Weight Loss: Lose Weight by Detoxing Your Body

Youve seen fish tanks with broken or clogged filters: Not a pretty picture. Well, if your diet hasnt exactly been pristine over the years (and really whose has?) then your liver might look a lot like one of those murky tanks. Maybe not literally, but its the same general idea. Your liver filters out the things you put into your delicate system. If your diet and general lifestyle havent been the healthiest, then most likely your liver could use a good cleanse.

Your body wants to be healthy. It wants to feel light, full of energy, and operate with quick steady efficiency. And the best way to get your body on track to being healthy is by getting rid of all of the toxins and accumulated fats. Detoxifying not only cleanses your body and sets the stage for improved overall health, but new theories also consider it critical for successful weight loss.

Weve found two products that can help you with both.

Is your filter clogged?

Our first recommendation is Polyphenon 100, a formula that contains one of the most recent detox and weight loss discoveries green tea extract. While theres nothing new about green tea itself or its detox-enhancing antioxidant abilities, its specific weight loss application has only recently been pinpointed. But the research is so convincing that the Japanese regulatory authority has approved it for this use.

The theory behind how this works is that it increases the livers metabolism of fats so they dont stick around (literally) clogging things up.1 Polyphenon 100 also inhibits lipase (a fat absorption enzyme) in the digestive tract and provides a feeling of satiety and fullness. A review of five independent clinical trials with a total of 500 subjects documented that green tea catechins like the ones in Polyphenon 100 help support healthy body weight.2

One study conducted in Switzerland noted that green tea is superior to stimulant diet drugs, which can have adverse cardiac effects, especially in obese individuals with hypertension and other cardiovascular complications.3 But if you have any of these conditions, you should consult with your doctor before trying Polyphenon 100. It is important to note that Polyphenon 100 doesnt contain any caffeine or other stimulants often found in other weight-loss drugs. Instead, it prevents the absorption of certain fats and works with the liver to help break down fat.

Green tea catechins also have other significant benefits, including promotion of friendly health supporting bacteria such as lactobacilli and bifidobacteria that promote healthy and comfortable bowel function. As an antioxidant, green tea catechins are potent scavengers of harmful free radicals, and promote overall cell health in all parts of the body.

Polyphenon 100 capsules contain a high-purity, decaffeinated green tea extract derived from carefully selected tea leaves, and undergoes a superior extraction and refinement process, so each capsule contains 100mg of pure catechins.

Combat those detox- and diet-destroying cravings

The second product we are recommending is X-Craving. It contains nutrients that support insulin regulation, blood sugar normalization, and the metabolism of calcium, which helps to sustain an appropriate metabolic rate. Together, these nutrients support a reduction of food craving and the bodys ability to burn fat rather than store it.

Specifically, X-Craving is composed of vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin K, vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium, potassium, boron, and L-lysine.

The two standouts in this list of ingredients are calcium and vitamin K. Calcium has been getting a lot of attention lately primarily promoted by the dairy industry as a facilitator of fat loss, excretion of dietary fat, reversal of gradual weight gain, prevention of fat storage, and raising metabolism: all keys in detox-style weight loss.

A recent study examined whether high and low calcium intakes from mainly low-fat dairy products, in diets high or normal in protein content, have effects on 24 hour energy expenditure (EE), fat excretion, and concentrations of hormones involved in energy metabolism and appetite. Researchers found that short-term increases in dietary calcium intake, together with a normal protein intake, increased fecal fat and energy excretion by approximately 350 kJ daily. These results may help explain why a high-calcium diet produces weight loss, and it suggests that an interaction with dietary protein level may be important.

And vitamin K is an essential part of supplementing with calcium because it stimulates the kidneys to absorb it and keeps it in the blood, where it can do its job. Not only does vitamin K help to keep calcium in the right places, in the blood and bones, but it also helps keep calcium out of the wrong places including bone spurs, calcification of the vessels and calcification of soft tissue.

X-Craving is a powder formula, and the suggested dose is one heaped spoonful mixed in eight to 12 ounces of cool water taken between meals.

A fresh start for your body

No matter how you detox your body, its a good starting point to achieving significant, lasting weight loss and overall good health. Keep in mind, though as even the product developers insist these approaches are only meant to give you extra help along the way as a supplement to a healthy lifestyle. Take some time to better understand what your body needs and take action to clean out years of accumulated muck from your system. Give yourself, your body, and your weight a fresh start.

1. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24: 25258
2. Hara, Y. Green Tea; Health Benefits and Applications. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 2001
3. Amer J Clin Nutr 1999;70: 1,040-45