Sliminazer: does it really work or is it a fraud?

Summer is coming and, with it, the social situations in which you have to show your body. The beach, the pool, going out to exercise and other acts can be a moment of shame for people who are not comfortable with his image and, therefore, at this time Internet searches for dietary supplements are maximized. People are looking for a quick and easy method to help them lose those excess pounds, if possible, without having to resort to the typical means (such as diets or intense exercise).

We could tell you that you love yourself as you are and that beauty is a subjective construct (and it would not hurt), but if you are here, it is because you are determined to lose weight. For this reason, today we tell you everything you need to know about Sliminazer, a dietary supplement for sale in large stores that seems to help in this task. Do not miss it, because science in these cases speaks for itself.

• We recommend you read: "11 Healthy, Science-Proven Ways to Lose Weight"

The legality of dietary supplements

First of all, it is necessary to emphasize that Sliminazer falls into the category of food supplements, despite being marketed in the form of skin patches. These supplements are intended to help the patient lose weight, and are usually composed of one or more vitamins, minerals, plant ingredients, amino acids or metabolites, concentrates, constituents and extracts of all elements cited.

Since we are talking about a supplement, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no obligation to review its efficacy, as is done with the drugs that are made available to the general public (even if they are for sale without prescription). Thus, experimental processes are not followed in biological models, multiple studies are not contrasted and, in summary, the properties of the supplement are almost never confirmed.

Anyway, the organism Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), annexed to government institutions, does have to show that, at least, the supplement is not harmful to health. A seller of a product like Sliminazer does not have to scientifically assure that it is useful or present studies that confirm it, but if it generates adverse effects, it is withdrawn from the market.

With all these notes we want to tell you, in summary, not to trust food supplements, unless they are prescribed by a professional nutritionist without any monetary interest. Keep in mind that a private seller does not have to demonstrate the effectiveness of their product: if you buy it, it is enough.

Sliminazer, put to the test

Multiple studies have been conducted evaluating the efficacy of oral nutritional tablets, but the world of patches is much more diffuse. The skin is a semi-permeable medium that allows and prevents the entry of certain substances into the body, and the compound must "overcome" three different barriers to reach the dermal layer (contact-penetration-absorption). The only point in which there is a systemic involvement by a given compound is in the absorption phase, since in these cases the drug / element can enter the bloodstream.

Most drugs are taken orally for this same reason: the skin is a very difficult barrier to overcome and a compound is not always absorbed at the skin level. Despite this clear biological fact, Sliminazer claims to present the following benefits:

• Fat burners: supposedly, during 12 hours the patches release active compounds that accelerate the metabolism.
• Decrease appetite: the compounds in the patch act on the hypothalamus and modulate the response to appetite, thus reducing hunger.
• They accelerate the metabolism: the patches promote rapid digestions.

A biologist or healthcare professional, reading this, cannot help but be perplexed. Perhaps in the ingredients of Sliminazer you will find the answer to these miraculous properties: tea extract green, Garcinia cambogia concentrate, cayenne pepper, guarana extract, acai berries and, of course, L-carnitine. Let's look at the properties of each of these compounds separately.

1. Green tea extract

The study Effectiveness of green tea on weight reduction in obese Thais: A randomized, controlled trial observed that, in a sample group of 60 patients, those who consumed green tea extract lost 3 kilos more than the rest in a time interval of 3 months. However, these obese people were on a diet throughout the process and their caloric intake was monitored by professionals at all times: green tea extract might help you lose weight, but not on its own without effort personal.

Multiple studies have determined that green tea extract increases basal metabolism by 3-4%, which translates to about 90 calories a day. In any case, we remember that these investigations are usually carried out with oral pills, not with skin patches. If the efficiency of absorption of the extract by the seller himself is not evaluated and its concentration is specified, this ingredient does not tell us anything.

2. Garcinia cambogia concentrate

Another of the famous fashionable food supplements in recent years. Studies such as Hepatoxicity associated with weight-loss supplements: A case for better post-marketing surveillance have not only shown that the effects of this compound are not conclusive, but people who consume them are more likely to suffer symptoms gastrointestinal

What's more, isolated cases of liver damage have been detected (hepatotoxicity) from G. cambogia in the past. Contrary to what happens with green tea extract, here there is no scientific evidence to support the claims, but rather health alerts.

3. L-carnitine

The study Effects of l-carnitine supplementation on weight loss and body composition collects the results of 37 different investigations to bring us the following reality: it seems to be that the consumption of L-carnitine supplements helps obese dieters lose weight, but the degree of effectiveness is very low (1.21 total kilos more).

Again, it should be noted that in this case the studies focus on oral supplements at a given concentration, the effective maximum being 2,000 milligrams of L-carnitine per day for people adults. We do not have information on the amount of L-carnitine in the Sliminazer patches and also on its epidermal absorbance, so again, we stayed as we were.

4. Other compounds

With the data provided so far, we believe that it is sufficient to exemplify the suspicions. We could go on citing studies looking at the properties of cayenne pepper or acai berries, but almost all of it boils down to the same: numbers low samples, very discrete results and effects (if any) only in people who are already dieting and are being monitored by nutritionists in a setting laboratory.

We are more interested in mentioning a final note. In 2004, the US government had to intervene in the sale of a brand of weight loss patches, since the analog to the Consumer Defense (OCU) had filed a lawsuit against the seller. The manufacturer claimed that its compounds were helpful in losing weight according to "studies", but all the evidence was shown to be false. Therefore, said seller had to change his speech.

This is neither the first, nor the tenth nor the 100th case in which lawsuits have been filed around the world over dietary supplements. These compounds are sold in a clear legal vacuum, as they do not need to demonstrate their effectiveness to claim that they are beneficial. Therefore, at the very least you have to be skeptical of them.

Summary: does Sliminazer work?

To give a reliable answer to this question, one can only turn to science. As the sellers themselves do not show robust studies that demonstrate the properties of their products, neither scientific disseminators nor consumers can affirm or deny them. Therefore, we are left blank and, in this case, We can only recommend that you do not waste your money on supposed miracle solutions.

If you really want to lose weight, allocate your funds to a nutritionist, psychological help to break the abusive bond with food and join a social physical activity that motivates you. Unlike Sliminazer, the effectiveness of these techniques is proven and supported by science.