Garcinia Cambogia is a small, sour fruit grown in tropical Asia, where it has been safely used for centuries as both food and medicine. Traditionally esteemed as a digestive aid and gentle energy-booster, Garcinia Cambogia is also known as:
Garcinia Cambogia is a diet pill that works. It is an invaluable tool for dieters, working to suppress carbohydrate cravings and inhibit the storage of fat, while giving you more energy and enhancing your immune system.
Most benefits of Garcinia Cambogia are derived from its high concentration of hydroxycitric acid, or HCA, which is chemically related to the citric acid you find in lemons or grapefruit. A growing body of research shows the effectiveness of Garcinia Cambogia and HCA as a dietary supplement.
It is often incorrectly assumed that because Garcinia Cambogia suppresses carbohydrate cravings, it suppresses appetite in general. This is not so.
The way that Garcinia Cambogia suppresses your carbohydrate cravings is by boosting seratonin levels in your brain. Seratonin is a neurotransmitter, or natural drug, that your brain uses to regulate your mood. When you eat large amounts of carbohydrates, the amino acids used to break down sugar are pulled out of your blood and concentrated in your muscles. This effectively makes more room in your brain for the chemicals used to build neurotransmitters like seratonin. This is why depression often leads to carbohydrate binging. Your brain knows that eating carbohydrates will give it more of the seratonin it needs.
By enhancing your seratonin levels, Garcinia Cambogia frees you from the carbohydrate-binging cycle, allowing you to enjoy a normal, healthy appetite for fresh, nutritious foods. For this reason, Garcinia Cambogia is particularly effective when it is used in combination with a low carb diet.
Garcinia Cambogia interferes with your body's ability to produce and store new fat, causing more of your own stored fat to be burned off for energy. Garcinia Cambogia is also known to help decrease levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and potentially deadly triglycerides.
By the same process, Garcinia Cambogia also prevents the carbohydrates you eat from being converted into new fat, resulting in a marked decrease in the 'backsliding' effect common among low carb dieters.
The way Garcinia Cambogia does all this is by inhibiting the actions of a specific enzyme in your liver called ATP Cytrate Lyase. This enzyme is specifically responsible for the conversion of carbohydrates to fat, and is also related to the production of cholesterol.
Garcinia Cambogia diverts the calories you consume away from the production of fats and towards the production of glycogen. Since glycogen is your body's primary source of fuel for energy-consuming activities, this property of Garcinia Cambogia means that not only will Garcinia Cambogia help curb your cravings for fattening foods, but will help you burn off your existing fat more quickly.
The increase in energy provided by Garcinia Cambogia makes it an ideal treatment for the sluggishness often experienced by low carb dieters in a state of ketosis. And unlike harsh chemical and herbal stimulants, Garcinia Cambogia will not cause nervousness, insomnia, hypertension, rapid heart rate, or other typical side effects of caffeine, ephedra, xenadrine, and other stimulants.
Additionally, because Garcinia Cambogia increases seratonin levels, it is known to cause increased feelings of happiness and well-being, making it more likely that you will succeed in a diet program, and helping you achieve the motivation to exercise regularly.
In addition to its beneficial effects on weight loss, Garcinia Cambogia comes along with a whole laundry list of extra benefits. While possessing no known side effects whatsoever, Garcinia Cambogia has been indicated for its effectiveness for:
Garcinia Cambogia's effectiveness as a purgative, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-viral agent can hardly be overestimated, and it has also been shown to possess anti-diabetic and anti-hepatotoxic properties.
And so, at the same time it is aiding in the actual weight-loss process, Garcinia Cambogia can also help prevent the temporary vulnerability to illness that is often associated with changes in body chemistry, such as those experienced on a low carb diet.
South Beach Nutrition's safe, effective, stimulant-free diet enhancers include Garcinia Cambogia as part of a synergistic blend of nutrients that maximize the health benefits and minimize the risks normally associated with dieting. These products can be used alone, or in conjunction with a healthy, nutritive diet program and plenty of regular exercise.