Hi everyone I'm Monica Reinagel and you're listening to the nutrition divas quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous.

I don't have to tell you that losing weight isn't easy and keeping it off can be just as challenging.

So whenever we hear about a pill that supposedly subdues your appetite or revs up your fat-burning metabolism, we just want so badly to believe

that those claims are true.

My friend Carly, for example, is a fit and youthful looking 62.

She's worked hard over the years to get and stay slim

and for the last couple of years she's been taking

Garcinia Cambodia.

She's convinced that the supplement takes the edge off her appetite and

keeps her on track.

Could she be on to something, or has she simply fallen prey to good marketing or wishful

thinking? good marketing or wishful thinking.

Garcinea Cambodia is a fruit native to Asia and India.

The Rhine, which has a sour flavor similar to tamarind, is traditionally used in

curries and other condiments there. But the fruit also contains a compound called

hydroxysetric acid or HCA which has been studied as a

potential weight loss agent. Now the fact that HCA has actually been the

subject of scientific research puts it significantly ahead of many of the weight

loss supplements out there, but what did that research reveal?

Well the early research on Garcia and HCA was actually sort of promising. High doses

appeared to suppress the accumulation of fat in lab rats and a couple of

different plausible mechanisms were identified.

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