Glutamine
Critic's Top Pick
We're often asked if we ever rate a diet pill positively. The answer is that we do (rarely). Why don't we recommend Glutamine? We're looking for clinically-researched ingredients, at the clinical dosage. There are a few diet pills that have chosen to take this high road, and our favorite is Apidexin. You can read our review or go to the official site.
A nonessential (your body produces enough of them already) amino acid, glutamine, can be found in many foods that you eat daily including beans, fish, eggs, beaf, chicken and others.1 Chances are, if you are eating well, you’re getting all of the glutamine that your body needs. So does the added supplementation do anything for you to help you lose weight? Read on to find out.
Research
The claims that glutamine helps in weight loss stem from the belief that glutamine helps to repair muscles faster, helping to promote lean muscle mass. The idea is that this helps to increase your ability to burn calories. Research, however, seems to be undecided as to glutamine’s true capabilities in these regards. It gets difficult (for us at least) to determine whether or not it is effective as glutamine is often joined with creatine (another ingredient known to help with muscle repair) in the studies. Many of those studies, however, also have conflicting results. For your reference, the following are some studies that I found:
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 17(3), 425-438; Falk, D.J., Heelan, K.A., Tyfault, J.P., & Koch, A.J. (2003). The effects of eight weeks of creatine monohydrate and glutamine supplementation on body composition and performance measures.
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 17(4), 810-816. Effects of effervescent creatine, ribose, and glutamine supplementation on muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition.
Conclusion
The jury is still out in regards to glutamine’s effect on weight loss. As it stands right now, it’s possible that glutamine may help those who exercise regularly to promote lean muscle mass (which certainly helps with, but does not cause weight loss). Glutamine gets a pretty neutral review. Research does not support the claims that it alone causes weight loss. If a diet pill is touting glutamine as their secret weapon against fat, run from it.
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamine [↩]
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Top 2 Diet Pills
#1 Apidexin
We really like that Apidexin is very straight forward in their marketing and website approach. They have a clear focus on clinically proven weight loss ingredients, which is the only way to sell a diet pill in our opinion.
With straight forward and honest marketing, proven ingredients, and a great money back guarantee, we suggest that Apidexin is a high quality diet pill. Consumers are very satisfied with Apidexin, and so are we, making it our #1 product of choice.
MSRP: $99.95 Lowest Online Price: $49.95
#2 Lipovox
Lipovox is another diet pill based on the 10 superfoods made famous by Oprah and others. What we like about Lipovox is that it is not just banking on the 10 superfoods, but it also includes green tea (a proven weight loss ingredient) and other good ingredients. It claims to “Burn up to 400% more fat than with just diet and exercise alone!”
If you are interested in getting a more natural diet pill and one that uses the 10 superfoods, than Lipovox may be the solution for you. The ingredient profile strong compared to other superfood-based pills. The price is great and you can’t go wrong with their lifetime guarantee. We say give Lipovox a try. Two thumbs up!
MSRP: $59.99 Lowest Online Price: $29.99
