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Based on the clinical research we reviewed, we narrowed it down to the following combination of ingredients to work together in providing a safe and sustainable way to help to mildly boost our energy and metabolism to specifically target fat cells while providing powerful antioxidants to protect the cells we want to keep.
GREEN TEA EXTRACT: Burns fat. Boosts metabolism. Powerful antioxidant cell protector.
(See studies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 31. below)
ACETYL L-CARNITINE: Burns fat. Boosts energy and metabolism.
(See studies 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 below)
ALPHA LIPOIC ACID: Powerful antioxidant cell protector. Recycles Vitamin E and C.
(See studies 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 below)
HOODIA GORDONI: Mild appetite suppressant.
(See studies 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. below)
VITAMIN D-3: Vitamin D-3 enhances muscle strength.
(See study 22. below)
VITAMIN B-6 (pyridoxine): "is required for the synthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine and for myelin formation."
(MedlinePlus National Institutes of Health)
CHROMIUM PICOLINATE: Normalizes blood sugar levels.
CAYENNE PEPPER: Burns fat. Mild appetite suppressant. Mild thermogenic. Boosts energy.
(See studies 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. below)
Green tea has thermogenic properties, promotes fat oxidation and cell protection.
1. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 70, No. 6, 1040-1045, December 1999
2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 81, No. 1, 122-129, January 2005
3. Maki KC, Reeves MS, Farmer M, et al. Green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss in overweight and obese adults. J Nutr . 2009;139(2):264-270.
4. Matsuyama T, Tanaka Y, Kamimaki I, Nagao T, Tokimitsu I. Catechin safely improved higher levels of fatness, blood pressure, and cholesterol in children. Obesity (Silver Spring) . 2008;16(6):1338-1348.
5. Hsu CH, Tsai TH, Kao YH, Hwang KC, Tseng TY, Chou P. Effect of green tea extract on obese women: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Clin Nutr . 2008;27(3):363-370.
6. Fukino Y, Ikeda A, Maruyama K, Aoki N, Okubo T, Iso H. Randomized controlled trial for an effect of green tea-extract powder supplementation on glucose abnormalities. Eur J Clin Nutr . 2008;62(8):953-960.
7. Nagao T, Meguro S, Hase T, et al. A catechin-rich beverage improves obesity and blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring) . 2009;17(2):310-317.
Acetyl L-carnitine and Alpha Lipoic acid combined contributes to increase cellular energy and cell protection.
11. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99; 1876-1881, 2002
12. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94; 3064-3069, 1997
13. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95; 9562-9566, 1998
14. J Nutr, 132(6 Suppl 2): 1628S-31S, 2002Am
15. J Otol, 21(2): 161-7, 2000
16. Based on the promising results of animal studies, Korean researchers decided to put ALA to the test in obese people. During the 20-week trial, 360 men and women were assigned to receive 1,200 mg or 1,800 mg of ALA or placebo. Participants reduced their daily calorie (energy) intake by 600 calories, and followed a diet composed of 55 to 60% carbs, 20 to 25% fat, and 15 to 20% protein.
Over the course of the study, people in both ALA groups dropped a significant amount of weight. By 20 weeks, the average weight loss in the higher ALA group was significantly greater than that in the placebo group, and waist circumference decreased significantly in the higher ALA group compared with placebo.
People with diabetes who were taking 1,800 mg of ALA also noticed a significant drop in their hemoglobin A1c levels, an indicator of long-term blood sugar control.
“This is the first study to show that ALA treatment led to significant weight reduction in human beings,” said lead researchers Eun Hee Koh, MD and Woo Je Lee, MD of the University of Ulsan College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea.
(Am J Med 2011;doi:10.1016/j.am.med.2010.08.005)Hoodia Gordoni contains mild appetite suppressant properties.
17. Tulp OL, Harbi NA, Mihalov J, DerMarderosian A. Effect of Hoodia plant on food intake and body weight in lean and obese LA/Ntul//-cp rats. FASEB J 2001 Mar 7;15(4):A404.
18. Tulp OL, Harbi NA, DerMarderosian A. Effect of Hoodia plant on weight loss in congenic obese LA/Ntul//-cp rats. FASEB J 2002 Mar 20;16(4):A648
19. Habeck M. A succulent cure to end obesity. Drug Discovery Today, March 2002, pp 280-281.
20.Van Heerden FR, Vleggaar R, Horak RM, Learmonth RA, Maharaj V, Whittal RD. Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppression activity. United States Patent 6,376,657, issued April 23, 2002.
