Ingredients

African Mango Extract

• African Mango Extract is the main ingredient in African Mango Extreme. This extract comes from the seed of the brightly - colored bush mango. This ingredient is what gives this fat loss supplement its powerful ability to help with weight loss. One capsule has 150mg of African mango extract

Acai Berry Extract

• Acai is best known as the king of antioxidants. Acai is also a great way to reduce the bad cholesterol that is known to linger around the body. If you're looking to increase energy or provide yourself with more radiant skin and hair, Acai is the berry for you.

Green tea extract

• Green Tea has been used for decades in the medical profession worldwide. We all know there are two ways to lose weight, you either have to decrease energy input or increase energy expenditure.

Pomegranate Powder

• Pomegranate contains many phytochemicals with antioxidant action. Pomegranate offers abundant benefits for the cardiovascular system by preventing damage to arterial walls, promoting healthy blood pressure levels, improving blood flow to the heart, and preventing or reversing atherosclerosis. Pomegranate also appears to protect the health of the skin and liver.

Guarana Extract

• Native Brazilian tribes used guarana to treat high blood pressure, diarrhea, migraines and fever. Guarana was also used to treat minor digestive problems and arteriosclerosis and fight premature aging. Guarana is also known to prevent heat stroke by lowering body temperature and promoting normal bodily exchange of electrolytes. Nowadays, Guarana extract is used to help maintain stamina and physical endurance.

Yerba Mate

• Yerba mate was discovered centuries ago by the indigenous people in South America and has been revered as the "drink of the gods" and consumed to enhance, vitality, clarity, and well-being. Yerba mate is high in antioxidants and when compared to the six commonly used stimulants in the world (yerba mate, coffee, tea, kola nut, cocoa, and guarana) yerba mate is one of the healthiest, delivering loads of both energy and nutrition.

Konjac Glucomannan

• Konjac Glucomannan powder is a pure soluble fiber with no protein, no fat, no sugar, no starch, it is also gluten free and wheat free. Research indicates that soluble fibers help lower blood cholesterol, slow glucose absorption, lowers the Glycemic index and promote regular bowel movements.

What is African Mango?

The African Mango is a mango-like fruit that comes from the Irvingia Gabonensis tree, a tree native to West Africa. For thousands of years, the local population used it as a staple in their diet as well as for medicinal purposes.

However, only within the last 20 years has it been recognized by western culture as scientists have discovered the incredible health benefits that the people of Cameroon, Africa have been taking advantage of for all this time.

How Does an African Mango Diet Help You Lose Weight?

1. Acts As a Fat Burner
   As a natural superfood that can aid in weight loss by helping the body burn fat, Irvingia Gabonensis helps target the weight you really want to lose. Studies have shown that the extract increases fat burning through accelerating the metabolism naturally, and helping the body burn stored fat. So basically, while taking African Mango, you will have a much easier time burning fat.

   This all-natural ingredient also contains no stimulants, so it is safe for virtually anyone to use, whether you are looking to lose 20 pounds or are just trying to get over a plateau and shed a few pounds.

2. Suppresses Your Appetite Through Regulating Leptin
   Leptin has been identified as a major hormone contributing to obesity. It is the hormone that tells your body it has had enough to eat. Lower Leptin levels cause your body to get more cravings, which makes you eat more. This makes it very difficult to lose weight. But when your Leptin levels are raised and regulated, you do not feel the cravings to eat as much.

   African Mango acts as a Leptin regulator, helping your body regulate the amount of Leptin it needs to feel full. This is a major benefit because you feel full, so you eat less!

3. Delays Digestion
   African Mango also helps to delay the process of gastric emptying, meaning your food will digest much slower, helping you to stay full for longer. When combined with the effects of Leptin, this can aid weight loss significantly.

   As one dietician put it:

   "When you have something that is staying in the gut for a long period of time, you feel fuller for longer. So, there is that potential that somebody might eat less over the course of the day because they're not as hungry" - UPMC Dietician Leslie Bonci.

4. High Source of Fiber
   African Mango is also a very high source of soluble fiber which helps to suppress your appetite. Fiber also acts as a bulk forming laxative, which helps you to get rid of the waste in your body.

Studies Conducted on Irvingia Gabonensis

Study #1 - In 2005 a study was done at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon, Africa. 40 subjects were chosen at random to participate in a double blind study in how African Mango managed obesity. 28 subjects received 1.05g of the extract three times a day, while 12 were on a placebo with the same schedule.

Results - At the end of the one month study, the average body weight of those taking the extract decreased by 5.26%, while the body weight of the placebo group had only decreased by 1.32%. The study also found significant decrease in cholesterol for the study group given the extract.

http://www.africanmango.org/research/reduce-body-weight.pdf

Study #2 - In 2008, again at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon, 102 healthy, overweight, and obese volunteers were gathered, and they were randomly divided into 2 groups using a placebo and again an extract of Irvingia Gabonensis. They were each given one capsule of IGOB131 (150mg) or a placebo on a daily basis 30 to 60 minutes before lunch and dinner. The results were then taken after 4, 8, and 10 week periods of time.

Results - What they found was significant improvements in body weight, body fat, and waist circumference, as well as Leptin and many other health levels in the IGOB131 group compared with the placebo group.

http://www.africanmango.org/research/body-weight-blood-lipids.pdf

Study #3 - In 2009, another study was done at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon, Africa. Subjects were divided into 3 separate groups, and tested a placebo, Cissus Quadrangularis, and a combination of African Mango and Cissus Quadrangularis. All subjects were told to maintain current lifestyle habits, and the third test group was given 150mg of African Mango.

Results - Over 10 weeks, they measured these subjects. They ranged between 21 and 44 with a mean age of 29.3. Several aspects were monitored, including body weight, body fat, and other aspects. Each were measured at 4, 8, and 10 weeks. While the active group taking Cissus Quadrangularis showed improvements, the test group combining this with Irvingia Gabonensis extract showed significantly greater benefits.

http://www.africanmango.org/research/management-of-weight%20loss.pdf

Are there any Side Effects?

Because African Mango is a natural fruit extract, side effects are very rare and mild.

In fact, by itself, it is thought to have no side effects at all. In one study where a mixture of Irvingia Gabonensis (African Mango) and Cissus Quadrangularis (Veldt Grape) was tested, very mild side effects such as headaches, excessive gas, and sleep problems were found. These same side effects were also found in the placebo group, who were given only Cissus Quadrangularis, so the side effects did not come from African Mango.

Most who have reported these side effects mention that effects diminish and eventually disappear as their bodies get used to having the supplement in their systems.

Resources:

http://www.africanmango.org/