Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss and Their Mechanism

Abstract

Overweight and obesity are known to be one of the most prevalent lifestyle disorders. Different factors including genetic or molecular factors, age, and sex of an individual, eating habits and food behavior, physical activity, stress, endocrine factor, trauma, modernization, and civilization when interact led to obesity. Despite growing recognition of the problem, change in lifestyle pattern and food behavior is hardly adopted. This has led to the development of nonsurgical health approaches in order to treat the disease. These approaches involve the use of foods that hold special health use, namely, dietary supplements. Different supplements adopt a different pathway for their mechanism and function. The most commonly adapted ones promote to control appetite and reduce absorption of particular nutrients, thereby promoting weight reduction and elevate fat burning. Dietary supplements or food supplements for weight loss are one of the most effectively prevailing weight loss methods. The overall outcome of the use of these supplements has shown a positive shift with effective results. The study covers different dietary supplements that are available in the market with their active ingredients. The mechanism of action of the active ingredients with the harmful effects clearly brings out the market demand for each supplement. The study also highlights that the regulatory bodies for dietary supplements, namely, FSSAI and FDA, have laid down certain recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) in order to regulate the consumption of food supplements.