The Fucothin weight-loss system claims to help you lose unwanted pounds with the help of the company's daily dietary aid. Fucothin's manufacturer also promises that you will not experience blood pressure fluctuations or cardiovascular exhaustion while you take the non-stimulating, whole-food derived supplement.
Identification
Fucothin is a weight-loss pill manufactured by Garden of Life nutritional supplement company in West Palm Beach, Florida. You can purchase the product from online retailers or local health food or grocery stores.
Theories/Speculation
Fucothin contains fucoxanthin, a naturally-occurring pigment that gives brown seaweed its distinctive color. Fucothin also contains punicic acid, a fatty acid derived from pomegranate seeds. Together, fucoxanthin and punicic acid purportedly initiate non-shivering thermogenesis -- a type of non-stimulating bodily heat that occurs in your fat and muscle tissues. The Fucothin manufacturer further claims that this process boosts your metabolism and helps you convert your excess bodily fat into energy. However, no independent U.S. clinical trials exist to support these claims.
Methodology
Garden of Life does not provide a specific diet for you to follow while you take Fucothin. The company does suggest that you eat a healthy diet and engage in regular exercise, although it does not provide any dietary or exercise guidelines on the Fucotrim website or supplement package. However, the company does suggest that you take one pill three times a day with meals, and gradually increase your dosage to three pills three times per day with meals. Garden of Life also says that it takes six weeks for Fucothin to create thermogenesis within your body. Therefore, you should not expect to see weight-loss results until your eighth week on the program, according to the product's official website.
Considerations
The Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences at Hokkaido University in Hokkaido, Japan conducted a study under head researcher Kazou Miyashita, Ph.D. to determine the effects of fucoxanthin on weight loss. The researchers manually fed obese mice and rats fucoxanthin. The subject animals lost between 5 to 10 percent of their body weight. Therefore, the researchers concluded that fucoxanthin initiated weight loss without producing any adverse side effects in the animals, as published in the September 2006 edition of Eureka Alert.
However, no independent U.S. medical research clinical trials have been conducted to determine the effects of fucoxanthin on human weight loss. Miyashita says that human studies are planned, but that you should continue to get plenty of exercise and eat a well-balanced diet to control your weight until the studies prove that fucoxanthin is effective at treating human obesity.
Warning
Speak with your doctor about the lack of current evidence on the effects of fucoxanthin on human weight loss before you take it. Your doctor might suggest another weight-loss program for your individual needs -- one that has current U.S. medical research findings to support its effectiveness.
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