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You can buy these without prescription in almost any
pharmacy and many stores who's sole reason for being is to [supposedly] assist
us with our weight loss in the fastest and easiest fashion.
These were:
1. Garcinia Cambogia Extract;
2. Caffeine;
3. Green Coffee Bean Extract;
I also suggested that none of these were probably worth
the money you will spend on them should you decide to go that route in an
effort to lose weight.
Today I have 3 more, supported by much hype and precious
little else.
These are:
4. Raspberry Ketones.
As of November 2014, the results of only one clinical
trial with raspberry ketone had been published.
The results include the following information:
The eight-week trial used a multi-ingredient supplement
with raspberry ketone, caffeine, bitter orange, ginger root extract and garlic
root extract, as well as other herbs, vitamins and minerals.
Seventy obese adults were randomly assigned to receive
either the supplement or an inactive ingredient (placebo).
All of the participants were placed on a restricted diet
and exercise program.
Forty-five people completed all eight weeks of the trial.
Among people completing the trial, the average weight
loss in the supplement group was 4.2 pounds (1.9 kilograms).
The average weight loss in the placebo group was 0.9
pounds (0.4 kilograms).
While the difference between the two groups was
significant, the weight loss in the treatment group was still modest.
And the trial was only eight weeks, which is not long
enough to know if the supplement will help promote weight loss over the long
term.
Because the supplement included multiple ingredients,
it's not possible to judge which ingredients caused a treatment effect.
Therefore, the size, method and duration of the trial
provide insufficient evidence to draw conclusions about the potential benefits
of raspberry ketone."
In rats, again a single study often quoted, researchers
found that raspberry ketones increased the breakdown of fat and increased the
levels of adiponectin, a hormone thought to be related to weight loss.
This was only one study which used massive amounts of
raspberry ketones to produce, what the promoters of the product will tell you
is scientific evidence that raspberry ketones will indeed aid your weight loss.
You decide!
5. Green Tea Extract.
As well as being a very powerful antioxident EGCG
actually has been shown to aid weight loss to some small degree, especially
around the belly fat area.
Believed to increase the production of norepinephrine, a
hormone which aids the body to burn fat, green tea extract is a key ingredient
in many weight loss supplements and with the added benefit of its antioxidant properties green tea extract and perhaps just green tea may be a weight loss
supplement worth a try just don't expect it to work miracles.
6. Hydroxycut.
Not just one weight loss supplement but a whole suite of them, "Hydroxycut" is a family of weight loss supplements which are sold both over the counter and on the internet without a prescription.
Hydroxycut is actually a brand name and it's been available for more than ten years however, as far as I am aware there has only been one study in all that time into the effectiveness of hydroxycut as a weight loss aid.
Containing any number of active ingredients such as caffeine, wild olive extract, wild mint extract and komijn extract, Hydroxycut is really unproven as a weight loss aid and may cause some irritating side effects in people who have a sensitivity to caffeine.
The bottom line is that there is little actual evidence to support the claim that hydroxycut will help you to lose weight.
There's more too come, in the next post I'll be looking
at three more weight loss supplements, don't forget to come back,
John.
PS As always your comments will be very welcome.
