Super CitriMax®
Super CitriMax® is the all-natural diet ingredient that works for you in two wonderful ways. First it helps curb your appetite. Second (and this is the really good part) it actually inhibits cellular fat production. And it does it naturally, without side effects. Super CitriMax® contains (-)hydroxycitric acid (HCA), an organic acid similar to citric acid found in citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons, but with uniquely different properties: HCA has been shown to reduce appetite and inhibit fat production without stimulating the central nervous system.
How does Super CitriMax® work?
Super CitriMax® works by inhibiting the enzymes that convert carbohydrates into fat. If not utilized for energy, carbohydrates are converted into fat and stored in the body. Super CitriMax® inhibits the conversion of carbohydrates into fat and promotes an increase in the formation of stored energy as glycogen. This also signals the brain to turn off hunger signals.
Super CitriMax® is derived from the dried rind of the Garcinia cambogia fruit, a native of India popularly used in the preparation of curries, and to make meals “more filling”. Here’s how scientists believe it works: When foods are eaten, carbohydrates are digested and broken down into glucose, the special blood sugar the body uses for energy. Glucose molecules that are not immediately used for energy are stored in the body’s liver and muscles as glycogen or are converted into fat with the help of and enzyme called ATP-citrate lyase. HCA temporarily inhibits this enzyme, decreasing fat synthesis and causing biochemical changes in the liver that favor fat burning and glycogen storage. Researchers believe these changes are also responsible, in part, for stimulating the satiety, or “fullness” signal to the brain, thus helping to reduce appetite and food intake. Importantly, Super CitriMax® works without causing changes in heart rate or blood pressure, nor interfering with sleep, which diet stimulants can do. Independent laboratory analysis, using the highly accurate HPLC method, demonstrates Super CitriMax® contains a minimum of 50% hydroxycitric acid.
SAFETY FACTORS & TOXICITY
Toxicity tests have shown that Garcinia Cambogia extract is nontoxic and safe. Unknown decades of use by Asians has also yielded no known side effects.
Research findings suggest that Garcinia Cambogia does not interfere with energy production, nutrient metabolism, prostaglandin synthesis, or any other essential biochemical process.
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