Health is True Wealth

When it comes to losing weight we need all the help that we can get. The obesity rate in the Western world rises year on year – and with good reason. We are exercising less , in part thanks to sedentary jobs, we are eating worse, thanks to fast food and convenience, and we have plenty of access to the food.

Which means that many people are desperately trying to lose weight – whether to look better or to increase their health. As ever the old ways of doing so are the best. Eat healthy food, do plenty of exercise – and use old remedies to help speed things along. 

Weight Loss Healthy Herbs

One of the best ways of aiding weight loss is by using the right herbs. Healthy herbs are hugely powerful – and far from being 'alternative' medicine they often play an important part in medicine, both in the Western world and in Eastern countries such as China.

But we are so focused on man made drugs we often forget how powerful natural ones can be. Which is why we seem to have forgotten the power of healthy herbs for weight loss. But as more and more scientific research is done into the subject the more people are discovering herbs as a weight loss aid again.

Healthy Herbs That Work

Seaweed - Bet you didn't see that coming! Seaweed is great for treating thyroids – so if your weight is due to a thyroid problem then look to use edible seaweed

Cayenne - Perfect if you like your food spicy. This food does a number of things, from aiding digestion to stimulating saliva production. But the main benefit is that it contains capsaicin – an ingredient that speeds up the metabolism.

Green Tea - Chinese green tea contains thermogenic herbs – this means that they speed up your metabolism whilst also burning more calories to be digested then they actually contain.

Dandelion root - This is great for reducing fat as it aids the liver in metabolising it. It also helps to reduce poisons in the blood and can be a useful stimulant as well.