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BY VICKY DeROSA

COMMENTARY

I’m sure many of you have heard of what are being called the new miracle cure for belly fat: raspberry ketones. The news of them is everywhere especially since being mentioned by the ever popular Dr. Oz. I suppose you may be wondering what I think of this new craze. Well I’ll tell you.

There is no denying the metabolism boosting power of the supplement and the fact that it is an all natural method of suppressing the appetite gets my stamp of approval but there are some things to look out for when selecting the brand and type for you. It is not necessary for the manufacturers of a supplement to list the minor inactive ingredients such as dyes and artificial sweeteners (which is a strange, but common ingredient in the coating of any pill).

Be sure your supplement of choice is free of all bad chemicals. Although it is not required to advise consumers of those particular contents, you will notice that if they are omitted from the pill or capsule it will likely be advertised on the packaging. Raspberry ketones require no additional chemical additives to be beneficial, so look out for ingredients such as caffeine. A good raspberry ketone supplement will have no additional ingredients besides raspberry.

While you probably know I don’t have a problem with caffeine intake, limiting the sources of it makes it simpler to maintain healthy consumption levels. Also, some people have complained of jitters from taking ketones. It seems the varieties with caffeine or green tea included in the ingredients exacerbate this reaction. The raspberry plant only contains a helpful level of ketones during a specific time frame in its harvest season. Because of this and quantity of plants necessary to make the concentrated product, a quality raspberry ketone supplement will sadly most likely not be found for $6 a bottle. A quality and effective supplement will cost more than one stuffed with fillers and/ or ineffectual or unnatural ingredients.

Also, be advised that because of the high demand for the supplement the raspberry ketones in the least expensive bottles are not “all natural,” but produced in a lab. As with most vitamin or herbal supplements the purest and most easily digested form is usually liquid tincture. Ketones themselves are something that our bodies produce when we fast, or exercise a great deal. They are the chemicals we release to use our fat reserves as fuel when carbohydrates are not available to us. Raspberry plants produce a high amounts of ketones as well, but the amount of berries we would need to eat in order to alter our metabolisms would not leave us room for anything else in our diets. In fact, we’d be so busy eating raspberries we might not have time for anything else in our day!

The most efficient way to use these fat burners is to take them as a concentrated supplement. So, am I for raspberry ketones? Sure. Why not if taken correctly? But I will also say this, why not let your body make its own ketones? I do believe that supplements can be helpful, but as always the surest way to lose unwanted fat is through healthy eating habits and rigorous exercise. I know that’s not as exciting an answer as the next great miracle diet in a pill, but it will always be the most effective, best fat burning advice I can give.

Vicky DeRosa is Founder and CEO of Studio V Health Corp. For more information check out www.studiovhealth.com.

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