Although the low-carb craze has subsided, it has changed the way many think about their diets. Bread and other carbohydrate-based foods no longer are enjoyed with the abandon of the "low-fat" days.
Consumers drink functional beverages such as Slim-Lite or Skinny Water between meals for appetite suppression and to reduce the conversion of excess carbohydrates into fat, and to promote weight loss and appetite reduction. Super CitriMax® is a proprietary form of Garcinia cambogia that supplies the active ingredient hydroxycitric acid (HCA). Super CitriMax is the first soluble form of HCA on the market that is perfect for functional beverages and foods, notes InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc., which produces the ingredient. Super CitriMax is GRAS self-affirmed for beverages and does not contain stimulants that can cause nervousness, sleeplessness or rapid heart rate.