See also: slimming pills
Slimming products
The herbal market offers a vast assortment of products designed to assist a low-calorie diet: draining infusions and herbal teas, fluid concentrates, capsules and slimming tablets are undoubtedly the favorite formulations.
Unlike herbal teas, slimming tablets are preferred because they are more practical: in fact, they do not require waiting times - such as infusion - and the consumer has the perception, sometimes unfounded, that the tablet "has more effect".
How to use
A good herbalist must be able not only to recommend the most suitable product for the patient, but also to indicate the correct way to use it: for example, the expert should make it clear to the client that the slimming tablets must be taken. with a consistent amount of water, quantified in no less than two glasses. Water is in fact an integral part of the herbal product: if, for example, the slimming tablets are characterized by mucilage, water is essential to form a sort of gel that gives a feeling of satiety. In addition, the tablet must be taken at least ten minutes before a meal, in order to allow the mucilage to absorb all the necessary water.
Active principles
The slimming tablets could be made up of glucomannan, cellulose, opuntia, marshmallow, flaxseed and linden: let's see, now, what activities are connected to these drugs of herbal interest.
- Glucomannan: is a vegetable fiber extracted from Amorphophallus konjac. Glucomannan is a high molecular weight polysaccharide, made up of glucose and mannose polymers; it is a gum that has the ability to reduce hunger as it adsorbs a lot of water, creating a gel in the stomach that induces a sense of satiety.
- Cellulose: represents a mix of xylar and extra-xylar fibers, and can derive from plant processing waste. Cellulose is used in slimming tablets as the fibrils pass into the gastric tract and are eliminated with the faeces. During this step, the cellulose is able to stimulate the lining cells of the intestine to produce mucus, making it easier for food to arrive in the intestinal tract.
- Opuntia ficus indica: the prickly pear cactus (cladodes) is rich in mucilages and heteropolysaccharides which, in the stomach, swell giving a feeling of satiety.
- Altea officinalis: the roots of this plant are rich in heteropolysaccharides that perform the same function as opuntia; in addition, there are phenols and polyacetylene compounds with a soothing and disinfectant action (for this reason, marshmallow is also found in products for l "oral hygiene).
- Tilia platyphillos: lime flowers are considered, rich in mucilage. In addition, lime is rich in phenyl propanes, terpenes and flavonoids with anxiolytic activity.
- Linum usatissimum: also flax seeds represent a source of mucilage, consequently they could replace the lime tree.
However, a herbal formulation of this type, designed to be an adjuvant to low-calorie diets, is not complete: in fact it causes swelling in the stomach. To solve this problem, we recommend a combined herbal product based on star anise and fennel: the essential oil of star anise (anethole) and fennel extract (fencone) have carminative properties, limiting the intestinal gas caused by fermentation. The combination of this product improves the activity expressed by the slimming tablets.
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