Ultra Cleanse diet plan involves taking a supplement that features laxative ingredients along with ingredients meant to control your blood-sugar and appetite and boost fat burn in your body. Websites promoting this product claim you can continue a "half-assed" exercise and nutrition program and still lose weight if you take this formulation. Always consult a health care provider before trying a new diet pill, especially if you have a health condition or take medicines.
Significance
The Ultra Cleanse Plus diet may help clear your colon but it is unlikely to bring about any long-term weight loss. You may decide to use the Ultra Cleanse formulation to get a jumpstart on your weight loss plan or to overcome a dieting plateau, but that's not truly what colon cleanses are meant to do, note the experts at the Diet Spotlight website. Colon cleansing advocates say it's important to remove toxins from your gastrointestinal tract because they can lead to health problems such as asthma and arthritis, and that such cleansing will boost your immune system along with your energy.
Features
The Ultra Cleanse formulation includes the laxatives aloe vera, psyllium husk powder and senna. Psyllium husk powder is a bulk-forming laxative but it also may help you feel full longer and reduce your cravings due to its fiber content. When it's used as a weight-loss aid you are supposed to take it a half-hour before your meals, notes the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Potential
The Ultra Cleanse pills contain chromium polyniconate, gymnema sylvestre and garcinia cambogia extract on the ingredient list. The chromium can regulate your blood-sugar levels and reduce hunger, thus helping to control your cravings and appetite. The garcinia cambogia may help with weight loss by increasing fat oxidation in your body, though scientific evidence of this benefit is limited, according to Drugs.com.
Considerations
The ingredients in this weight-loss formulation can cause a variety of side effects and have drug interactions. For example, aloe can cause painful cramping along with diarrhea, according to UMMC. You should never ingest products with aloe when pregnant because it can cause miscarriage. Aloe also can decrease your potassium levels. Taking aloe with diuretics or the heart medication digoxin, which also decrease potassium in your body, can cause your potassium levels to fall too low. Also, taking aloe along with diabetes medicines can cause your blood sugar to fall too low, which is called hypoglycemia. Garcinia cambogia can cause dry mouth, dizziness, gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea or nausea and headaches.
Warning
Using colon cleansing as a diet aid can raise your risk for dehydration and can cause electrolyte imbalances, note the experts at MayoClinic.com. This is especially risky if you have a heart or kidney condition. Also, the manufacturer for this diet aid does not provide information about how much of each ingredient is in the Ultra Cleanse formulation, making it difficult to judge whether the dosages of each ingredient are safe, according to Diet Spotlight.
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