When it comes to losing weight, you may be finding that a low fat diet combined with fitness is not working for you as quickly as you would like it to, and your mind starts to turn towards diet pills. But how much do you really know about these diet pills, and could they be damaging for your wellness and wellbeing?
Drug companies have recently had to re-think the way that they make diet pills, as one of their main ingredients – ephedra – was removed from the market. They have been under pressure to come up with another natural supplement to help boost weight loss, and one of the things that they have come up with is a way to help weight loss by reducing the levels of cortisol in the body and balancing the blood sugar.
Cortisol is a hormone that is released by the adrenal glands during times of extreme stress. Many people in today’s fast-paced world find them releasing a great deal of this hormone! It is an important hormone for health, but too much of it can be bad for you. High levels of cortisol increase your appetite, and especially for carbohydrates and sugar (which go straight to your waist and set up camp there). It also contributes to bone loss, short term memory loss and can be damaging to your immune system.
A new generation of diet pills is now becoming available which help you to reduce these cortisol levels (something that you can also do by reducing your stress, exercising and getting plenty of sleep). These pills use the extract of magnolia bark, which is often used in Chinese medicine for a variety of purposes, including weight loss. The pills also contain other important vitamins to help you relax, and to balance your blood sugar.
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