Aspartame

Aspartame was approved in early 1980's under brand name Equal, also known as Nutrasweet. It is a combination of amino acids phenylalanine, aspartic acids and methanol, or wood alcohol. Too much of these components has been linked to brain damage in fetus. Persons with PKU (phenylkelonuria), as well as pregnant women, and children under age of seven, must avoid aspartame, and foods containing this ingredient.

Stevia

Lipoxinol is one of most popular weight loss products to hit market recently-probably due to fact it was positively featured on a popular TV news magazine show.

Is Lipoxinol really that good? Can it work for you? Let's try and get some answers to those questions by taking a close look at Lipoxinol formula and it's base of ingredients.

The product claims to effectively fight fat via a triple-layered mechanism of actions. Why is that important? The product takes a complete and well rounded approach to safe and effective weight loss. There is an appetite controlling function, a thermogenic function, and a powerful thyroid-boosting function. Something you definitely don't see in an everyday weight loss product.

1) Fiberzide™ is proprietary blend of soluble fiber glucomannan and xanthan gum (caffeine extract). The combination of these two powerful elements can lead to weight loss in and of itself by effectively suppressing appetite, as well as giving you a general feeling of satiety or fullness.

2) Thermazene™ is a catalyst blend of thermogenic ingredients in Lipoxinol formula. This powerful fat burning blend contains Green tea, Caffeine, and Forslean. How well does each ingredient work?

a) Green Tea is a weight loss ingredient that has been shown in many quality form studies to increase metabolism and fat loss. Green Tea has potential to effectively increase one's metabolism by as much as 4-6%. This "speeding up" of one's metabolism can easily lead to reduction in overall body mass, i.e., weight loss.

b) Caffeine, which speeds metabolism, is most-active ingredient in many "diet pills." Caffeine breaks down fat, freeing fatty acids which are immediately burned. Conversion of fat to energy is about 30 percent more efficient when caffeine is consumed prior to exercise.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (November 1999) published results of a study performed at University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found that their test study group who were given a combination of Green Tea extract and Caffeine burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.

Here is a link to read more on that study:

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/70/6/1040