Category Archives: Weight Loss

Ephedrine

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Ephedrine is an alkaloid that is found in the Ephedra sinica plant. Ephedrine is a stimulant of the central nervous system and can activate the sympathetic nervous system. Ephedrine is of interest nutritionally because it also has thermogenic effects in … Continue reading →

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Synephrine

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Synephrine is the active component in citrus aurantium, a tree that belongs to the Rutacaea family of plants. Common names for Citrus aurantium include bitter orange, seville orange, sour orange, green orange, zhi shi and kijitsu. Other species of citrus … Continue reading →

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How do Green Tea Catechins Cause Weight Loss?

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Green tea is a drink that is associated with weight loss in humans and animals. This weight loss is often attributed to the caffeine present in tea, and this may be a significant factor. However, green tea is also rich … Continue reading →

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Tea and Weight Loss

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is known to have a number of health effects that include improvements to both mental and physical parameters. The effects of tea are attributed to a number of chemicals it contains including polyphenolic antioxidants, caffeine and the … Continue reading →

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Cellular Effects of Raspberry Ketones

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Raspberry ketones have been evidenced in animal studies to protect from the damaging effects of overconsumption of energy. In addition, studies in animals show that raspberry ketones can also reduce body fat in overweight animals. In human studies, similar effects … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Ketones: An Anti-Obesity Supplement?

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Raspberry ketone is a phytochemical that is extracted from raspberry plants. The raspberry ketone chemical name is 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl) butan-2-one.The ketone has a structure similar to capsaicin and synephrine, two compounds with known weight loss effects. Based on this similar structure, … Continue reading →

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Preventing Weight Gain Through Conscious Attention

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Weight gain is caused by the consumption of the Western diet. This diet is replete with tasty foods that encourage overeating. In particular, high amounts of fat, salt and sugar are added to the mainly processed foods, and this results … Continue reading →

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“Healthy” Foods that Should Be Avoided: Pasta and Rice Cakes

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Robert Barrington

A number of foods that are considered to be healthy by the mainstream are demonstrably damaging to the health. One such food that is often considered as a healthy food is pasta. Generally pasta is quite heavily processed and even … Continue reading →

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Forskolin Against Obesity

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Coleus forskolin is a plant that grows in Nelap, India and Thailand. The plant has a number of medicinal effects and these likely relate to the presence of a diterpene molecule within the plant tissues called forskolin. Forskolin has been … Continue reading →

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Apples and Pears for Weight Loss

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Robert Barrington

Fruit has been shown to possess a number of health benefits. These benefits are thought to derive from the antioxidant, vitamin, minerals and fibre contained within fruit. However, fruit is also high in sugars including sucrose and fructose, and both … Continue reading →

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