Can Fucoxanthin Help You Lose Weight?

Fucoxanthin, also known as oxo-beta,beta-carotene, is a natural pigment of the lutein class of carotenoids, accounting for more than 10% of the total amount of about 700 naturally found carotenoids. The color is light yellow to brown. Pigments contained in diatoms, brown algae, yellow-green algae, golden algae, etc.

The principle of losing weight

According to research, fucoxanthin has the effect of eliminating fat accumulation and burning fat cells. It eliminates the accumulation of fat in two ways: one is to stimulate the liver to produce DHA, which reduces cholesterol levels, thereby reducing the weight of abdominal white adipose tissue; the other is to activate the UCP1 protein (mitochondrial decoupling protein 1), which promotes fat break down.

Other effects

1. Anti-tumor effect. Including skin cancer, colon cancer, hematological tumors, prostate cancer, liver cancer, etc.

2. Anti-inflammatory effect. It achieves its anti-inflammatory effect mainly through the inhibition of endotoxin-induced inflammatory penetration, NO, PGE2 and tumor necrosis factor.

3. Antioxidant effect. It regulates the activity of hydrogen peroxide and glutathione in tissues and molecular species caused by retinol deficiency by regulating Na+-k+-ATPase activity.

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