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Best Fat BurnersThe most commonly asked questions asked when we researched our cellucor super hd review.
There are several versions of Cellucor Super HD available from different stores, they've changed the formula a few times, not that it makes much difference either way the cellucor super hd ingredients lists are pretty poor. In trying to keep a weight loss pill to 1000mg (a single pill) most ingredients can't be included in an effective volume. As such the cellucor HD range is lacklustre and ineffective.
L Tyrosine, Amla, Dandelion Root, Yohimbe, Capsimax (and a couple of other trace ingredients) totalling 193mg - This blend is a little bit awkward to review, in that two of these ingredients are good for weight loss, one is simply a diuretic and the other two are unproven. The one thing that is consistent is that most of them couldn't possibly be included in large enough doses.
Typically speaking, blends like this are required (for sale in Europe, not the US, but Cellucor does sell the same product in the EU, so we can assume it's the same) to list the ingredients in order of the largest volume to the lowest. That means that the most favorable breakdown would be. L-Tyrosine at 100mg, because at least one ingredient could be correctly dosed [2].
However, the only way in which it was shown to be effective, was when it was taken in conjunction with Capsimax and Caffeine Anhydrous. In that case it slightly increased performance. The catch here is, that Capsimax cannot be correctly dosed [3] if L Tyrosine is, as they both need to be 100mg in a blend that is less than 200mg. And as for the rest of the ingredients in this section of our cellucor super hd review, they're ineffective, or require grams, not milligrams to be effective. We also don't generally like to see dandelion [4] in fat burners as it's only function is as a diuretic, whilst there is occasionally some argument for it in a good fat burner to take 2 days before a bodybuilding show that's a completely separate use case.
Caffeine Anhydrous 160mg - Caffeine does help fat loss, it helps you move more without realising, increasing your caloric burn, as well as functioning as an appetite suppressant. It's a good ingredient for a lot of fat burner supplements.
Green Tea Extract and Phospholipids 150mg - Green tea leaf extract is one of the weakest ingredients in better fat burners. It's not a bad ingredient, we just tend to mark it as b tier weight loss aid. As for the phospholipids there aren't any reasons to include these in a supplement designed to help your lose fat.
1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892933/
2 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412138/
3 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088424/
4 - https://www.drugs.com/npp/dandelion.html