Alpha Lipoic Acid is known as an antioxidant that is naturally made by the body. It is found in every cell, and helps to turn glucose which is a form of sugar into energy.

Bioperine is derived from the extract of Piper nigrum L (black pepper) or Piper longum L (long pepper). Bioperine activates the thermogenesis process that generates energy at the cellular level. This process also helps in burning of fats. It also increases the absorption of nutrients and vitamins. It ensures that the body benefits and is able to efficiently use the nutrients from the food. It also boosts the metabolism that makes it effective in weight loss and maintenance. Because of the boost in metabolism, it also provides the body an increased supply of energy. It also aids in the proper digestion.

Caffeine is a methylated xenthine discovered in 1819 by Friedrich Ferdinand Runge, a German chemist. Sources of Caffeine include beans, fruit and leaves of some plants. Caffeine available for human consumption is most commonly extracted from the coffee plant cherries and tea bush leaves, as well as foods and drinks that contain products derived from the kola nut. Caffeine can temporarily reduce the sensation of being tired; however, this does not mean that it eliminates the need for sleep. Generally, twenty five to fifty milligrams of caffeine is enough for most consumers to report an increase in alertness and arousal. Caffeine should be not be consumed by those with fecal incontinence as it relaxes the internal anal sphincter muscles.

Cha De Bugre Extract offers numerous health benefits. It is good for the heart health. It is a natural appetite suppressant, which enhances energy and alertness. It encourages sustained fat metabolism and assists in reducing cellulite at the cellular level. It contains allantoin, potassium, and allantoic acid that help increase metabolism and suppress appetite. This helps in weight loss as when one eats less he or she reduces the calorie intake that in turn forces the body to utilize stored body fat to fulfill requirements of calories. It works as a mild diuretic, thus naturally removing excess unwanted fluid from the body. It improves the immune system and digestion, enhances endurance, supports liver, colon, and kidney Function, besides ensuring clear smooth skin.

Chitosan is derived from shellfish and is a linear polysaccharide, commonly used in medical circles as a haemostatic agent. Chitosan is deemed hypoallergenic and has properties which seem to rapidly clot blood, prompting the use in gauze dressings and bandages. Chitosan bandages used on battlefields in Iraq showed drastic increases in survival of wounded army personnel. As a nutritional supplement, chitosan is often marketed as a fat attractor. It is deemed a nutritional fiber and supposed to bind lipids in digestive tract, not allowing them to enter the blood stream and be stored in fat cells. Sometimes paired with glucomannan, this new supposed weight loss supplement has not yet received any pertinent clinical trials, which would prove its effectiveness, but some bile acid circulation interruption has been officially registered, partly proving the claims.

Chromium is an essential mineral that plays an important role with how the body uses glucose. Chromium may be found in brewer’s yeast, grains, cereal and in some beers. It aids in maintaining the ideal blood sugar level which helps diabetic patients. It also helps in the metabolism and storage of fats, proteins and carbohydrates in the body that may help reduce fats. It helps improve muscle tone by burning the fats. It reduces hunger pangs, suppress cravings and appetite. It is help control the blood cholesterol level. It lowers the risks of cardiovascular problems. It also alleviates depression by stimulating the fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis that is important for brain function.

Citrus Aurantium is a fruit from the citrus family. Although later replaced by the sweet orange in recognition, it has retained many practical uses both in home remedies and in food. Citrus Aurantium boosts up the metabolism, which converts fat deposits into energy. Extensive use may help to control weight and hold back the effects of obesity. It can work as an appetite suppressant to restrain overeating. Citrus Aurantium can help to reduce chest congestion and coughs. Citrus Aurantium is a potent energy booster.

Conjugated Linoleic Acid or CLA is a non-essential fatty acid that may be found in cow and sheep meat, and dairy products. It is known to decrease body fat in obese and overweight people. It works by inhibiting the action of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) enzyme that is responsible for the transfer of fat from the blood stream to the fats cells. It has powerful anti-carcinogenic properties that fight free radical cells from damaging the cells. It also helps control blood sugar levels. It encourages muscle growth and improves the metabolism which accelerates weight loss. It reduces the risk of heart diseases. It is also an antioxidant.

Evodia Rutaecarpa has been used in China by the native medicine and herbology practitioners for centuries as a weight loss agent. The Tetradium plant, as it is also known, as well as the bee bee tree, is native to Asia and the chemical associated with the weight loss effect has been isolated as evodiamine. In trials on mice it has been proven that the uptake of fat was significantly reduced by the specimen receiving the Evodia Rutaecarpa extract. While human testing was never truly conducted, the use of Evodia Rutaecarpa extracts in weight loss products seems to prove the interaction with the uncoupling protein 1, or UCP1, also named thermogenin. The stimulation of thermogenin by Evodia Rutaecarpa extract leads to energy being burned as heat, burning excess calories and consequently stored fat.