21. MacLean DB, Luo L-G. Increased ATP content/production in the hypothalamus may be a signal for energy sensing of satiety: studies of the anorectic mechanism of a plant steroidal glycoside. Brain Res 2004 Sep 10; 1020 (1-2):1-11.
Vitamin D-3 enhances muscle strength.
22. Moreira-Pfrimer LD, et al. Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Lower Limb Muscle Strength in Institutionalized Older People Independently of Regular Physical Activity: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial Ann Nutr Metab 2009;54(4): 291-300
Capsaicin in cayenne pepper has mild thermogenic and appetite suppressant properties.
23. Buck SH, Burks TF. The neuropharmacology of capsaicin: review of some recent observations. Pharmacol Rev 1986;38:179–226 [review].
24. Tremblay A. Obesity and health: what can we learn from intervention studies? [abstract]. Paper presented to the Australian Society for the Study of Obesity, 8th Annual Meeting, Sydney, 1999. ASSO Proceedings, Melbourne: ASSO, 1999, 38.
25. Effects of novel capsinoid treatment on fatness and energy metabolism in humans: possible pharmacogenetic implications.Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):45-50. Epub 2008 Dec 3.
New evidence that chili pepper ingredient fights fat.
26. American Chemical Society (2010, June 3). ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 25, 2010,
Joo et al. Proteomic Analysis for Antiobesity Potential of Capsaicin on White Adipose Tissue in Rats Fed with a High Fat Diet. Journal of Proteome Research, 2010; 100419142343045 DOI: 10.1021/pr901175w
Peppers may increase energy expenditure in people.
27. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (2010, April 28).
Sensory and gastrointestinal satiety effects of capsaicin on food intake.
28. International Journal of Obesity (2005) 29, 682–688.
doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802862 Published online 21 December 2004
Am J Clin Nutr 89: 45-50, 2009. First published December 3, 2008; doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26561
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.26561
Vol. 89, No. 1, 45-50, January 2009© 2009 American Society for Clinical Nutrition
Effects of novel capsinoid treatment on fatness and energy metabolism in humans: possible pharmacogenetic implications
29. Soren Snitker , Yoshiyuki Fujishima , Haiqing Shen , Sandy Ott , Xavier Pi-Sunyer , Yasufumi Furuhata , Hitoshi Sato and Michio Takahashi From the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (SS, H Shen, and SO); Ajinomoto USA, Fort Lee, NJ (Y Fujishima); St Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY (XP-S); and Ajinomoto, Kawasaki, Japan (Y Furuhata, H Sato, and MT).
The acute effects of a lunch containing capsaicin on energy and substrate utilisation, hormones, and satiety
30. Eur J Nutr. 2009 June; 48(4): 229–234.
Chromium picolinate. A comprehensive review combining the results of ten published and unpublished double-blind studies concluded that chromium picolinate supplementation may have a small beneficial effect on weight loss.
Pittler MH, Stevinson C, Ernst E. Chromium picolinate for reducing body weight: meta-analysis of randomized trials. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2003;27:522-9.
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) "is required for the synthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine and for myelin formation."
MedlinePlus National Institutes of Health.
Effect of endurance training supplemented with green tea extract on substrate metabolism during exercise in humans.Ichinose T, Nomura S, Someya Y, Akimoto S, Tachiyashiki K, Imaizumi K.
Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Abstract31. Endurance training and ingestion of green tea extract (GTE), composed mainly of tea catechins (TC), are well known to enhance fat metabolism. However, their synergistic effects remain to be fully elucidated. We tested the hypothesis that endurance training supplemented with GTE would further accelerate whole-body fat utilization during exercise, compared with training alone, in humans. Twelve healthy male subjects [peak oxygen consumption (), 50.7 +/- 1.3 (SEM) mL/kg/min] were divided into two groups: GTE and placebo (PLA) groups. Subjects in both groups performed a cycle ergometer exercise at 60% of for 60 min/day, 3 days/week, and daily ingested 572.8 or 0 mg TC in GTE and PLA groups for 10 weeks, respectively. Before and after training, respiratory gas exchange was measured during 90-min exercise at pre-training approximately 55% of . After training, the average respiratory exchange ratio during exercise remained unchanged in the PLA group (post-training: 0.834 +/- 0.008 vs pre-training: 0.841 +/- 0.004), whereas it was lower in the GTE group (post-training: 0.816 +/- 0.006 vs pre-training: 0.844 +/- 0.005, P<0.05). These results suggest that habitual GTE ingestion, in combination with moderate-intense exercise, was beneficial to increase the proportion of whole-body fat utilization during exercise.
PMID: 20459475 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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