What Is The Deal With This Cambogia Garcinia Craze?

Garcinia Cambogia Ad

You have most definitely seen the ads all over the internet. They are everywhere including the timelines of most social networking sites. You have probably seen the very same picture on the left dominating one of the ad spot on your popular websites and blogs, including this one.
But the real question that most people seem not to ask themselves is what is this Garcinia Cambogia really all about and how is it different from the the other weight loss supplements? Other people refer to it as Cambodia Garcinia or Cambodia Garcinica, either way, one ought to know what it is really that this thing is.

It is a tropical fruit that is found mostly found in the moist forest of central and west Africa, Asia and India. It had been noted that Garcinia Cambogia is one of the main ingredients in spices prepared in many Asian cultures. It has other names such as Brindleberry, Malabar Tamarind and Garcinia gummi-gutta.

The whole craze into this fuit really kicked off in 2012 when Dr Oz. who is a tv personality promoted the extract as the most exciting natural breakthrough in weight loss. Since then, the ads started showing up all over the internet with various people trying to cash in. You can see one of these ad in the picture above even suggesting that doctors endorse it.

Garcinia Cambogia Fruit

Various studies have been conducted and most suggest there there are infact benefits from using weight loss supplements with Garcinia Cambogia extracts such as a reduced cholestorol level due to the presence of Hydroxycitric acid also known as HCA. HCA also acts as an anti fat agent that reduces the body's ability to store fat and also increases the serotonin levels that control your apetite giving you the perception of being full.

That being said, lets quickly discuss some the side effects that one can experience taking these supplements. Dizziness, dry mouth, headache, diarehea, liver damage (hepatotoxicity) and testicular toxicity are some of the possible side effects that one can encounter. Thats not to say you will for sure suffer any of the above mentioned side effects if you take weight loss supplements with Garcinia Cambogia, but rather a warning that says proceed with caution if you are willing to suffer these side effects in your quest to lose weight. After all, people are not the same which is why you find people that respond badly to Asprin and those who dont.

Wait a minute before you go ahead and buy one of these supplements laced with Garcinia Cambogia and think of alternative and healthy ways of losing excess fat. Is it possible to lose fat the old fashioned way (obviously not by having lots of sex)?

Picture used to promote Garcinia Cambogia products

The answer is a big YES! instead of torturing yourself and possibly suffering some of those side effects, why don't you just adopt a fat less diet and do lots of excercises? If you are worring about your body's inability to curb your apetite, switch to having one healthy meal either lunch or dinner and having a good healthy break fast preferably eating oat meal or other food food known to release energy slowly. These foods are normally labelled low GI and they will keep you full of energy and trick your mind into believing you are still full thus doing the exact same thing as HCA.

Having chosen what meal to have between lunch and dinner, you replace the other with a supplement drink such as a milk shake (use preferebly fat free milk, juice or water). Then top of your diet with some good old exercises preferably lots and lots or cardio and core building strength exercises.

Garcinia Cambogia advertisement

It really is simple to lose weight the old fashioned way without having to subject your body to these possible side effects. If you are one to take Garcinia Cambogia supplement pills, dont just rely on them alone to do the job. Complement them with a good diet and exercise routine.

Don't just be tempted by the various ads your see such as the bikini model in the ad on the left or the cleverly photoshoped picture depicting a woman who apparenly lost that much weight in one day...LoL!!!! You will have to really be gullible and desperate to fall for this one.
The most important thing you must take away from this article is that adopting a good diet and proper exercises is sufficiently adequate to kick start your weight loss journey.