NEW RESEARCH: South American Plant Yerba Maté Could Hold Potent Secret to Beating Obesity

New Research about to be published in the research journal OBESITY (Nature Publishing Group) has proven for the first time that a natural plant extract, yerba maté, has potent anti-obesity effects (1).

The research examined the effect of extracts of yerba maté, a plant indigenous to South America, on obese mice fed on high fat diets and concluded that the yerba maté extracts had potent anti-obesity activity. Professor Anthony Leeds, a leading obesity researcher of University of Copenhagen said 'the recent research clearly shows that compounds occurring in yerba maté extract (Ilex paraguarensis) attenuated weight gain in mice on a high fat diet and improved abnormal blood lipid profiles. Yerba maté treatment acted on adipose tissue to down-regulate several genes (including leptin the ‘eating hormone’, and cytokines) and upregulated those for adiponectin and thermogenesis, giving clues as to the mechanism for the weight loss”. Yerba maté is taken as a hot drink, ‘maté’, in South America. Yerba maté extract is the main ingredient in natural slimming product Zotrim where it is complemented by extracts from guarana and damiana, two other South American plants. This synergistic combination of natural plant extracts already has a well-established effect on weight loss in humans. Zotrim has undergone five rigorous, independent investigations. On average people taking Zotrim lost 5.1kg (11.2lbs) compared to just 0.3kg (0.7lbs) with the placebo. It helps users to eat less through increasing satiety, the feeling of fullness. Paper available on request. 1. http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/oby2009158a.pdf 2. Anderson, T and Fogh, J (2001). ‘Weight loss and delayed gastric emptying following a South American herbal preparation in overweight patients’, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 14,pp.243-250