What is Garcinia Cambogia Used for & What are its Side Effects?

Garcinia cambogia is a tropical fruit which is also known as the Malabar tamarind, is mostly known as a popular weight loss supplement. It is believed that it blocks your body’s ability to make the fat and also it put the brakes on your appetite. There are even more benefits of Garcinia Cambogia. However, we must also take a look on if garcinia cambigia is safe to use.

What is Garcinia Cambogia Used for?

What is Garcinia Cambogia Used for?

One of the most important benefits of garcinia cambogia is that is it used for weight loss. Garcinia cambogia can aid in lowering an individual’s appetite by increasing the production of serotonin neurotransmitter, which is known to be associated with calm and happy feelings. This sometimes, help in appetite suppression and reduced desire for comfort foods. Moreover, garcinia cambogia is also known to keep blood sugar and cholesterol levels in check. Garcinia cambogia can help in controlling blood sugar levels by improving how cells take up glucose or sugar to be used for energy in the body.

What are the Side Effects of Garcinia Cambogia?

We know that Garcinia cambogia is used for several purposes. However, does it have any side effect? Is it safe to use garcinia cambogia? Let us know below about some of the side effects, which make garcinia cambogia, a not-so safe food to be included in the diet.

Though some individuals claim that they do not experience any side effects from using garcinia cambogia, other have had a very different experience. Let’s see them below.

  1. Garcinia Cambogia May Not be Safe for Your Liver:

    Garcinia Cambogia is not safe as it may cause a liver damage. In 2009, the FDA or food and drug administration warned everyone to stop using a weight-loss product that contained Garcinia cambogia as some people taking it, got severe liver problems. However, the product has also other ingredients and thus, it is not clear that Garcinia cambogia was to blame. Though some research suggests the supplement is safe to use and causes no liver damage, other research says no.

  2. Other Side Effects That May Tell Why Garcinia Cambogia is Not Safe to Use:

    • Fatigue and brain fog.
    • Skin rashes
    • Becoming fuzzy or weak
    • Dry mouth and bad breath
    • An increase in catching colds and lower immune function.
    • Headaches.
    • Digestive issues such as nausea, trouble eating or diarrhea.

    Garcinia Cambogia may possibly interact very badly with the following:

    • Asthma and allergy medications like Accolate and Singulair
    • Diabetes medications, such as pills and insulin.
    • Pain medications
    • Prescriptions for psychiatric conditions
    • Iron, for anemia
    • Statins, or the drugs that lower cholesterol.
    • Warfarin or blood thinner.

    Apart from this, in case you are pregnant or in breastfeeding condition then you must avoid Garcinia cambogia as it may be possible that some manic symptoms may arise as a side effect.

Conclusion:

We now know about the side effects of Garcinia cambogia. However, if you still want to try taking Garcinia cambogia for weight loss and other benefits, then here is what you need to know about the dosage recommendations.

Studies using Garcinia cambogia have used a wide range of doses, anywhere from 1 gram to 2.8 grams per day. Typical doses are generally between 250 to 1000 mg/day. It is always advised that you must consult with your doctor to help you decide if taking Garcinia cambogia is a good idea for you or not. Sometimes, even if garcinia cambogia may be safe and you may not experience any side effects, you may also not get any benefits from it in weight loss.

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Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:August 3, 2017

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