Plants that may aid weight loss

Natural products used as part of a ’cleansing’ ritual or used for spiritual purposes have been known about for thousands of years. The growth of ’natural’ products to aid weight loss is a more recent development of their use and is now a huge global market. This brief article looks at the more popular ones that have had some form of analysis in patient populations that want/need to lose weight and comments on their potential use.


The genus Hoodia (Apocynaceae), is really a member of the stapeliads, a group among stem succulents commonly situated in South Africa as well as Namibia. Hoodia plants usually are used by the San people of South Africa as a possible hunger controller, thirst quencher, a cure for intestinal aches, haemorrhoids, tuberculosis, heartburn, hypertension and as anti-diabetes medication (Lee 2007). The actual discovering regarding various Hoodia sp. chemical substances possessing anti-obesity activities has contributed to over something like 20 patents, including on the dynamic compound accountable for the particular hunger controller activity. Even so, studies in connection with the safety most typically associated with long-term current administration involving Hoodia extract continue to be not well-known. Caralluma fimbriata Benincasa hispida (Cucurbitaceae) Mitragyna speciosa (Rubiaceae) and others are discussed at length and fully referenced. These other weight loss articles can also be found here

http://turneroftaunton.com/?cat=374

http://allstomach.blogspot.com/

http://hubpages.com/hub/Strategies-to-review-weight-A-review-of-the-evidence

http://hubpages.com/hub/HowvisualisationCANmakeyouslimmer

http://hubpages.com/hub/10-things-to-consider-for-maintaining-long-term-weight-loss

http://hubpages.com/hub/What-todo-when-your-weight-loss-slows-or-plateaus-An-analysis-of-ideas-to-kick-start-it-up-again

http://hubpages.com/hub/antioxidants-and-food

http://10thingstoconsiderforweightlossmainta.blogspot.com/

The author-Ian Turner, has worked in health for 25 yrs. He has worked in clinical and managerial positions in the NHS and gained a MSc in Strategic Health from Exeter University in England. He is widely published and a keen athlete, mountaineer and gym goer. Additionally he is a qualified NLP practitioner, CBT trained counsellor, Psych-dynamic trained therapist and Ericksonian hypnotherapist.