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November, 2007
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10 Vitamins That Help With Weight Loss
By Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
Losing weight is never easy, but with the right nutritional support it can be a whole lot easier than ever before. Your body has several mechanisms designed to control your weight gain or loss: appetite, hunger, metabolic rate, metabolism of fats and sugars, and calorie burning, just to name a few. All of these mechanisms play a part in maintaining your overall health and weight, and many of them operate together.
These systems work most efficiently when they are supported with an optimum supply of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. And there are specific vitamins, minerals and nutrients that can really boost the body’s ability to lose weight.
What Are The Best Vitamins For Weight Loss?
There are several vitamins that can be found in the foods we eat to help promote weight loss. These include vitamin B2, vitamin B3, and vitamin C.
1. Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): Riboflavin plays an important role in normal thyroid function and metabolism. Vitamin B2 is best found in food sources such as milk, hard cheeses, almonds, eggs, green leafy vegetables, liver and wheat germ.
2. Vitamin B3 (Niacin): Like riboflavin, niacin helps control normal thyroid hormone production. This vitamin also helps to control the body’s blood sugar levels. Good food sources of vitamin B3 include: tuna, whole grain products, liver, turkey, chicken, meat, eggs, mackerel, salmon, oats, barley, cheese, dried fruit and brown rice.
3. Vitamin C: Citric acids help boost the body’s metabolism, burn fat, deliver nutrients into the muscles, and curb the appetite. Vitamin C can be found in food sources such as citrus fruits, red bell peppers, broccoli, and tomato juice. The supplement Advantra-Z contains the citrus extract of bitter orange and is another good source of this vitamin.
4. Chromium: Chromium is a mineral that helps to regulate blood sugar and insulin levels by making cells more sensitive to insulin, and decreasing cholesterol and triglyceride levels. It is estimated that up to 50% of Americans may not be getting adequate chromium in their diets to sustain healthy insulin activity. Supplementing with chromium appears to help decrease body weight yet increase lean body mass.
5. Hydroxycitric Acid: Hydroxycitric acid is the extract of a fruit from the Indian Garcinia cambogia tree. This nutrient is the most widely used weight loss ingredient throughout the world. It helps to block the production of fat by inhibiting a specific enzyme, (ATP-citrate lyase) that converts carbohydrates into fat. It enhances the metabolizing of fat by interfering with malonyl CoA, an enzyme involved in fat synthesis. Hydroxycitrate acid can also help to curb the appetite by increasing the production of glycogen, a chemical that can signal the brain to stop eating. The best source of this vitamin for weight loss is the supplement Super CitriMax.
6. Gugulipid: Gugulipid, the extract from the Indian medicinal tree, Commiphora mukul, has been used for many centuries in Ayurvedic medicine to stabilize cholesterol levels and help control obesity. It works by lowering LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and raises levels of good HDL cholesterol. It’s also believed to promote weight loss by stimulating the thyroid gland.
7. Carulluma: Caralluma is an Indian cactus that has been used for centuries as an appetite suppressant in times of drought and famine. This nutrient can be found in the weight loss ingredient Slimaluma.
8. L-Carnitine Fumarate: L-Carnitine Fumarate not only helps to stabilize your cholesterol levels, it’s also an excellent vitamin for weight loss as it can help to boost muscle strength, increase energy levels and stimulate the body’s ability to burn fat.
9. 7-Keto: 7-Keto is a vitamin for weight loss that is found naturally in the body that helps to stimulate the body’s metabolism.
10. Pepper Extract: The extract of the black pepper or the long pepper can significantly enhance the body’s ability to generate energy at the cellular level and thereby burn fat. Pepper extract also helps to aid the absorption and utilization of other nutrients.
Other minerals and nutrients that promote healthy weight loss include chromium, hydroxycitric acid, gugulipid, carulluma, L-carnitine fumarate, 7-keto, Coleus forskohlii and pepper extract. Each of these essential ingredients can be found in an amazing weight loss supplement called Slimirex™. Slimirex™ combines these potent vitamins for weight loss (along with Advantra Z) into a single product that can really boost your weight loss efforts.
About the Author
Dr. Edward F. Group III continues to develop, sell and evaluate exclusively high-end natural and organic healthcare products to support a wide range of health conditions. The products we promote are free of toxic tag-along herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, heavy metals, fumigants, irradiation, liver-toxic glues, binders, or gelatin capsules with animal-source risk and toxic preservatives.