Caraluma fimbriata is a succulent plant, in the cactus family, that has been used as a natural appetite suppressant in India for centuries. A new kid on the block in the Cactii family of plants that is becoming well known for their appetite suppressant qualities as well as their additional qualities in lower blood sugar.
Supplements made from the popular hoodia gordonii cactus from the Kalahari Desert in Africa, are, for example, growing in popularity and usage in the USA and Europe. Like hoodia, caralluma fimbriata has been used to suppress appetite, and as a portable food for hunting. It is commonly used across the great land of India to supress the need to eat and to enhance endurance. Also know as a famine food it has been know to be used in times of famine to help restrict the need to eat.
Caralluma fimbriata has been eaten throughout the Centruries by folk in India as it grows wild and freely across a number of parts of the country. Caraluma fimbriata is cooked as a vegetable, used in preserves like chutneys and pickles, or eaten raw. Caralluma fimbriata is believed to block the activity of several enzymes, which then blocks the formation of fat, forcing fat reserves to be burned.
Caraluma fimbriata is also believed to have an effect on the appetite control mechanism of the brain. Experts in the field of traditional Indian medicine called Ayurvedic have identified the fact that there are no adverse reactions when you use Caralluma fimbriata therefore the plant is not believed to be toxic. A patented, tested extract of Caralluma fimbriata has been developed and standardized by a company called Gencor. Known as “Slimaluma,” the extract delivers the plant in a concentrated form.
One of the only products available in the US that uses the Slimaluma formula is Country Life’s GenaSlim supplement, which combines the patented Slimaluma extract of Caralluma fimbriata with EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) from green tea. They have a synergistic effect on weight loss and controlling ones appetite. A number of clinical trials have been undertaken and shown that the product Slimaluma is though to be very good at fat reduction in conjunction with appetite control.
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