Weight loss is a real challenge. It’s hard for everyone, even on “easy” diets. You’re changing habits you’ve build up for months, if not years. So weight loss supplements are useful, because they give you a boost.
Most of these supplements may well trade on the placebo effect, but even if that’s so, they help people.
Now here’s some news about weight loss supplements I found interesting: most have some form of caffeine as a primary ingredient:
Its (caffeine’s) sources are many and extremely varied: green tea extract (or Camellia sinensis), guarana, yerba maté and kola nut to name a few.
Here’s what’s in those weight-loss supplements – Los Angeles Times goes on to say:
“Consumer Lab’s 2005 review of dietary supplements for weight loss measured caffeine levels in two popular weight-loss products still on the market — Zantrex-3 (‘The Ultimate Ephedra Replacement’) and Xenadrine EFX. Zantrex-3 was found to have 1,223 milligrams of caffeine in a day’s recommended dosage — equivalent to 30 cans of cola. Xenadrine EFX was found to have less — 448 milligrams — but still 1 1/2 times the caffeine associated with adverse effects such as heart palpitations and sleep “
That’s a LOT of caffeine — too much for most of us. On the whole, it might just be easier to drink green tea or coffee, rather than using supplements.
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