There is sometimes confusion over the true benefits of fat burners such as Pro-10.com’s Ultralean. In this article we break down the ingredients of Ultralean diet tablets to show what each ingredient does.
The Pro-10.com Fat Burner Ultralean has the following active ingredients that work in collaboration to offer you a great weight loss tool.
Garcinia cambogia
Commonly known as Gambooge this small pumpkin shaped fruit is native to Indonesia. Its peel contains Hydroxycitric Acid which has shown to significantly reduce the amount of abdominal fat of people in a double blind trial vs a placebo¹.
Citrus aurantium
Citrus aurantium also known as bitter orange comes from the peel of Seville oranges and has been used as a safe replacement for Ephedra (similar to ephedrine, a known fat burning stimulant) in diet tablets for a while, due mainly to its similar structure and thermogenic properties. In double blind trials Citrus Autrantium significantly reduced the body fat of those taking it when compared with the placebo group². A trial looking into how effective ephedra replacements are found that “Citrus aurantium may be the best thermogenic substitute for ephedra”³.
Gymnema sylvestre
Gymnema sylvestre has been used as a natural aid for people with diabetes for thousands of years due to its ability to lower blood sugar levels when taken over a sustained period of time ¹¹. It also has an effect on the taste receptors making sweet items taste less sweet, helping lower and stop sweet cravings²²; this is ideal for anyone looking to lose weight.
Taraxicum officinale
Taraxicum officinale aka dandelion aka pissenlit (piss the bed) is an amazing herb that helps the body detox. It cleans the liver, which gets rid of toxins and used hormones, and it helps the skin. Dandelion also helps the body to get rid of excess water as it is a diuretic. Hence the comical french name of pissenlit (piss the bed).
L-Tyrosine
L-tyrosine is an amino acid that is classed as nonessential as it can be synthesised from phenylalanine. Phenylanine is an essential amino acid as it cannot be synthesised by the body and therefore an adequate dietary supply of phenylalanine is required for the synthesis of L-Tyrosine.
L-Tyrosine is one of the ingredients the brain can use to create the neurotransmitters Epinephrine, Dopamine and nor-epinephrine from. These neurotransmitters help your mood³³ and stress levels. Stress can be a major cause of over eating.
Green Tea extract:
Green tea has been very popular recently for its strong antioxidant content, but some people find it quite bitter and therefore opt for the capsule variety. Green tea not only has high levels of Antioxidants but also has been seen to increase fat oxidisation and therefore is beneficial in weight loss¹¹¹. So not only a great way to get some of those beneficial antioxidants but also to help lose weight.
Grapefruit extract
Grapefruits are great as they are relatively low calorie, high in vitamin C, and if you like the sharpness they taste great. But the extract has also been shown to help people lose weight ²²². Grapefruit extract was shown to lower blood lipid levels in tests and “the extract also induced significant weight loss in the treated rats in the latter 15 days of their treatment.”
Coleus forskohlii aka Plectranthus barbatus
Coleus Forskohlii is an averdic herb which is part of the mint family. Coleus Forskohli has been used in herbal medicine for centuries as a treatment for heart conditions and hypertension, but in recent years studies have shown that Coleus Forskohli has “fat burning” qualities¹¹¹¹.
Chromium Picolinate
Chromium Picolinate has been shown to help to reduce cravings for carbohydrate rich foods and has been shown to regulate appetite in study participents¹².
² Effects of a weight-loss aid in healthy overweight adults: double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, Douglas S. Kalman Corresponding Author Contact Information, a, Carlon M. Colkera, Qivhu Shib, Melissa A. Swaina,
³ Citrus aurantium as a thermogenic, weight-reduction replacement for ephedra: an overview. Preuss HG, DiFerdinando D, Bagchi M, Bagchi D.Department of Physiology, Medicine and Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, J Med. 2002;33(1-4):247-64.
¹¹ An Extract of Gymnema sylvestre Leaves and Purified Gymnemic Acid Inhibits Glucose-Stimulated Gastric Inhibitory Peptide Secretion in Rats
TOHR FUSHIKI, AYAKO KOJIMA, TOSHIAK MOTO, KAZUO GIMOTO Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan and *Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine,n Tottori University, Tottori, Japan, American Institute of Nutrition. 12 March 1992.
²² Differential gurmarin suppression of sweet taste responses in rat solitary nucleus neurons, ^ Lemon, CH; Imoto, T; Smith, DV Journal of neurophysiology 90 (2): 911–23. 00215.2003.
³³Banderet LE, Lieberman HR. Treatment with tyrosine, a neurotransmitter precursor, reduces environmental stress in humans. Brain Res Bull 1989 Apr;22(4):759-62.
¹¹¹ Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans, Abdul G Dulloo, Claudette Duret, Dorothée Rohrer, Lucien Girardier, Nouri Mensi, Marc Fathi, Philippe Chantre and Jacques Vandermander.
²²²Ken Fujioka, Frank Greenway, Judy Sheard, and Yu Ying. Journal of Medicinal Food. Spring 2006, 9(1): 49-54. doi:10.1089/jmf.2006.9.49.
³³³Methanol seed extract of Citrus paradisi Macfad lowers blood glucose, lipids and cardiovascular disease risk indices in normal Wistar rats, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Lagos State University College of Medicine, PMB 21266, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.2008 Jan-Mar;18(1):16-20.
¹¹¹¹ Godard MP, Johnson BA, Richmond SR, et al. Body composition and hormonal adaptations associated with forskolin consumption in overweight and obese men. Obes Res. 2005;13:1335-1343.
¹² Docherty JP, Sack DA, Roffman M, Finch M, Komorowski JR (September 2005). “A double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory trial of chromium picolinate in atypical depression: effect on carbohydrate craving”. J Psychiatr Pract
