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Why lose weight
Overweight and obesity represent risk factors for numerous diseases, as well as an aesthetic discomfort for those who have a few extra pounds. L’excess fatin fact, it weighs on bones and joints, on the heart and blood circulation, on the digestive processes, on the production of hormones and in general on the health of the whole organism.
Those who are overweight or obese can more easily suffer from joint pain, water retention and cellulite, difficult digestion, constipation and have a increased risk of developing various diseases, including cardiovascular and metabolic ones. Controlling your weight is therefore important to stay healthy and enjoy your body to the fullest, not just to like yourself more.
Before deciding to go on a diet, however, it is very important to consult a professional who evaluates it real need to lose weight. The desire to lose weight, lose weight and have a toned and lean physique is common to virtually everyone, but only those who are overweight or obese really need to lose weight. A person may want to lose weight even if of normal weight because dissatisfied with their physical form: Often in these cases it is sufficient to practice a sport or toning exercises to increase muscle mass, define the body and see yourself better in the mirror. Contacting a professional is useful for obtaining an objective opinion and establishing the ideal weight, as well as for obtaining a food plan, and to avoid making food decisions based on a subjective view of oneself, perhaps wrong. In addition, the professional will be able to draw up a balanced and healthy diet and able to respond to your needs, a very important aspect especially in the presence of pathologies and disorders or if you are taking drugs.
How to lose weight
Once the real need to lose weight has been established, to do so it will be essential to pay attention to quantity and quality of food. Losing weight in a balanced way, reducing fat mass without affecting the lean one – that is, the muscle – is only possible introducing fewer calories than your needs and at the same time balancing the macronutrients, that is carbohydrates, proteins and fats, without excluding any of these categories. An extra help to lose fat and gain muscle comes fromphysical exercise which allows you to consume more calories and develop lean mass, speeding up the slimming process and ensuring a better aesthetic result.
Diets that are unbalanced, drastic or not associated with adequate physical activity can give the illusion of losing weight quickly, when in reality you are losing muscle and water rather than fat. The result is weight loss with unsatisfactory aesthetic results as one has not been achieved body recomposition between fat mass and lean mass: in essence, the fat present is always the same and, even if you have lost weight, you do not like it anyway.
They can be associated with diet and exercise natural remedies to lose weight that act in different ways: they can reduce the sense of hunger, help speed up the metabolism or improve the hormonal framework, thus promoting weight loss.
Herbs to lose weight
Some natural remedies can be used like adjuvants to low-calorie diets to lose weight. Several herbal remedies work with a very simple mechanism that allows you to reduce the sense of hunger and the absorption of carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol: these are, for example, guar gum, konjac and psillus seeds, useful in people who suffer from nervous hunger and who are continually hungry. There guar gum is a mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of Cymopsis tetragonolobus fruits, rich in polysaccharides and very viscous soluble fibers that increase the sense of satiety. The konjiak (Amorphophallus konjiac), rich in glucomannan and psyllium seeds (Plantago ovata) with a high content of satiating mucilage.
Other natural remedies have an action on the various hormones involved in appetite control including thyroid hormones, insulin and cortisol. An example is the caralluma (Caralluma fimbriata), edible cactus that grows wild in tropical areas. The slimming properties of this remedy seem related to the ability of its components to regulate insulin levels, a key hormone in glucose metabolism. Another remedy that allows you to lose weight by increasing insulin sensitivity is sea oak or fucus (Fucus vesiculosus) seaweed rich in iodine which also increases the synthesis of thyroid hormones. A very suitable plant for weight loss is then garcinia (Garcinia cambogia). Garcinia uses the rind of the fruit due to the presence of hydroxycitric acid, a molecule capable of inhibiting the synthesis of fatty acids, thus promoting slimming and weight control.
There are also remedies that allow you to lose weight thanks to the presence of caffeine such as mate or matè (Ilex paraguariensis), guarana (Paullinia cupana) and green coffee. Generally these plants are found alone or in combination with each other in slimming supplements and are often added to capsules and tablets containing garcinia, to increase its effect.
To promote weight loss, unripe bitter orange fruits, mint, ginger and chilli are useful, to be taken in the form of food supplements for increase thermogenesis, consequently increasing energy expenditure and weight loss.
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