With weight problems becoming obesity issues, and obesity being central to type II diabetes, cardiovascular problems, colon / gastrointestinal disease, thyroid dysfunction, hormonal imbalances and skin ailments, there’s a race (amongst scientists, pharmacologists, nutritionists, dieticians, and natural healers) to find the quickest way to lose weight. In some cases, the financial rewards for discovering (manufacturing or retailing) an elusive fat burning super food, herb, fruit, juice, extract or drug, causes a glut of pseudo-weight loss formulations to appear on drugstore / grocery store shelves – the same shelves where consumers shop for carbs, proteins, refined sugars, animal products, dairy and packaged “teats” that require antidotes. Not wishing to fall into weight loss marketing traps, many maintain that the quickest way to lose weight is through “all natural” products, so they search for ancient remedies like weight loss tea, exotic fruits, Chinese formulas and herbal extracts. To their despair, “all natural” [...] Read more »