|
|
|
 ,
Font size |
Diet Slimming Perfume: The Latest in Weight Loss
According to Vee Koppelman, founder of beauty supplies site VZ Hair, “Diet
Slimming Perfume is a fantastic new product for dieters and those keen to lose a
few pounds before baring all on the beach or at a summer wedding.”
The fragrance works on the principal of suppressing the appetite by
signaling the "satiety center" of the hypothalamus part of the brain to release
appetite-suppressing hormones. The fresh-smelling perfume is made from seaweed, herbs and
concentrated oils. Just roll it on to your wrist or hand and take a whiff when a
snack craving hits. Besides, sniffing the perfume is also said to improve
circulation, give the immune
system a boost and increase energy levels.
Note that, Diet Slimming Perfume isn’t the first of its kind. Last year, French
company, Velds, released ‘Prends Moi’, which claimed to help dieters ‘slim with
pleasure’.
The Hunger Suppressant Hormone
Scientists in 2005 had discovered a hunger hormone: a competing hormone that
seems to counter the urge to eat. The substance, named obestatin, has been
tested on rats. Surprisingly, normal-weight rats injected with obestatin cut
their food intake in half, leading to a 20 percent drop in weight over
eight days. The hormone can help unravel the complex ways that the body
regulates weight.
Obestatin had slow down the emptying of rodents' stomachs and the movement of
food through the intestines, important steps in countering ghrelin's
hunger-inducing effects.
The stomach does not work alone, but is part of a complex gut-brain network
where hormones and other substances in the stomach and intestines signal the
brain about fullness or hunger. Moreover, the researchers also discovered the
receptor where obestatin binds to cells so it can regulate gastrointestinal
functions.
Another hormone, Peptide
YY –
also known as PYY – helps to regulates hunger.
It’s released into the blood stream in the stomach, but nothing really starts to
happen until it reaches the hypothalamus; a small region of the brain that
drives a wide variety of behaviors, including eating, drinking, pleasure, anger
and embarrassment. So for anyone who struggles to reduce calorie
intake,
it might be very beneficial to find a way to naturally trigger PYY production
and sidetrack the desire to eat.
If a perfume can manage food craving and boost metabolism,
it's good, but we cannot forget that the
key to sustainable weight
loss is adopting a healthy life
style through good nutrition and exercise.
Healthy Tricks to Suppress Appetite
-
 Choose lean protein in
your diet. They keep you fuller than other nutrients and your body
takes more time to digest and absorb them.
-
Feast on potatoes. They contain a special type of starch that resists
digestive enzymes. Because potatoes take a while to break down, they stay in
your intestine longer, delaying the onset of hunger pangs. Potatoes baked or
soaked in vinegar are healthy option.
-
Make unsaturated fat 20% of your daily calorie intake.
Unsaturated fat found
in olive oil, nuts, and avocados, helps quash hunger, according to a study
in the journal Cell Metabolism.
-
Get Moving: The American Journal of Physiology states that 60
minutes of high-intensity cardio can
reduce appetite for up to two hours afterward.
-
Feast on fruits and vegetables. In a study at the Nutrition and
Metabolic Research Center at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, people who ate
half agrapefruit with
each meal lost an average of 3.6 pounds in three months.
Ref:
Dated 21 June 2013
Related Links
|
|
|
|
|
