Common Ingredients Found in Fat Burning Supplements

By: Chester Ku-Lea
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:19:24
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The term commonly used with fat burning supplements is often thermogenics, which as the name suggests, has to do with temperature. These supplements have been shown to help increase the body's temperature enabling the body's ability to burn calories as heat; to be used as energy, thereby preventing them from being stored a fat.

Effective thermogenic supplements are those that contain key ingredients that create a fat burning 'thermogenic' environment by working together and in synergy. Some of these ingredients also aid in reducing appetite and spiking an increase in short-term energy. Such common ingredients are:

Alpha Lipoic Acid

• Prevents cellular damage (from free radicals), reduces oxidative stress, lowers blood sugar

• Increases energy levels

• Powerful insulin potentiator

Banana leaf extract

• Balances blood sugar levels

• Transports blood sugar into the cells and aids in controlling carbohydrate cravings

Cayenne

• Raises the body's metabolic rate

Citrus Aurantium

• A highly effective calorie and fat burner

• Helps to burn fat, and does not affect the central nervous system

• Increases energy levels

CLA - Conjugated Linoleic Acid

• An important fatty acid that has been shown to reduce the body's ability to store fat and increase the body's use of fat for energy.

Coleus Forskohlii

• Accelerates the breakdown of existing fat stores

• Promotes healthy cardiovascular function, lowers elevated blood pressure

• Increases levels of cellular messenger cAMP(cyclicadenosine monophosphatpe) that in turn accelerates the breakdown of existing fat stores

Garcinia Cambogia

• Promotes weight loss and suppresses appetite

• Increases fat oxidation and mobilization

• Promotes glycogen synthesis

• Increases energy levels

Guarana Extract

• When combined with other ingredients it helps to boost their effect

• Has been used for centuries to reduce fatigue and to increase energy levels

Guggul Extract

• Improves thyroid functioning

• Increases fat metabolism

Green Tea Extract

• When combined with the other ingredients it helps to boost their effect to burn fat

• Has been used for centuries to reduce fatigue and to increase energy levels lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels

Hoodia

• The Hoodia molecule, christened P57, fools your brain into believing you are full making it easier to lose that excess weight.

• Pure Hoodia has no known side-effects, it is stimulant free, will not give you the shakes, make your heart race or raise your body temperature.

Konjac root

• is high in fiber, essential for cleaning the digestive system.

• it expands to about 50 times its original volume when used with a large glass of water.

Mucana Puriens

• Improves cognitive function, alleviating depression and improving a sense of well being

• Helps to naturally boost healthy amounts of growth hormone, which promotes lean muscle growth, and in turn a faster metabolism

Naringin

• Extends the half-life of all the other fat burning ingredients, thereby supporting and extending a longer fat burning timeframe

Potassium Pyruvate

• Increases resting metabolic rate

• Facilitates the transport of blood sugar into muscle tissue to increase available energy

Spirulina

• Improves weight loss

• Lowers cholesterol

• Increases energy and boosts mood

White Willow Bark

• The bark of the white willow tree is a source of salicin and other salicylates - compounds

• When combined with the other ingredients it helps to boost their effect to burn fat

About The Author
Chester Ku-Lea is a health nutrition consultant and is the owner of www.AstroNutrition.com - a provider of premium health nutrition and sports supplements.

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