But, keep in mind, you can get this amount of fiber from eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains on a daily basis. And live bacterial cultures are available in many yogurts, which are an excellent source of calcium. An herb is any plant or any plant part used for flavoring foods or for healing purposes. According to Dr. Mark Blumenthal, Ph.D., president of the American Botanical Council in Austin, Texas, at least 40 to 50 percent of Americans have used some herbal product in the past year. But the research is limited.
Standardization is an important first step.
There are many products on the store shelves that contain herbs, including SoBe Lean Green Ice Tea with carnitine, chromium and Garcinia cambogia and Robert's American Gourmet Echinacea Shells. But, keep in mind, if you want to receive an herb's benefits, you need to take it in a therapeutic dose and most likely, these products do not contain that amount. Because if they did, you would not be able to tolerate the taste. Only if you like the taste of these products. These products do not contain enough of the herbs to give you any added benefits.