Green Tea Extract is currently being promoted by the health conscious community as a weight loss product, which does not do this incredible concoction of helpful ingredients justice. Many green tea extracts nowadays exclude caffeine, to avoid the associated side effects and lower the ingestion of this legal addictive stimulant. The main characteristic of the green tea extract should be the antioxidative effect, which surpasses Vitamin C twentyfold. But the other traits are not to be forgotten, it is anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogen and anti-radiation. The unique combination of green tea catechins, derivatives of apicatechin, and flavonoids, which belong to the same family, are proven scavengers of free radicals and an unavoidable addition to any dietary supplement combination, body building or weight loss as the target objective.

Guarana Extract is the extract of the guarana plant. It contains a significant amount of guaranine, a substance that is similar to caffeine found in coffee beans. It helps stimulate the adrenal glands and increase the production and release of hormones such as epinephrine, norepinephrine (adrenaline), and dopamine. This helps the metabolism of the body that enhances fat loss, and increases energy and endurance. It helps the body burn the fats to be used for energy. It aids in fighting stress, weakness and fatigue. As a stimulant, it also improves mental alertness, clarity, focus, concentration, and memory retention. Guarana also also improves the libido or sex drive in both men and women. Guarana also contains tannins that help prevent diarrhea and soothes the digestive system.

Guggulsterone- Commiphora wightii, or the so called Guggul tree is a flowering shrub or rather a small tree which can grow up to a size of 4 meters. Once very common in India, it is now there listed as endangered, but not in northern Africa or elsewhere in central Asia. It was very popular in the Indian Ayurvedic medicine, but also currently in the western medicine for treating of heart problems. The hydrocarbon secretion of Guggul contains a plant sterol, guggulsterone, which in the human body seems to act as an antagonist to the farnesoid X receptor. Furthermore, guggulsterone is active in increasing the natural thyroid production. This in turn stimulates the metabolism and may raise the body temperature, burning stored excess fat.

Hoodia Gordonii, which although popular, has no published randomized controlled trials in humans to show hoodia is safe or effective in pill form. One study published in the September 2004 issue of Brain Research found that injections of p57 (The Active ingredient in Raw, Fresh Cut Hoodia, not dried) into the appetite center of rat brains resulted in altered levels of ATP, an energy molecule that may affect hunger. The animals receiving the P57 injections also ate less than rats that received placebo injections. However, this was an animal study and INJECTIONS IN THE BRAIN are very different from oral consumption, so it cannot be used to show that oral hoodia can suppress appetite in humans. Hoodia Gordonii is a succulent (a cactus of the aloe family) found in the Kalahari desert of South Africa. Most Hoodia Gordonii products contain very little, if any of the active ingredient needed to suppress hunger. Real Hoodia is very rare and is even an endangered plant. Most importantly, Hoodia has only demonstrated any effect in fresh, raw pieces of the plant. The effectiveness of powdered Hoodia has yet to be shown and may actually increase hunger. It's main use is as a cheap alternative to the more expensive weight loss herbs, which are the only alternative left after the banning of ephedra. Most supplement manufacturers can not use the more expensive weight loss herbs because it will result in a product that would be too expensive to compete with other more popular inexpensive diet supplements.

L-Carnitine - The body’s fat is turned into energy by the help of L carnitine. Its production in the body is done by the kidneys and the liver. However, it’s found to be stored and present in the brain, sperm, heart and skeletal muscles. The amount of L carnitine or cartinine produced in ones body is sufficient for conversion of fat into energy. However, some people might have deficiencies in cartinine production. Carnitine has several benefits however it must not be taken without doctor’s prescription. Carnitine has been useful in the treatment of stable angina and there is evidence to support this. Apart from this, it has also found to be useful for someone who had a heart attack or heart failure.

Theobromine- The bitter alkaloid found in chocolate is known as theobromine. It comes from the cacoa plant and is found in chocolate as well as chocolate free foods that are consist of theobromine. Theobromine belongs to the methylxanthine class of chemical compounds. It is found in the leaves of the tea plant, the kola or cola nut and acai berries. No bromine is present in theobromine, despite the name. The properties of theobromine are that it is souluble in water, is crystalline, is a bitter powder, is listed as white or colorless in color. It is considered a lesser homologue because it has a lesser effect to caffeine. Theobromine is the kind of isomer which belongs to paraxanthine and theophylline at the same time. It is basically a xanthine having two methyl groups.

White Kidney Bean Extract neutralizes a digestive enzyme known as alpha amylase before it converts starch into sugar or glucose and eventually fat allowing carbohydrates to flow through the bodies system at a substantially lower caloric intake.

White Willow Extract is known to contain salicin. Salicin is converted by the body into salicylic acid which is the basis for aspirin. This natural extract is commonly used to treat pain, fever and inflammation especially low back pain, osteoarthritis, headache and fever. White willow extract has fewer side effects than aspirin but can cause minor stomachs upset and is not recommended for those allergic to aspirin, but can be a great supplement for those who find that aspirin makes them nauseous.

Yerba Matte has a level of caffeine and is therefore a stimulant aids in toning, balancing and strengthening the body, aids in digestion, calms and balances nerves and is also used to help treat allergies and sinusitis.