Slimming products often without effect

Many slimming products have no effect and only cost money.

(12.07.2010) Many preparations that are supposed to "slim" have no effect and have no better effect than placebo. In any case, this was the result of a study on slimming products at the University of Göttingen, which was published at a specialist congress on the health problem "obesity" in Stockholm.

In their distress, overweight people spend around 10 billion euros worldwide on so-called slimming products. Often the money seems to have been spent in vain. Because many supplements that promise to help in weight loss are completely ineffective. At least that's what nutritionists from the University of Göttingen reported.

A total of 189 subjects participated in the study. In addition to the medicinal products Formoline (polyglucosamine) and CM3 (sodium alginate complex), the subjects were also given various dietary supplements containing bean concentrate, plant extracts, L-cartinin, fiber, guarana seed powder, cabbage powder and konjac Extract for weight loss "administered. Overall, the study participants took the preparations for 8 weeks. The slimming agents failed to produce results and were similar in effects to placebos. The weight loss of the medical or nutritional supplements was between half a kilogram and 2 kilograms during the course of the study. On average, the participants lost 1.2 kilograms.

Medicines need to be tested for efficacy before being approved on the drug market. It is different with the so-called. Slimming and food supplements. Here the effect is not proven. As the study showed, these products are not useful for losing weight. Rather, a balanced diet and exercise are the cornerstones of effective weight reduction. (Sb)

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