Wednesday, August 1, 2007

What Are The Healthy Weight Loss Supplements

If you have read some of my other writings on the subject of weight loss I think you will know that I am not a big proponent of weight-loss through supplements. However, if for whatever reasons you want or you need to use supplements to lose weight, what would be the most healthy weight-loss supplements to use?

There are so many weight-loss products on the market today that you could probably spend a year or two just wading through all of them.

Since the weight-loss market is such a lucrative one, you almost have everyone and his dog putting out some kind of supplement that promises you will have wonderful results that sometimes even defy common sense.

The two main categories of weight-loss supplements that you get on the market today are those supplements that are chemical-based and those that are herbal-based.

It probably goes without saying that the herbal-based supplements would be better for your body in general then chemical-based supplements.

This is not to say that chemical-based supplements are necessarily bad for your body, it is just to say that herbal-based supplements are manufactured from natural substances. These substances are generally more in natural harmony with your body.

There is generally this main differentiator between chemical-based and herbal-based products. Chemical-based products generally provide faster results that are not necessarily long-lasting. On the other hand, the herbal-based products tend to work slower but also at the same time provide more longer-lasting results.

None of these two supplement based solutions give you the same durability of results as plain good old-fashioned exercise and diet adjustment.

If you feel that you absolutely must use supplements for your weight control then my advice is to try the herbal based supplements first. Potential harm that these products can do to your body are often far less than their chemical-based counterparts.

People often leave their weight-loss effort to the last minute and therefore want something that can perform a miracle. Under no circumstances is it healthy for your body to experience an enormous fat mass loss in a very short period of time.