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.
