Beware of These 3 Harmful Herbal Product Ingredients

Posted on May 3rd, 2008 by admin, under diets, weight loss.

Nowadays people are very desperate to lose weight due to increase in awareness level. People have come to realize that losing weight is the only way they can make sure that they live longer, in a healthy way!

So far so good, but people not only want to lose weight, they want to lose it naturally! They want to shed those extra pounds using natural products and solutions. This is the reason behind the emergence of herbal weight loss products. The advantage of herbal products is that they don’t have any side effects. The downside is that you will lose weight slower with herbal based product than with prescription drugs, because the effect of herbal products is often subtler.

While you can find a lot of herbal weight loss pills and supplements online or in your local health store, you should be careful when buying them! Keep in mind that just because a product is herbal doesn’t mean that it is totally safe and natural. Some of the herbal products come with their own side effects, In order to make sure that you are buying only products that are 100% safe and natural, here is a list of ingredients you should look for in the label of the product. If you notice that the product has any of the following ingredients, be careful!

1. Chromium Picolinate: This ingredient helps to regulate your blood sugar level. As you may be already aware, obese people often have high blood glucose levels. However it is not free from side effects. You should take it only in small doses because a high dosage can lead to dehydration as well as extensive damage of the chromosomes!

2. Senna: Senna is yet another ingredient that causes dehydration. But it is perhaps more harmful than Chromium Picolinate, in that it can cause severe problems in your colon as well as make bowel movements difficult. Prolonged intake of this ingredient can also cause addiction!

3. St. John’s Wort: This is one itchy ingredient that you should be careful of! I call it ‘itchy’ because its consumption that lead to uncontrolled itching. Not to mention that you will suffer from fatigue and intestinal problems. Besides, it also speeds up the production of a chemical compound in our brain which results in high sensitivity in eye and skin!

There is only one way to save yourself from the harmful herbal drugs, and that is by doing your due research. Research is the only way you can ensure that the drug you are using in order to lose weight doesn’t land you in some other trouble!

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