Many individuals look for external help in terms of supplementation to aid in the process of increasing human performance and gaining lean body mass all along with diminishing the amount of fat tissue. With 66% of the United States being overweight, there has been an increase in the demand for weight loss methods and nutrition. The supplement industry has developed various products to aid the in the process of body leaning and weight loss. Supplements that induce thermogenesis through diet have begun to receive more and more attention. The overweight and obese population heavily seeks this thermogenic effect out. Many of these thermogenic aids are commercially available, and tend to contain synthetic caffeine and herbal sources such as guarana, yerba mate and other metabolic supporting ingredients. Although the ingredients differ from brand to brand, two common ingredients that are found through out the market are caffeine and green tea extract (Outlaw et al. 2013). These two ingredients are of the most heavily researched and their data is well known to increase resting energy expenditure in human subjects. .
Caffeine as a Thermogenic Aid.
Caffeine being one of the common variables tested in research, has gained the reputation of having several possible ergogenic benefits including an in increase in human performance, elevating resting energy expenditure, body leaning, and decreasing the total amount of body fat (Outlaw et al. 2013). Many studies have reported that their test subjects have increased their resting energy expenditure by 4.6% while consuming caffeine (Ryan et al. 2009). With an upward spike in energy expenditure, weight loss could be easily obtainable. Besides these thermogenic benefits, 120mg of caffeine increases alertness, reduces fatigue and improves mood states. All which could provide the edge when dealing with weight loss subjects. .
Green Tea Extract as a Thermogenic Aid.
Ephedra is probably the most popular of the thermogenic dietary supplements. ... The first company to sponsor this type of independent study would be helping out the whole industry in creating better relations with the FDA (and most likely reduce the public "fear factor" of these products). ...
There are many types of exercise programs that are available for those who are interested to use. ... For people who pertain to the category of overweight, their best supplement to go for is anything that is thermogenic. ... It is based on what body type you are, what type of workout plan you have made for yourself, and what type of diet you have made for yourself. ... Also what type of health hazards do each drug propose is a very important factor for one who decides to take supplements. ... Caffeine helps shed excess water and Ephedrine is a thermogenic agent that has the ability to conv...
As well as many other substances, ephedrine is taken and found in an abundant amount of different types of items. It is a component in products such as Sudafed, Sinutab, Ultra Diet Pep, ThermoGenics Plus (Epstein, 1), Dexatrim, Xenadrine, and Metabolife ("A Call to Act on Ephedra"). ...
Studying the process of thermogenesis in beige adipose tissue compared to that of normal brown adipose tissue is important because thermogenesis is a process where heat is produced in warm-blooded mammals. The issue of thermogenesis in beige or brown adipose tissue is inherently relevant to humans b...