Everywhere you go, there is some kind of advertisements or billboards advertising weight loss. Following along with the current trend in America, and probably all over the world, everyone is trying to lose weight. Whether it is weight gained slowly over a period of time, or if it is weight that you have always carried and tried, unsuccessfully to lose, there is hope for you yet. The large companies producing herbal diet aids would like you to believe they are your last hope. Herbal diet aids are not the way to take off the excess weight.
Most of these herbal diet aids claim to produce speedy results, of ridiculous proportions. The only result they have been having, is taking America one step closer to death. Most of these over-the-counter herbal diet aids are completely prescription free. Some of the ingredients, although having been used for thousands of years in other countries, are causing death and near death occurrences. One ingredient in most of the herbal diet aids available today, is Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) which is close in content and effects to Ephedra. These two have been labeled as dangerous, and have been documented in the New England Journal of Medicine as being high risk in women more than men, for a leakage of blood to the brain, resulting in a stroke.
Sadly, the herbal diet aids companies try to monopolize the herbal diet aid market with tantalizing herbal diet aids ads and alleged herbal diet a results claiming speedy weight loss, and a slim body in only a short amount of time. They proudly wave the usage of the word “natural”, which almost immediately encourages people to assume the herbal diet aids are ‘safe’, which could not be farther from the truth. Some of these herbal diet aids are stronger or more dangerous as the synthetic products.
Another ingredient found in herbal diet aids is Guarana. This comes from the seeds of a tropical plant, and contains a higher amount of caffeine than your average cup of coffee. The herbal diet aids works to speed up your metabolism slightly, but when taken in large doses, results in stomach problems, anxiety, and insomnia. The herbal diet aids also contains tannins, which over a long period of time can eventually cause cancer.
St. John’s Wort is another herbal diet aids ingredient that in all honesty may contribute to weight gain. This herbal diet aids’ usage is as an antidepressant, which helps you feel better mentally and emotionally, which then encourages an appetite, whereas if you are depressed you probably tend to eat far less.
These herbal diet aids are in fact natural, due to the content of some of their chosen ingredients, but as far as being healthy, that decision remains yours. Keep in mind the medical research supporting the stands taken against the usage of these natural, herbal diet aids. If you are searching for a way to lose excess weight, try a healthy diet and exercise instead of the herbal diet aids.
