Having an understanding of your body’s metabolism or basal metabolic rate is essential to fat loss. This is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment i.e. simply the number of calories you would burn if you lay in bed and did nothing all day. The energy (calories) used in this state are solely for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, brain and the rest of the nervous system, liver, kidneys, sex organs, muscles and skin, essentially it’s the calories you need solely to stay alive. So, as many magazines and diet books will have already informed you, if this is increased it will accelerate the rate of fat loss and therefore the time it takes to achieve the slimmer body you want. Now, there are many ingredients that can be included into your diet which have been proven to increase your metabolism, most of which are contained in the supplement
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Guarana (100mgs per tablet)
Guarana is a fruit native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. Known best as an ‘energy booster’, guarana contains twice the caffeine of a coffee bean. It is a potent thermogenic meaning it greatly increases the body’s metabolism and therefore greatly contributes to losing body fat.
Green Tea (100mgs per tablet)
Research shows that the compound catechin polyphenols found in green tea greatly aids fat loss by intensifying levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis
(thermogensis is basically where heat occurs within the body to ‘burn’ fuels such as fat.) And what is more, another element of green tea known as Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been found to inhibit the movement of glucose in fat cells. Yerba Mate (75mgs per tablet) Discovered by the Guarani Indians of South America, Yerba Mate is a drink of ancient cultural and medicinal origins. It is generally used as a source of caffeine although considered to be more healthful than that found in coffee. Similar to guarana it is used as an ‘energy booster’ with fat loss benefits since again it increases the body’s metabolism.
Tetradecylthioacetic Acid (50mgs per tablet)
Unlike the other ingredients, studies show that tetradecylthioacetic acid encourages lipolysis (‘burning’ fat on the body) without the need for exercise. This can make workouts much more efficient because you're burning off what you eat instead of burning off fat stores, you should lose excess weight much more quickly and therefore see greater definition much more quickly.
Choline (50mgs per tablet)
Choline is essential for fat metabolism. Fat metabolism is essentially when complex chemical reactions break the bonds between the basic elements of fat for energy.
Alpha Lipoic Acid (50mgs per tablet)This ingredient basically increases the uptake of glucose into the muscle cells meaning less glucose is stored as fat. It also lowers your blood sugar levels, meaning again a high metabolism will burn more calories than ‘normal’ (by ‘normal’ we mean without supplementing the diet with alpha lipoic acid.)
Cayenne (25mgs per tablet)
Containing the compound Capsaicin, cayenne is responsible for creating the ‘hot’ sensation in hot peppers and also is known to increase your metabolic rate. This is what is happening when you begin to sweat from eating hot foods, this is a physiological response to the consumption of cayenne causing your metabolism to increase.)
(thermogensis is basically where heat occurs within the body to ‘burn’ fuels such as fat.) And what is more, another element of green tea known as Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been found to inhibit the movement of glucose in fat cells. Yerba Mate (75mgs per tablet) Discovered by the Guarani Indians of South America, Yerba Mate is a drink of ancient cultural and medicinal origins. It is generally used as a source of caffeine although considered to be more healthful than that found in coffee. Similar to guarana it is used as an ‘energy booster’ with fat loss benefits since again it increases the body’s metabolism. 
