WEIGHT LOSS PATCHES
You are fat! Lose weight! You are not healthy!
Many of us have been bombarded with such words by people around us. In modern “Hustling culture”, we hardly pay attention to our body; sitting all day at our desks and eating fast food to compensate our time of cooking meals. Some people simply do nothing and lay on the bed all day watching Netflix and eating junk.
We all know that this culture is hazardous but it feels easy and more convenient.
But this is also the era of social media and influencers are setting “figure goals” for people.
So to slay both, science and health industries are innovating new ideas.
The trending among them these days are the weight loss patches.
What are weight loss patches?
Weight loss patches are like sticky band-aids or adhesive patches designed to be absorbed by our skin. They contain different ingredients claimed to help in losing weight for a certain time period.
What are the ingredients used in weight loss patches?
Weight loss is generally supported by multivitamin, minerals and other plant-based extracts. However, the active ingredients vary in different types and brands of these patches.
Following are some of the ingredients that are claimed to be used in these weight loss patches:
- Green tea
- Flax seed oil
- Acai berry
- Green coffee bean extract
- Garcinia cambogia
- Hokuto mint
- Bitter orange
How does a weight loss patch work?
The patch is suggested to be applied on the navel area for 12 to 24 hours. According to the claims of maker companies, weight loss patch releases its active ingredients into the skin with the help of an embedded delivery system. These ingredients then enter the user’s bloodstream for further action.
Are weight loss patches effective?
Although, weight loss patches have an unsuccessful history because of the ingredient name ephedrine that was responsible for suppressing appetite; they are now in trend as the industry claims to give effective results with the currently used active ingredients and banned the use of ephedrine.
So far, no promising results were seen with the use of weight loss patches. Although, the ingredients used in these patches are proved to be effective when consumed by oral route, there is no evidence of them being effective in the form of patches.
Are there any side effects of weight loss patches?
Since different types of patches contain different ingredients, the side-effects may vary based on the ingredients. Its safety is based on the quality of ingredients used that may vary from brand to brand.
Although there is no scientific evidence behind it and no clinical trials are researched, some people experienced the following side effects after using weight loss patches:
- Anxiety
- Headaches
- Chest pain
- Tachycardia
- Pain in muscles and bones
- Hypertension
Should I use weight loss patches?
There is a certain mechanism for our body’s physiology. There are no short-cuts for a healthy life. For losing weight, you must be on a calorie-deficit, which cannot be achieved without controlling your diet and burning enough calories. So, it is one’s personal decision to try something new in market but the basic formula is same for everyone to lose weight.