Fucoxanthin and Weight Loss

Potential of fucoxanthin in edible brown seaweed for weight loss

According to Wikipedia.com "Fucoxanthin is a carotenoid. Some metabolic and nutritional studies carried out on rats and mice at Hokkaido University indicate that fucoxanthin promotes fat burning within fat cells in white adipose tissue by increasing the expression of thermogenin. As of 2008, no human studies on fucoxanthin have been published, so it remains to be seen whether it is of any value in human obesity."

However, as mentioned by Dr Mercola in the video, in 2009 there has been a break through in isolating and extracting this active ingredient believed to cause weight loss in this edible brown seaweed. And as such this ingredient, fucoxanthin, is already making it appearance in labels of diet supplements.

According to About.com “Japanese researchers have found that fucoxanthin (isolated from wakame) promotes the loss of abdominal fat in obese mice and rats. Animals lost five to 10% of their body weight.

Although it's not fully understood how fucoxanthin works, it appears to target a protein called UCP1 that increases the rate at which abdominal fat is burned. Abdominal fat, also called white adipose tissue, is the kind of fat that surrounds our organs and is linked to heart disease and diabetes. Fucoxanthin also appears to stimulate the production of DHA, one of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish such as salmon.

Although it's promising and already a popular nutritional supplement, more research is needed to determine if fucoxanthin will work in the same way in humans. If it does prove to be effective, fucoxanthin could be developed into a diet pill for obesity.”

Wakame and Hijiki are types of brown seaweed that is are used widely in Asian Cuisine. These contain high concentrations of Fucoxanthin. It is also found in small concentration in red seaweed, the kind found mostly in Japanese sushi roll as well as green seaweed.

Evidently there is no shortage of potential diet supplements. One that is considered effective is caralluma fimbriata.

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