Weight Loss: Food or Exercise, or Both?

Time changes everything! Human has developed himself and his lifestyle by studying, thinking, observing and implementing those examinations in daily life. This led us to industrialisation and we never looked back since then. Not only the nature of our work has changed, but lifestyle, and also food intake changed drastically. The number of people with health problems are exponentially increasing due to all such modifications.

As per WHO, obesity has tripled within 45 years worldwide. Being attracted to beauty and appearance, people tend to consume supplements for weight loss. But, do you know how, and why it works or sometimes doesn’t work at all?

Whatever food we consume starts breaking into small parts as soon as it interacts with saliva. This means digestion begins inside mouth, and not after entering inside stomach. Saliva contains 98% water and some important substances like enzymes which start breaking food.

Enzymes are catalysts (boosters), who increase the speed of digestion. Digestion is nothing but converting food into energy by chemical reactions of food and chemicals, also called ‘metabolism’, available inside our body. Enzymes speed up the process of digestion, and thus enzymes are very important. So, if metabolism increased, food is digested faster and body gets energy for work.

Synephrine (SN) is one of the supplements which increases metabolism. This is a common substance used in weight loss products. This ingredient is available in citrus aurantium (bitter orange) and also in some sweet oranges like Tarocco, Naveline and Navel varieties etc. SN is naturally present in our body too!

Sometimes due to feedback mechanisms present in our body, even after the consumption of such supplements, the metabolism doesn’t increase. When sudden speed of digestion increases, preventive enzymes within body get alert, and they get activated to reduce the speed and balance the reactions. Thus, few people maintain or gain the weight though they consume supplements.

Our body functions faster and boosts its reactions while exercising resulting in faster digestion. Thus, not only food but even exercise plays a critical role in losing weight. Balance between both balances the body and your mood. Thus, exercise regularly and choose food wisely, make sure it has natural enzymes for better health effects.