This article aims to help the reader in the rapid identification of natural remedies useful in the treatment of various symptoms, disorders and pathologies. For some of the listed remedies, this utility may not have been confirmed by sufficient experimental tests conducted with a scientific method. Furthermore, any natural remedy presents potential risks and contraindications.
If available, we therefore recommend that you click on the link corresponding to the individual remedy to learn more about the topic. In any case, we remind you of the importance of avoiding self-treatment and to consult your doctor beforehand to ascertain the absence of contraindications and drug interactions.
Although it is defined as a weight excess of more than 20% compared to the ideal weight and due to the abnormal accumulation of adipose tissue, obesity represents a real disease, a health and social emergency as it is an important risk factor for development of various diseases: hypertension, diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, arthrosic osteoarticular disorders, atherosclerotic pathologies (such as stroke and peripheral arteropathy), coronoropathies, hepatic steatosis, gallbladder disease, uterine carcinoma, breast carcinoma and colon cancer
Simply put, obesity can reduce quality and life expectancy.
The following are only medicinal herbs and supplements useful for promoting weight reduction (adjuvants of a low-calorie diet combined with regular physical activity), while for herbal remedies used to treat diseases associated with obesity, we refer to related articles.
Useful medicinal plants and supplements against Obesity
Korean pine, pinolenic acid, gymnema, green tea, black tea, fiber supplements (bran, guar and guar gum, xanthan, karaya gum, psyllium, psyllium seeds, agar agar, glucomannan, pectin, carrageenan, Konjac flour, algina and alginic acid, carrageenan, guggul), Bitter orange, Guaranà , matè, Ginseng, ephedrine, Cola, Sinefrina, Garcinia cambogia.
