We often say 'beauty comes from inside', so this time we'll talk about magic pills and capsules, which helps us achieve shinier hair and skin or help us achieve thin figure or get rid of cellulite. So, let's ask ourselves: do pills really help us?
Are there medications that help us solve aesthetic problems? When having problems with acne, oral antibiotics are often applied (in serious cases isotretinoin). Acitretin is applied when treating psoriasis and orlistat is applied when having problems with obesity. Many aesthetic problems are positively influenced by medications that release poisons from liver and regulate digestion.
In local acne therapy mostly tretinoin and benzoyl-peroxide are applied; with other skin changes: corticosteroids, antibiotics, antimicotics, antihistamines.
In some cases herbal preparations are used, which often have much better efficiency and less side effects.
How do medications for hair and nail strengthening help?Healthy nutrition, physical activity and regular hygiene are first to regulate healthy looking hair and nails. However, there are also preparations that are applied orally and contain B vitamins, folic acid, biotin, iron, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, L-cystine. They protect hair follicle from many harmful effects from environment, they sooth scalp and stimulate micro circulation, which is especially important when dealing with hair loss.
Nails are a good indicator of someone's health. For this reason changes on nails, such as vertical lines, fragile nails, white spots or hangnails also indicate lacking or imbalance of active ingredients. Quality of nails can be improved with application of oral preparations that contain biotin, B vitamins, calcium, iron and L-cystine.
How do weight loss preparations work?Since obesity is a result of imbalance between food intake and energy consumption, best results are achieved when combining reduced calorie intake, increased physical activity and therapy including weight loss preparations.
One of healthiest weight loss preparations is green tea. Green tea is since ancient times applied as herbal antioxidant to regulate metabolic processes. It is available in many variations: recommendable is syrup, which can be prepared as refreshable drink. Green tea reduces weight, influences fat level in blood and body detoxification.
Available are also medications and preparations that prevent fat intake when eating. They namely block enzyme, called lipases, which participates in fat metabolism or fastening fat from food into dissoluble parts. As result caloric deficit occurs and organism begins to use fat reserves from body for its needs.
Is apple cider vinegar and pineapple in pills really beneficial when going on diet? Bromelain and papain, active ingredients in pineapple and papaya fasten fat metabolism, L-carnitin creates energy from fat reserves.
Apple cider vinegar regulates and improves digestion, unbuilt toxins and reduces fats from blood. Herbal fibers work as natural anorectics, because they increase feeling of fullness and fasten digestion. Herbs-laxatives fasten food digestion, while herbs that work as diuretics fasten water and toxins secretion, and improve circulation. Such features have teas that contain birch, dandelion, stinging nettle, sage, corn silk and caraway.
How do preparations and teas against cellulite work? Preparations and teas against cellulite return connective tissue's elasticity, release blocked ingredients and of course remove them from body. Best results are achieved with combinations of preparations for internal and external use.
Teas and capsules against cellulite stimulate micro circulation and lymph drainage (prevent maintenance of liquid in tissue, strengthen capillary walls and prevent fat building in cells of fatty tissue. Their ingredients are mainly ginkgo biloba, juniper tree, birch, dandelion, corn silk, echinacea.