliser
and Nutra-Life
Super Fat Burners
which both contain L-Carnitine as well as other lipotropics
which may enhance body metabolism and assist in loss of body
fat.
Fat Blockers
The third type of dietary weight loss
product is the Fat Blocker
–Chitosan.
Chitosan is an extract from the hard
outer shell of shellfish. Chitosan has a positive electrical
charge, which draws oppositely charge material to it. Fats and
bile acids are negatively charged and therefore are attracted
to the Chitosan and are bound before they can enter the
bloodstream.
Inhouse Pharmacy is able to supply the product Thompsons
Fat Blocker
which contains 455mg of Chitosan in each capsule.
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