Nature's Diets

Cascara Sagrada

It has a long history of use, and was given its name, Meaning sacred bark, because of its medicinal virtues. Today, cascara is marketed in everything from "miracle weight-loss" formulas to general "cleansing" formulas. What we like about this plan, the ......


Cortislim

Overview This is a combination of natural vitamins, herbs, and minerals. The manufacturers’state CortiSlim aids in reducing stress, which is linked to causing obesity, with its formula of vitamins, herbs and minerals. CortiSlim works differently than most other weight loss supplements on the market. Rather then increase ...

Green Tea Diet

What we like about this plan We like the fact that buying a box of green tea is relatively inexpensive. Studies have show very concrete positive benefits. These include green tea being useful as a ......

Licorice Root

How Healthy Is this plan? Licorice root is the most common and most used Chinese herb other than ginseng. Could it help curb your sweet tooth while you eating a sensible diet, probably. Can it reduce body fat mass. Further research .......

St John's Wort

St. John’s wort is well established as a remedy for mild to moderate depression. Since depression can lead to weight gain, and since medications with actions similar to that of St. John’s wort have been used for weight loss, some people have proposed that ......

Tapeworm Diet

Overview The original, all natural “diet pill” of the late 19th and early 20th century. A dieter would simply swallow the tapeworm and/or tapeworm eggs and there you have it. One poster ad described it as follows; “easy to swallow and guaranteed weight loss.” Another claimed ...

The Hoodia Plant

What we like about this plan The appetite suppressant seems to work for most people. The most influential reviewer was Leslie Stahl, 60 minutes reporter, who went to South Africa for a report on the plant. After eating a sample from the local bushman, Leslie admitted she was full for the entire .....