Diuretic Herbs
For losing water weight.
Digestive System
Herbs and the roles they play for your digestive system. By David L. Hoffman, M.N.I.M.H.
The Enigma of Ephedra
Radio DJs praise a weight-loss herb the FDA says could hurt you.
Food and Nutrition
Great resource for how to start eating naturally, Chinese and Ayurvedic systems and how to slowly change gradually. From Holistic Healing Web.
Herbal Repertory in Clinical Practice
http://herbsforhealth.miningco.com/zpicsz/general/new.gif Scroll down to section 20 for metabolic information.
Herbal Weight Loss Scam
With fen-phen off the market, "natural" diet aids are the new rage. Despite their lavish claims, these products often don't work. Worse, they may actually threaten your health.
Hot, Spicy Herbs
Two herbs that gives hot foods their heat, increases basal metabolic rate, the rate at which the body burns calories.
Modifiers of Metabolism: Overnutrition, Undernutrition, and Disease States
Detailed information on metabolism worth taking a look at, by F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H.
Qi Stagnation
Quack Watch
Bogus claims and products from the Quackwatch Homepage.
Selected Herbals and Exercise Performance -- Luke R. Bucci, Ph.D.
Substances that have been purified and studied outside their herbal context and shown to enhance certain aspects of exercise performance.
Thermogenesis
By Dr. Fred Spencer, DMD.
Thermogenesis
TSN Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
Serotonin Raising Herbs
Serotonin is the chemical in the brain responsible for the feeling of fullness. Increase your serotonin and you feel fuller sooner, and eat less.
Weight Loss Quackery
A 32-page manual, "Weight Loss Quackery and Fads," by Francis Berg is a new resource on unsound weight loss practices.
What diet pill ingredients are supposed to do
By Annie Lehmann Free Press Special Writer
Ma Huang Appropriate vs. High-Risk Uses
By Chrisopher Hobbs. This herb is in many herbal weight loss products. Be wary if using it for weight loss.
Mirabilis
Poisonous.
Paullinia
Actually guarana.
Pippali (Piper longum)
Ayurvedic herb for increased metabolism and nutrient circulation.
Spirulina: Health Food or Fraud
Alot of claims have been made in favor of spirulina. By By George Nava True II.
Stevia -- The Natural Sweetener
Dump your artificial sweeteners and try this.
Yohimbe
"Scientists have also recently found evidence that Yohimbe may aid in weight loss by suppressing the body's ability to store fat."
