The most important part of any weight loss programme is to burn more calories than you eat. Therefore, eat fewer calories and you will end up using stored bodyfat to make up the difference - it's that simple. Don't believe anyone who says you can eat what you want and still lose weight.

No matter how hard you train, or how strict your diet is, the fact is that fat loss is plain hard work (which is probably why 95% of people give up after a few short months). Yet most people make fat loss far more complicated than it needs to be. In reality, fat loss is far easier and simpler than some people would have you believe.

Unfortunately, when you start dieting, your body starts to panic. It will do everything possible to STOP you losing any more weight by reducing your metabolic rate, making you feel tired and irritable. Your appetite will also increase, making it virtually impossible to resist the delicious food, which tempt and surround you, everyday.

The good news is that there are various fat burning nutrients that make the fight against fat a lot easier to win! Some are just plain rubbish, others contain some pretty impressive ingredients. I was given Thermobol by my local gym owner. It claims it to be one of Britain's top selling weight loss products. The formula is designed to aid fat loss by increasing your metabolic rate and suppressing your appetite. So, what is in Thermobol?

Bitter Orange Peel
Bitter Orange is an edible fruit, but the Peel contains strong alkaloids which are reported to be quite helpful for losing bodyfat. The Peel contains a number of powerful active compounds shown to boost the metabolism and improve appetite control. Breakthrough research published in the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that Bitter Orange extract has a powerful and long-lasting effect on your metabolic rate, which means you burn more calories over the course of the day (4) And the more calories you burn, the faster and easier fat loss becomes.
One of the extra benefits of Bitter Orange extract is the effect it has on your appetite. Studies show that octopamine (one of the other compounds in the plant) helps you feel full on fewer calories. This means you won't suffer from the cravings that plague virtually everyone trying for weight loss. One capsule of Thermobol contains 325 milligrams of Bitter Orange extract. At 3 capsules a day, this delivers a potent dose

Cayenne
Cayenne contains capsaicin - the compound that produces the "hot" in hot peppers. Cayenne is known for its potent effects on your metabolic rate, which is one reason why you get so hot and sweaty after eating spicy foods (3). One of the additional benefits of Cayenne is its function as a digestive aid. Cayenne increases the secretion of acids in the stomach, which increases the absorption and effectiveness of the other ingredients in Thermobol. One capsule of Thermobol contains 50 milligrams of the highest heat Cayenne pepper. Here's a quote from an interesting research article I found on the role of capsaicin and weight loss:

The capsaicin content of chilli's may stimulate thermogenesis. Japanese researchers fed capsaicin to exercising rats for seven days. Rats were then split into two groups (placebo and capsaicin-receiving) for a further seven days. The capsaicin-treated rats experienced significantly reduced abdominal fat compared with the placebo group. It was speculated that capsaicin may have activated beta-adrenergic receptors thereby stimulating thermogenesis. Researchers blocked the beta-adrenergic receptors of half of the capsaicin-treated group and found that capsaicin caused beta-adrenergic mobilization of fat in the exercising rats greater than that in the control group. The Japansese researchers concluded that the capsaicin content of the chillis aided fat loss.

Guarana
Guarana comes from the seeds of a South American shrub - most of which originates in Brazil. The seeds of Guarana are known to be rich in caffeine, and have been widely used as a tonic in many South American countries. Guarana has a powerful effect on increasing the metabolic rate, suppressing your appetite and enhancing both physical and mental performance.

Because of its high caffeine content, Guarana is also a powerful fat burning nutrient. Clinical trials prove that caffeine will boost the fat burning effects of exercise by up to 30% (5). More interesting still, research shows that caffeine will improve performance during short term, high intensity exercise, such as weight training (7). In fact, scientists have discovered that caffeine causes your brain to ignore pain signals - something that you're sure to benefit from during your next leg workout. This means that Thermobol is a great product to use before you go to the gym. Its advisable to take a capsule 60 minutes before you start training. This is enough time for the caffeine to get into your system and start to exert its powerful effects. Even after you finish training, Thermobol is still working to strip away fat. Scientists from the University of Queensland found that people using caffeine burn twice as many fat calories in the hour after finishing exercise (6).
Although many people like to have a strong cup of coffee in the hope that it will have the same effect, it's well known that coffee doesn't work as well as caffeine. Although scientists don't really know why, it appears that one or more of the substances in coffee interferes with the effects of caffeine (5). One capsule of Thermobol contains 176 milligrams of Caffeine (from Guarana), which will provide quite a hit.

 

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