Caralluma Fimbriata: Safe and healthy way to lose weight and get lean - By: jackauthors

Caralluma is a type of flowering plants in the dogbane family, which consists of tropical trees, shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers. Caralluma Fimbriata belongs to genus Apocynum. It is a succulent plant in the family that has been eaten in rural India for centuries, raw, as a vegetable with spices, or preserved in chutneys and pickles, and is often found as a roadside shrub in many parts of western India.

It has been used as a food and thirst quencher while hunting. It is also used for its purported ability to suppress hunger and appetite and enhance stamina. It is believed to have an effect on the appetite control centre of the brain. Tribesmen sometimes use Caralluma Fimbriata to sustain themselves for long periods without food and hence it is commonly known as "famine food" in India.

That's enough history about Caralluma Fimbriata. The interesting stuff about this wonderful little shrub is that it inherently suppresses your need to feed by blocking the activity of several enzymes and thus making your brain think that you just had a hearty meal when in fact your stomach might just be empty! Furthermore, this plant has no known toxicity and is also an ayurvedic alternative to the many other allopathic weight-loss drugs out there.

Now, if you are wondering if all of this is just snake oil and if the drug does "actually work", then stop right now, because medical trials have been conducted on the effects of the herb in reducing body weight and one small scale clinical trial was cozducted in India where 50 corpulent individuals were divided into two groups; one received a placebo while the other was given a small dosage (1 gram) of Caralluma Fimbriata extract for 60 days.

The results of the study concluded that the individuals who received the extract showed no increase in body mass compared to the persons who received the placebo. Another study led by Soundararajan Kamalakkannan et al. found that a dosage of 25, 50 and 100mg/Kg body weight was effective in inhibiting food intake and prevented weight gain.

Other studies have revealed that the plant extract was effective in reducing atheroma plaque formation and that Caralluma Fimbriata has anti-obesogenic and anti-atherogenic property. In layman terms, that means the shrub can, in addition to help reduce your weight, also help prevent the narrowing down and clogging of arteries which is the prime cause of many vascular illnesses.

So, all things considered, Fimbriata might just be the "miracle weight loss drug" that you've been waiting for! It's safe, natural and perfectly healthy. It's also ayurvedic and most users of the drug have experienced no side effects at all. However, some might experience mild side effects like stomach ache, intestinal gas or constipation; all of which usually recede after a week of use.

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Studies do show Caralluma Fimbriata to have a visible effect on the body. As Obesity and abundance of food is a huge problem these days, a natural herb like Caralluma actives does seem to be a good alternative for remedial cure to such problems with the least amount of side effects and costs.

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