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"L-carnitine Hydroxycitric Acid Now, I've been "America's Weight Loss Coach" for more than a decade, and I've written a ton of stuff about how to lose weight in a healthy way; in the past fifteen years or so I've probably addressed more questions about weight loss supplements (on www.AskJonnyBowden.com and other sites) than I have about any other topic I've ever been asked about. Hundreds. Probably a thousand. (But who's counting?) And for the most part, to tell you the truth, I haven't been exactly sanguine about weight loss supplements in general." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The company achieved FDA approval for an over-the-counter weight loss drug called Alii (a lower dose version of the prescription drug Xenical (Orlistat)) that competes directly with weight loss supplements for market share. Unlike the supplements, however, Alii produces certain disagreeable, and potentially harmful, side effects including, by GlaxoS-mithKline's own admission, diarrhea and reduced vitamin absorption." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"Most people have unrealistic expectations of what weight loss supplements can do, fueled in part by outrageous hyperbole in late-night infomercials. Those expectations are almost never met when people continue to do all the wrong things and simply pop the latest "miracle" weight loss pill expecting flab to "melt off by itself. Guess what? It doesn't. So let's be clear: If a person is going to eat 7,000 calories of fast food a day, then these four supplements aren't going to do a thing." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"That's exactly what most over-the-counter weight loss supplements promise but rarely deliver. Three studies also showed L-ergothioneine to be a protector of environmental UV radiation damage. Though shiitake and maitake have much more of it, even our friend the lowly white button mushroom has many times more L-ergothioneine than wheat germ and chicken liver, the other two sources of this incredible antioxidant. Okra For generations, okra has been a staple of traditional Southern cooking." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Many scientists believe that the flavonoid epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC) makes green tea an effective weight loss aid and, because of this, ECGC (also called green tea extract on ingredient labels) is a common ingredient in weight loss supplements. *~ Garcinia cambogia / Hydroxycitric Acid (HCA, Citrin): Dr. Linda B. White, author of The Herbal Drugstore, calls Garcinia "the primary herb sold for enhancing weight loss and boosting your amount of lean muscle." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Shari Lieberman, author of The Real Vitamin and Mineral Book, considers the active compound in green tea to be one of the best weight loss supplements available, and I agree. Compounds in green tea can raise your metabolism. The particular compound responsible for the increase in fat-burning ability is called EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), and it works by increasing the production of noradrenaline, which turns up your metabolism. EGCG also stimulates brown fat metabolism, thus increasing thermo- 79 genesis." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

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