Are There Waters that Can Help with Diet and Weight Loss?
Want to drop a few pounds? Fuze Slenderize is spiked with vitamins plus three popular weight-loss supplements.
Never mind that Slenderize delivers just a tiny fraction of the amounts that have been tested. And never mind that two of the three—chromium and L-carnitine—haven’t helped people lose weight in the eight studies that looked.
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Only three studies have tested the third ingredient—Super Citrimax, an extract of the fruit of the Garcinia cambogia plant. Among 35 overweight Mexican women, those who took 1,500 mg a day of Garcinia cambogia (six times what’s in Slenderize) for eight weeks lost six more pounds than those who took a placebo. But in two other studies, on a total of 90 people in India, those who got 11 times the Garcinia in Slenderize lost no more weight than those who got a placebo. However, the researchers reported otherwise.
Sources: Int. J. Sport Nutr. Exerc. Metab. 10: 199, 2000; Nutrition 23: 187, 2007; J. Obes. 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/509038; Diabetes Obes. Metab. 6: 171, 2004; Nutr. Res. 24: 45, 2004.
Other relevant links:
- The amount of electrolytes in electrolyte-enhanced waters may not be significant. See: Do You Need Electrolyte-Enhanced Waters?
- Are vitamin- and mineral-enhanced waters healthier? See: Are Vitamin- and Mineral-Enhanced Waters Good for You?
- Can caffeine help you lose weight? See: Caffeine as a Weight-Loss Supplement?