Aqueous Cinnamon Extract- Cinnamon, or Cinnamomum verum, a Sri Lankan native and a small evergreen tree is the true cinnamon, despite the cheaper versions like Cassia and Cinnamomum burmannii being peddled as cinnamon as well. Cinnamon has been imported to India, where own farms of cinnamon exist, these being very productive made India a competitor in true cinnamon supply. Sri Lanka still controls the majority of the world’s supplies, other countries include China, Vietnam and Brazil. Aqueous cinnamon extract is actually water extract of cinnamon and it is supposed to have less toxic effects in higher doses than fat soluble or whole ground cinnamon. Cinnamon is proven to be promoting the glucose metabolism and that it is aiding the levels of good cholesterol in the blood, particularly in humans with type 2 diabetes.

Cassia Extract, also known as Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia, is a species in the Family Lauraceae, a very close relative of Cinnamomum verum, or cinnamon. Just like the more famous true cinnamon, the aromatic bark is being used as a spice. Cassia trees are evergreens and can grow up to fifteen meters tall. Interestingly enough, in the United States and Canada, Cassia is sold as cinnamon, the spice, and the true cinnamon, the C. verum, is largely unknown. It is native to Asia, mainly south of China, India, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Cassia bark is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of the traditional Chinese medicine and recent studies have established that Cassia extract may lower the fasting blood sugar. The caused insulin sensitivity is due to the ingredients polyphenols.

Chitosan rapidly clots blood in the biomedical world but there are claims that it is also a fat attractor and expels fat from the body.

Garcinia Cambogia is a small fruit that looks just like a small size pumpkin. An extract from its fruit and rind has been used to prepare various products mainly for weight loss. This herb, which is mainly found in India and some parts of Asia, is believed to suppress appetite and enhance fat-burning due to the presence of hydroxycitric acid (HCA) in the extract. This is how it works - HCA inhibits an enzyme called citrate lyase that plays an important part in converting excess carbohydrates into fat, but when it is inhibited, the body burns the extra carbs. While animal studies have suggested reduced food intake and decrease in body fat, human trials have not been so conclusive.

Opumtia Ficus-indica is a species of cactus which has been domesnticated for a long time. It is a very important agricultural plant in economies throughout the arid and semiarid parts of the world. Opuntia ficus-indica is also known by other names. They are Indian fig opuntia or barbary fig. The main reason behind growing the opuntia ficus-indica is its fruits. The vegetable nopales are also used for various purposes. In the culinary world, it is often referred to as the prickly pear. The large, sweet fruits called tuna are the most commercially valuable use of the species of opuntia ficus-indica. Sicily, Spain, Mexico, Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Israel, Chile, Algeria, Morocco, Italy are some of the countries that cultivate the opuntia ficus-indica in significant quantity.

White Kidney Bean Extract can be used as part of a weight loss program. Originating from South America where it is native to Peru among other places the bean has obviously been eaten for thousands of years. As part of a proper weight loss programme it is said, by some manufacturers of weight loss supplements, to be more efficacious than Ephedrine HCL at promoting fat loss. There are considered to be no known side effects. It works by blocking the absorption of starch into sugar therefore lowering the calorific impact of eating starch rich foods such as pasta, bread and rice. By reducing the sugars absorbed the body has less calories to store as body fat.