Garcinia Cambogia

This is an unbiased look: http://examine.com/supplements/Garcinia+cambogia/

In to thank Sara for the link.

And to bemusedly ask how do the shills find these sorts of threads so quickly?!?!

This is an unbiased look: http://examine.com/supplements/Garcinia+cambogia/

In to thank Sara for the link.

And to bemusedly ask how do the shills find these sorts of threads so quickly?!?!

Specifically which shills?

i am on it 4 days now, lost 3 pounds, still drinking soda

i am on it 4 days now, lost 3 pounds, still drinking soda

I would suggest that the weight lost in any 4 day period is inconsequential and simply can't be used as support for, well, anything. Ever.

I stopped reading at Oz.

Oprah has been on so many diets she must hold the record. She had that guru to lose weight with exercise. He wrote a book. Why is she fat? She has personal chefs, one who cooked healthy and she still gained weight. Look at all those who Oprah made famous who are full of crap. Dr. Phil being the worst. In one of his books he wrote that you should do what you want in your life to be happy. That sure doesn't include having to work for a living, does it?

I go to the gym everyday for 2 hours and eat below my calorie limit. And I take garcinia cambogia as a supplement. I don't think there is a problem with taking a supplement, as long as you are aware that it is a SUPPLEMENT and not a magic pill. You can't expect to see results by not working out and eating correctly. I am all for losing weight in a HEALTHY way, so I just use garcinia cambogia as a boost. I do feel that it works. I'm not quite as hungry throughout the day and I feel that it does aid me in losing an additional .5 pounds during the week.

I go to the gym everyday for 2 hours and eat below my calorie limit. And I take garcinia cambogia as a supplement. I don't think there is a problem with taking a supplement, as long as you are aware that it is a SUPPLEMENT and not a magic pill. You can't expect to see results by not working out and eating correctly. I am all for losing weight in a HEALTHY way, so I just use garcinia cambogia as a boost. I do feel that it works. I'm not quite as hungry throughout the day and I feel that it does aid me in losing an additional .5 pounds during the week.

I agree. That is why I am going to try it too. It is good for you even if it does not help with weight loss, so I will chalk it up as another vitamin.

Not meaning to be shills, it's just the evidence points to the facts that this product only works on rats.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569551
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15680676
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200237

The facts also find clearly that the product has absolutely no benefits for weight loss in humans.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530711
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11134690
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18729243

The only positives for the product is that 1) it's safe to take 2) there is an outside chance it helps aid gluconeogenesis in the liver.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15234082

Sorry.

Safe to take?

As I posted in the first page of the thread - there have been cases of liver toxicity. Safe? Maybe not.

Can you post the study or PM it to me, as the study I have shows it as safe (based on daily levels of below 2800mg).

Already posted - page one of this thread. FDA has published a risk letter.

Also:
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/1786.asp
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15680676
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699886
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21531369
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197150

The high dose one I'd not really consider.

So, there might or might not be a negative effect.
But, in general, anything with any biological efficacy always carries some risks.