Fat burner
Weight control is a concern of human beings. More and more individuals are joining health clubs, purchasing home exercise equipment and participating in sporting activities. In order to improve their performance in these activities, individuals may desire to lose body fat while at the same time maintaining or preserving lean body mass. More importantly, excessive accumulation of body fat (i.e. obesity) can be dangerous and has been linked to health problems such as type II diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, breast and colon cancer, sleep apnea, gallbladder disease, gastroesophogeal reflux disease, fatty liver, gout, thromboembolism. The primary causes of obesity are not precisely understood, although social, dietary, and genetic factors are thought to be involved. Obesity represents a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis, and atherosclerosis. There are many dietary supplements on the market that promote general health. These supplements typically take the form of tablets, capsules, or liquids that are combined with meals as part of a healthy diet regimen. These supplements are made up individually of one or more amino acids, minerals, and/or nutrients. Fat burners are compounds that reduce absorption of fat in the digestive tract, preferably also the digestion of fat and prevent or inhibit the production of fat. Any suitable compound that reduces absorption, or digestion of fat in the digestive tract, or prevents or inhibits the production of fat may be used. Fat burners fall into three categories: fibrous substances which immobilize fats, such as glucomannan; thermogenic agents which increase the metabolic rate and convert body fat to energy, such as
L-carnitine; and fat directors which inhibit lipogenesis (deposition of unburned fat), such as Chromium and the HCA from Garcinia Cambogia.
Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) is an organic acid similar to citric acid that is found in citrus fruits, such as oranges and lemons, but that has remarkably different properties from citric acid. HCA has been shown to reduce appetite, inhibit fat synthesis, and
decrease body weight in persons consuming it, without stimulating the central nervous system of those persons. Therefore, ingestion of HCA will not cause nervousness, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, or insomnia associated with dietary stimulants such as ephedra (Ma-Huang), caffeine or phenylpropanolamine. Synephrine alkaloids (from Citrus aurantium extract) are an indirect sympatheticomimetic agent. Like ephedrine, synephrine alkaloids are adrenergic, but potentiate the release of compounds which stimulate predominately beta-3-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Synephrine alkaloids exert their effects via liberation of the compounds epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine from pre-synaptic sites in the SNS. Dietary supplements containing synephrine instead of ephedrine may offer a wider margin of safety.
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