Showing posts with label hoodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hoodia. Show all posts

Monday, June 29, 2009

More About Ephedra In Diet Pills

Recently I have been looking into the ephedra diet pills, and I had additional questions, so I put together some extra information on the subject.

Ephedra was taken off the market for a year a few years ago , but it is now back on the market and is still very popular with those who are looking for a weight loss pill to help them with their weight loss goals.

They can’t keep enough stock on the items since it was given the “OK” to be sold again, and online sites are doing a brisk business as well. There are still some common sense cautions that you should read before taking ephedra or anything else for that matter, so I tried to include them here also.

Ephedra, known in China for the past 5000 years as Ma huang, is the worlds oldest medicine. Research bears ou t the claims that ephedra increases metabolism and helps promote weight loss. It relaxes the air passages in the lungs to help treat asthma and cough, promotes perspiration to help a person recover from a minor cold and helps promote urination to help relieve edema.

Ephedra has also been widely researched for its thermogenic or fat burning properties. Other research has show that ephedra helps promote the loss of fat while helping retain lean muscle tissue, which is important because prescription diet medications still have not been able to reproduce these results.

That being said, ephedra IS a stimulant and a thermogenic, and should NOT be used by people or in situations where these properties might be harmful.

There are some common sense issues associated with using ephedra:

- If you have any medical problems that using a stimulant might overtax your system, don’t use ephedra.

- Do not use ephedra if what you are doing or where you do it at will not let your body cool down or dissipate heat. Your body core temperature might exceed safe levels.

- Follow the directions on the bottle. Do not take more than the manufacturer's recommended amount.

To summarize these 3 things: Do not use ephedra if you have a heart condition, and if you are wearing something like a plastic warm up suit to exercise in, don’t take ephedra. The same rule applies to playing sports on a hot muggy day. Finally if you have any doubt about taking more than the recommended amount, check with your doctor or health care adviser.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Hoodia Is Not A Blowfish…It’s A Diet Supplement

We hear the terms Hoodia, or Hoodia Gordonii more and more these days, when talking about losing weight. Hoodia Gordonii has taken the weight-loss world by storm. It has been raved about as the best weight-loss wonder pill. I see more products containing the name all the time. My question is What is it about Hoodia and the ingredient P57 that makes it so great for losing weight?

How does it work?

The Hoodia Diet Supplement has been shown to have some interesting effects in the area of weight-loss. Still before running out to buy the latest Gordonii pill from your online store, here are some things to know about.

There are over 13 types of hoodia. The only active ingredient identified so far is a steroidal glycoside that has been called "p57". Currently, only hoodia gordonii is thought to contain p57.

Here is a quick summary of three important ways Hoodia Gordonii helps you to lose weight.

1) Gordonii makes a person physically less hungry. Pure Hoodia contains a molecule called ‘P57’ which, scientists believe, is responsible for making you feel full. Normally, when you eat food, this food turns to glucose. When the glucose level in your body increases, Hoodia sends signals to your brain that you are full.

2) Hoodia, dramatically lessens the desire to overeat. Reports show that Hoodia not only makes you feel full, but it also slows down the desire to eat. You know that, people can feel physically fulfilled but still eat for a variety of reasons like timing, emotions and social influence. In fact emotional eating is actually responsible for more overeating than physical hunger. Hoodia weight loss pills can help you lose weight by curbing this desire to eat and breaking the emotional attachment to food.

3) By turning off your appetite, the hoodia diet supplement allows you to make rational, healthy food choices. It relieves the cravings, while you retrain your brain to use new healthier eating habits. Since you probably don't want to be taking Hoodia pills forever, this is a great way to lose weight and transition yourself to a healthier, lighter lifestyle, with less pain and deprivation.

These are three components of losing weight, combined with a good exercise program, can really help you and attain your goal.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Zylene and Advantra-Z, an excellent team for weight loss


Do you feel that the job market is down, so you work longer, or have a second job. Gas prices are soaring, and gulp down our fast food, and can’t find time to exercise like we should. How about all that time in front of the tube or surfing the net?

This lifestyle is typical, and when all these factors combine, it’s not surprising that we’re seeing a dramatic rise in obesity and obesity related diseases (cardiovascular problems, hypertension, type 2 adult onset diabetes, etc. These are real problems in America today.

But you are thinking about your lifestyle and your need to live more healthily – and probably lose weight. Starting a program of healthy living and increased exercise are now a priority in your life and you should be pleased with yourself.

If you want to give that new program of losing those unwanted pounds, you might want to try a weight loss pill like Zylene. Diet pills (or weight loss pills) can be an additional aid for someone wanting to lose weight, and they may help your efforts also.

When you see the weight you have lost with the help of a diet pill plus improved diet and exercise, this builds motivation to keep on with your weight loss plans and reach the target weight that’s right for your height and bone size.


Zylene works in many ways to help you achieve your target body weight. Zylene acts as an appetite suppressant. This is a real aid during the initial stages of any diet plan, whether you’re trying a particular diet plan (e.g. Atkins, South Beach, etc.) or just trying choose things that are lower in fat and sugar.

Sugar is one of the top three addictions to break (the other two are cocaine and caffeine), so being able to curb your cravings can help you change your habits.

And because Zylene is an appetite suppressant, it can help you if you’re trying to eat less, since it reduces the desire to eat. Zylene also contains many natural ingredients that work together to make Zylene more than just an appetite suppressant.

Some of these herbal ingredients lower bad cholesterol, which means that you not only lose weight, you have the chance to reverse some of the health problems caused by poor diet and lack of exercise.

Other ingredients in Zylene increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin, and thus reduces your chance of developing Type 2 diabetes.

In Type 2 diabetes, which usually happens as you approach 40, your cells become desensitised to the amounts of insulin that are produced to deal with a high-sugar, high-carb diet and so do not respond to the body’s natural insulin. Increasing insulin sensitivity with Zylene is one way to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

The herb Hoodia is certainly popular within the diet industry these days, and dieters may be attracted to Zylene due to its inclusion. Hoodia, has been shown to generate real weight loss, due to appetite suppression.

It is also believed by many that results will be much more significant when this herb is paired with a powerful fat burner.

I strongly suggest if you are interested in more natural approaches, to look into products with Hoodia and Advantra-Z®, (which is a patented, potent metabolism booster.)