Detect to approaches that women who go to the fitness center regularly using herbal products in order to lose weight

The supplementary study which aims to detect to approaches that women who go to the fitness center regularly using herbal products in order to lose weight has been conducted with 612 participants. The questionnaire form has been applied to individuals through face-to-face meeting. All of the participants are female (n=612, 100%). More than a half of the them (n=439, 71.7%) are married. The average ages of participants are 44 years. Most of the participants 37.1% have graduated from a unıversity. Less than a half of them use herbal products (41.3%) and a great majority of the participants (70.4%) do not mention their products to their doctors or pharmacists. More than a half of the participants use of herbal products in the forms of tea 62.8%. Most of the participants (54.5%) buy such products from herbalists. It has been detected that 50.6% of the participants use herbal products everyday. Less than a half of them (35.2%) state that they get the necessary information and usage method from their neighbours and relatives. More than a half of the participants (85.0%) state that they have not side effects and the majority of them (26.3%) have nausea-vomiting. 79.4% of the females advise the herbal products they use themselves to others. A great majority of them are married and have graduated from university. Top 5 dry herbs used in 48 products analyzed are cinnamon (12.6%), flax seed (11.5%), oat (11.2%), black sesame (10.6%) and black pepper (8.5%). Garlic (24.6%), lemon (22.9%), parsley (11.5%), tomato (8.3%) and mint (7.8%) are mostly used as fresh herbs. Green tea (20.5%), sage (7.1%), linden (6.9%), cherry stalk (6.1%) and rosemary (5.2%) are preferred as herbal tees. Lemon (39.4%), cabbage (17.0%), onion (12.8%), garlic (11.7%) and tomato (4.3%) are used as herbal juice. Top 6 popular imported herbal drogs used in 19 products analyzed are sırasıyla herbalife (39.0%), green coffee (11.4%), pepper pill (10.5%), apple chromium (9.5%), golden berry (5.7%) and chocolate slim (5.7%). Key words: Herbal product; slimming; dry herb; fresh herb; herbal tea