Practical advice, the role of plants and food supplements in effective weight loss

As you know, with the arrival of warmer weather, some of us want to get back in shape or achieve a toned silhouette! And to do this, you need to lose weight.
Based on feedback, we know that many of you make numerous mistakes in your diets and your choice of associated supplements. In this article, we will give you advice that will allow you to slim down sustainably or lose weight without depriving yourself, by adopting a healthy and balanced diet.
In fact, we prefer to talk about nutritional rebalancing rather than dieting.

1-Set a realistic course for your weight loss

Nutritional rebalancing is never easy, first of all because you are going to call your nutritional habits into question, and above all, you will need to prepare yourself to maintain your new habits in the long term. We will give you some advice to avoid stress and anxiety during weight loss.

Analyze your body type and set achievable goals.
It is estimated that in the context of rebalancing, the average healthy weight loss is about 500 grams per week.

2-Move more, essential for losing weight

Physical activity, in addition to strengthening your heart, lungs, and muscles, will greatly help you eliminate stored fat. You might not have known this, but it is primarily through breathing that fats are eliminated. Indeed, fat is expelled in the form of carbon dioxide (through breathing) and in the form of water (through sweat and urine).
Therefore, by accelerating your metabolism through the action of sport or physical activity, it will help you release fat and lose weight.
The increase in body temperature will initiate what is called lipolysis or thermogenesis, that is to say, the burning of fat mass.
A quick reminder: opt for gentle sports activity (walking, cycling, swimming, gentle gymnastics...) in 45-minute sessions, 3 times a week.

3-Eat a varied and balanced diet to stabilize your weight

It is essential and often reiterated to implement a varied, balanced, and high-quality diet:

Varied: eating a wide variety of different foods will allow you to get all the wealth of nutrients you need on a daily basis and to enjoy tasting a wide range of ingredients: no frustration, no boredom, a guarantee of sustainable weight loss!
Quality: eating healthy, unprocessed, organic and/or local, and seasonal foods is the guarantee of a quality diet and nutritional richness to provide your body with everything it needs for an appropriate energy expenditure. No storage, therefore balance and weight maintenance.
Balanced: be sure to respect a meal structure, to adopt good food combinations (to be adapted according to lifestyle, age, physical activity, and health status), respect the proportions that correspond to you, and listen to your hunger and satiety cues. This will help you limit cravings for snacking, hunger pangs, and stay in shape.
If needed and for further information, do not hesitate to book a personalized naturopathy or dietetics consultation.

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4- Food supplements and plants as weight loss aids

What do we actually expect from a natural slimming aid in the context of weight loss?
Depending on the food supplement chosen, the effects on your body will be different. Indeed, some will allow you to curb or at least attenuate the sensation of hunger and therefore reduce your daily caloric intake. Others will drain the body and promote the elimination of toxins through natural pathways. Finally, the fat-burning effect of others will increase body temperature and promote the elimination of fat mass.
Because of these associated beneficial slimming effects, you will find them to be true allies, complementary to the advice above.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of these different families of food supplements:

1-Natural fat burners:

Green Tea: Renowned for its slimming properties, green tea is one of the best natural fat burners. Thanks to the theanine it contains, it helps to reduce the sensation of hunger and avoid snacking. Being a diuretic, it promotes the elimination of bad toxins. Finally, its thermogenic action increases body temperature, thus promoting fat breakdown and weight loss.

Guarana:
Thanks to its caffeine content, which is released gradually into the body, guarana helps to stimulate fat burning and boost the metabolism. Widely used by athletes during a period of muscle cutting, this plant increases motivation, endurance, and performance. This adrenaline boost thus allows for burning fat faster and facilitating weight loss!

L-Carnitine (amino acid):
L-Carnitine is a food supplement generally consumed by athletes who want to lose weight and improve their athletic performance. Popular since the 80s, L-Carnitine has over time become a reliable benchmark for burning fat while improving endurance capacity.

2-Natural appetite suppressants:

Konjac:
To help you lose weight naturally, know that you can count on the help of konjac. Composed of water and fiber, konjac has a powerful and rapid satiating effect. As a result, it induces a greater feeling of satiety without adding calories to your count. Konjac is a natural appetite suppressant that plays an important role in your appetite and therefore in your weight loss.

Gymnema sylvestris:
Gymnema sylvestris is an Ayurvedic plant used for centuries in Indian medicine. Known and recognized, it helps to curb appetite and reduce the craving for sugary foods. It will become your ideal partner in your quest for weight loss or simply for better dietary hygiene.

Nopal (prickly pear)
Nopal or prickly pear is a very useful natural appetite suppressant to limit cravings and snacking. It is also a very good antioxidant; it also relieves gastrointestinal pain.

3- Drainers:

Birch sap: It will drain the emunctories that are the kidneys, lungs, liver, intestines, and skin. At each change of season, it helps to eliminate toxins and, due to its richness in minerals and trace elements, it allows for complete remineralization.

Linden sapwood:
It is an excellent diuretic and renal depurative.
Due to the presence of fraxoside, linden sapwood is a diuretic. In case of edema, water retention, or even cellulite, it drains the tissues and eliminates the excess water from the body.

There are also complexes that combine several of these appetite suppressants or fat burners; you can find them by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.