| "Healthy diet reviews" is a key phrase that gets | | | | blockers in the body. Some molecules act as |
| typed into search boxes of search engines millions | | | | receptor blockers and prevent appropriate signals |
| of times per day by health conscious people | | | | from reaching the brain. This is a way of not |
| across the globe. Healthy diet programs are | | | | letting the brain know about the presence of a |
| widely available on the internet and a lot of people | | | | particular molecule in the body. With the passage |
| look forward to get benefited from them. Since, | | | | of time, the molecules get piled inside the body |
| there are thousands of diet plans available, it | | | | and start exhibiting their antagonistic properties. |
| becomes difficult to choose the right plan to suit | | | | The brain remains ignorant of these and can |
| particular needs. This is where diet reviews step | | | | hardly do something to stop them. |
| in. Real reviews from real people help others | | | | The other system is "binding". There are some |
| make the right choice about diet plans. | | | | molecules that have a natural affinity for certain |
| We live in a fast paced environment and often fail | | | | other molecules. These are called binders and bind |
| to lead a healthy life. We all strive to stay healthy | | | | to others to prevent them from exhibiting |
| by following healthy diet regimens, but often fail | | | | antagonistic properties or getting absorbed by the |
| to do so. Thousands of people are suffering | | | | body. Unlike "blockers", the binders don't hide |
| everyday from diseases which were previously | | | | foreign molecules in the body without letting the |
| unknown to us. The scenario could have been | | | | brain know about them. This prevents toxin build |
| different if, we all ate the right stuff at the right | | | | up or absorption of the molecule into the body. In |
| time. It is not possible to change the past, but we | | | | most cases, the binders render the foreign |
| can change the present and the future by at least | | | | particles totally harmless and push them out of |
| taking the right supplements and following the | | | | the body. |
| right diet plans. In this article, we'll take a look at | | | | As far as the prickly pear extract is concerned, it |
| how extracts from a natural plant called Opuntia | | | | acts as a fat binder and gets excreted out of the |
| ficus-indica [commonly known as Prickly Pear] can | | | | body right after binding to the fat molecules. |
| be beneficial to humans. | | | | Neither the fat nor the fat binder stays back in |
| The prickly pear belongs to the "cacti" group of | | | | the body to harm it. |
| plants and until recently was widely used as food | | | | Uses |
| for cattle and stock. Scientists have discovered | | | | Owing to its fat binding properties, prickly pear |
| that extracts from this natural plant act as fat | | | | extracts are used the world over by cardiac |
| binding molecules. These fat binders have a natural | | | | patients to prevent cholesterol build up. Apart |
| affinity for lipid molecules and bind to them. It has | | | | from cardiac patients, obese people can also get |
| been seen that in humans, they can bind with up | | | | benefited by this plant extract. People following |
| to 28% of total dietary fat and prevent the body | | | | "not so healthy diets" could prevent fat absorption |
| from absorbing them. This unabsorbed fat passes | | | | into the body by using this extract. |
| out of the body as solid, without affecting the | | | | How to get the extract |
| digestive or excretory system. | | | | As told earlier, this plant belongs to the "cacti" |
| How safe are these extracts | | | | group. The plant has its roots in Mexico. It's a rare |
| To understand the safety profile of the prickly | | | | plant and grows in the desert. If you have the |
| pear extract, we'll have to first take a look at | | | | means to get to a live prickly pear plant in the |
| two different mechanisms of the human body - | | | | desert, you could get yourself the usable extract |
| "binding" and "blocking". | | | | by following some steps. You'd have to clean the |
| Different systems of the human body have a | | | | spines first, peel off the outer skin of the leafy |
| complex "binding" or blocking" system that allow | | | | section, cut out the perimeter and then slice out |
| specific enzymes or molecules to either bind to or | | | | the soft part lying in the middle. It's juicy but has |
| block certain other chemical elements present in | | | | a very bad taste. |
| the system. There are "receptors" and "receptor" | | | | |