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Garcinia cambogia extract

It’s a small, green fruit shaped like a pumpkin. The fruit’s skin contains hydroxycitric acid, the active ingredient in garcinia cambogia extract, whissch is marketed as a diet pill. 

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Green tea extract

Green tea extract is a popular ingredient in many weight loss supplements

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Green coffee bean extract

Green coffee beans are simply coffee beans that haven’t been roasted.

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Glucomannan

Glucomannan is a type of fiber found in the roots of the elephant yam, which is also called konjac.

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Forskolin

Forskolin is an extract from a plant in the mint family that is thought to be effective for weight loss.

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Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)

It is known as one of the “healthier” trans fats and is found naturally in some fatty animal-derived foods like cheese and butter.

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Caffeine

Caffeine is the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance in the world 

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Bitter orange/synephrine

Synephrine is related to ephedrine, which used to be a popular ingredient in various weight loss pill formulations

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Garcinia cambogia extract

It’s a small, green fruit shaped like a pumpkin. The fruit’s skin contains hydroxycitric acid, the active ingredient in garcinia cambogia extract, which is marketed as a diet pill.

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Raspberry ketone

A synthetic version of raspberry ketones is sold as a weight loss supplement. 

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Orlistat (Alli)

Orlistat is a pharmaceutical drug sold over the counter under the name Alli and via prescription as Xenical.

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Meratrim

It’s a combination of two plant extracts — Sphaeranthus indicus and Garcinia mangostana — that may change the metabolism of fat cells.