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Sida Cordifolia is a plant, native to India, however now is considered naturalised throughout the world, mainly Africa, Australia, the southern United States, Hawaiian Islands, New Guinea, and French Polynesia. For many centuries it has been used in traditional folk medicine to treat various inflammatory conditions such as asthma, bronchitis and nasal congestion.
More recently it was discovered that it has hypoglycaemic effects on the blood, which means it lowers the blood glucose levels meaning less glucose being converted and stored as fat. Also, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were found, both of which are known for their ability to burn off fat. A combination of these three products stirred on nutritional supplement companies to go ahead and produce Sida Cordifolia tablets commercially marketed as fat loss pills. So if you’re looking to burn off some fat, you may want to consider it.
It’s claimed that it:
- It down-regulates the nervous system rather than stimulate it, so has the opposite effect to caffeine
- Blood pressure and heart rate would drop
- Lowers blood glucose levels
- Increases tolerance of pain
- It has anti-inflammatory effects
- It could possibly have antioxidant effects
The main claim surrounding Sida Cordifolia is it’s ability to burn fat. A lot of research has gone into how it affects the human body and it was concluded that Sida Cordifolia acts as a central nervous system depressant i.e. slows down the heart rate and reduces the blood pressure. This doesn’t explain the weightloss claims. However, it’s ability to reduce the blood glucose levels does. Research has shown that it can dramatically decrease the amount going through the body meaning less will be converted into fat which is a way of reducing the body’s levels of fat.
In addition to that, some research has shown that it’s capable of increasing the body’s tolerance of pain, reduce inflammation and also the potential to act as an anti-oxidant. These observations haven’t been explained yet, but I would propose that they are related to the depressive effect of Sida Cordifolia on the CNS.
If you are considering to take Sida Cordifolia, it’s recommended that you take 2x100mg capsules per day. First one after your breakfast meal and the second one after you’re main meal of day, usually dinner.
It has to be noted though that there hasn’t been much research on the effects of Sida Cordifolia on humans and that the majority was done on mice and rats which in the world of clinical trials are very good to comparing them to the humans physiological reaction.
I am about to give it a try personally with low expectations, let’s see how if at all it would anything!
References
1- Auddy, B., Ferreira, M., Blasina, F., Lafon, L., Arredondo, F., Dajas, F., Tripathi, P. C., Seal, T. and Mukherjee, B. (2003) Screening of antioxidant activity of three Indian medicinal plants, traditionally used for management of neurodegenerative diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 84, 131-138.
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6- Mediros, I. A., Santos, M. R. V., Nascimento, N. M. S. and Duarte, J. C. (2005) Cardiovascular effects of Sida cordifolia leaves extract in rats. Fitoterapia. ARTICLE IN PRESS..
