Ripped Fuel

Ripped Fuel is a diet supplement that is produced by Twin Labs. It is designed to help people to get rid of excess weight and burn fat in a faster manner than their normal metabolism allows. The way that Ripped Fuel does this is by combining several ingredients together which include ma huang, guarana, L-carnitine, and chromium as its main ingredients. These ingredients work together to form a combination that both increases the metabolism and acts as a thermogenic or increases the metabolic rate of the body.
So let us examine the ingredients and see how they work exactly and compare how this supplement holds up to others on the market today. Ma huang is a herbal form of ephedrine. Ephedrine is a hormone that is found in the body that increases the heart rate and the metabolic rates as well. This can be good for people who need a boost in fat burning and cannot get it with diet alone. However, ephedrine has proven to have some nasty side effects in the past so it should be taken with caution. Due to its actions, it can raise the blood pressure and cause other problems in the cardiovascular system.
Guarana is a natural form of caffeine. Caffeine works along with ma huang or natural ephedrine to speed up the metabolic rate of the body. These two chemicals can provide good results for some people who are healthy but they also need to be taken with caution due to the side effects listed above. By combining two ingredients such as this, the effects or possible side effects that can occur are more likely than in a product that only has one ingredient that works in this manner.
L-cartinine acts as an antioxidant and also works to help the body convert fatty acids into energy sources for the body. Deficiencies in this nutrient have led to malabsorption of nutrients in some people as well. So this nutrient helps the body to use all the nutrients that it takes in on a daily basis as needed. The main function here as a diet supplement would be the breakdown of fats by the body once digestion has occurred. Even though this nutrient has been widely used for weight loss supplements in this manner, recent studies showed that this supplement did not increase the rate of weight loss or affect the amount of body fat present in overweight women who were studied.
Chromium is a trace mineral that can be found in certain foods. This mineral is used by the body to help it regulate its glucose levels. Chromium has been shown in recent studies to increase or enhance the effect of certain drugs used for type II diabetics. These drugs when combined with Chromium did produce some hypoglycemic episodes in some people. One good thing to note about chromium is the fact that there are no other side effects to report and there have been no real toxic effects that have been reported when taking the recommended daily dosage of this mineral. Its purpose in weight loss is by keeping glucose levels at a steady rate keep dieters from being hungry all the time or quickly after eating. It has been shown that when glucose levels peak and fall hunger will accompany these episodes. So keeping glucose levels steady would help keep hunger at bay in this manner.
In summary, Ripped Fuel is very similar to many other diet supplements on the market in the respect that it uses the ephedrine/caffeine combination in order to increase the body metabolism. This is nothing new and does include the many side effects and warnings that have been noted above. The FDA has banned ephedra in many diet supplements so in this case it is prudent for the buyer to beware.

