February 26, 2010

Do Fat Burning Supplements Work?

Everywhere you look you will find advertisements for fat burning pills.To look and feel great they say you’ll have to take their supplements. You’ll find that in a weight loss forum the latest supplement creates a lot of chatter.

Much of these marketing tactics are less than honest, although some components of the fat burning products might actually be beneficial.What some of these companies won’t mention their ads is that they have been sued by the Federal Trade Commission because of their underhanded tactics.

The truth of the matter is that at least 97% of your fat loss will result from nutrition rather than supplements.I have seen reliable information that shows that the ingredients of green tea extract to increase calories burned through metabolism by about 75 calories a day.Think about alternatives to drinking massive amounts of green tea extract that would use those same 75 calories in a day.

You can iron clothes for about half an hour, spend 15 minutes washing your car, spend about seven minutes walking up steps, or walk your dog for about 15 minutes.Therefore we could conclude that small amounts of exertion throughout the day will do at least as much as the most potent supplement would do.

Fat burning pills are basically useless: there is no need to take them.But if you want to take them, you should always look for independent confirmation of the product’s claims.

Review what the supplement contains to see if what is in it will have any effect on their metabolism. Pay close attention because learning this will show you how to lose weight fast.

Still, even if it has ingredients that are effective on metabolism, there might not be enough of those ingredients to make a difference.Be aware also that many of these supplement companies will list a proprietary blend to disguise how much of the different ingredients are in their pill.

As far as research goes, you need to be careful about studies conducted on rats or other animals because the effects on humans may be totally different.For example obesity in humans is much more complicated than obesity in rats.

I could never recommend that you buy any product in less it has been tested in a published study was funded by people outside of the supplement industry.So, you can see that there’s not much to get excited about concerning fat burning supplements: you are better off spending the money on healthy food.

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