Zantrex-3 Fat Burner Review

Ben BA(Hons), PGCert

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First Look

To me this looks like something you would buy from a chemist to rub on your limbs after a hard game of lacrosse or something you would rub between your toes because you’ve got a fungal infection. It must be the shade of red, the font, the name…everything about tit screams medicine for some sort of ailment, not a fat burner, well not these days anyway. It looks so old school that you may actually think it will work if it has been around for so long, a bit like Fisherman’s Friends lozenges.

Ingredients:

Unfortunately, like most old things, this is already failing, why? Because there is a proprietary blend hiding all the exact amounts of each ingredients.

Citrus Fruit Extract – Results indicate that bitter orange extract and p-synephrine increase metabolism and energy expenditure. This results in a modest weight loss.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444973/

Guarana – This is a stimulant and contains caffeine which works to stimulate the heart and muscles. There’s talk of it being used for mental clarity but actually little evidence to support these claims.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-935-guarana.aspx?activeingredientid=935

Coffee Bean – For weight loss, chlorogenic acid in coffee is thought to affect how the body handles blood sugar and metabolism. This is found in our favorite fat burner, Instant Knockout.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-1264-green%20coffee.aspx?activeingredientid=1264&

Kola (Centella asiatica) – A legendary plant in China and Indonesia that as been used for many ailments, and may be good for syphilis, however, nothing to do with reducing fat.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/gotu-kola

Green Tea – well known to have many powerful health benefits. Clinical studies suggest that green tea extract may boost metabolism and help burn fat. One study found that the combination of green tea and caffeine improved weight loss and maintenance in people who were overweight and moderately obese. Some researchers think that substances in green tea known as catechins are responsible for the herb’s fat-burning effect. Green tea extract is found in many a good fat burning supplement.

http://news.psu.edu/story/310179/2014/04/02/research/research-suggests-green-tea-exercise-boost-weight-loss-health

Alpha Lipoic Acid – Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant made by the body. It is found in every cell, where it helps turn glucose into energy. Antioxidants attack “free radicals,” waste products created when the body turns food into energy. Free radicals cause harmful chemical reactions that can damage cells, making it harder for the body to fight off infections.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/alphalipoic-acid

Kelp – Tests showed that alginate, found in sea kelp, can suppress the digestion of fat in the gut.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26394577

Fennel – May be useful for hairy women to lose said hair or even encourage breast milk flow but nothing reliable on weight loss or fat burn.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-311-fennel.aspx?activeingredientid=311&activeingredientname=fennel

For our in-depth ingredients guide checkout:

– Our best fat burner ingredients –

Dose:

4 capsules. This is good as the best fat burners out there recommend 4 caps as it provides a nice, consistent and constant amount of ingredients throughout the day for your body to utilize. The problem here is they recommend having 2 caps at once rather than spreading them out equally.

This totals 1928mg per day which isn’t too bad considering some of the shit out there on the market. However, it needs about another third for it to be up there with the big boys.

Effects:

It looks to me like we have 4 ingredients to assist with fat burn, the main issue for me is that this is all found in a proprietary blend so we could only be getting trace amounts for each ingredient and then it could be bulked up with filler.

The other issue I have is that 4 working ingredients means it is only 50% working. Why not have 8 (100%) of it working like some other products available? It just seems like a wasted opportunity.

We’re just looking at something that only works half as much. Like having a sports car limited to 50mph or a JEEP that is only rear wheel drive, it’s pointless when you’re trying to cross a muddy field.

Negatives:

Well, only 50% of it is any good and has fat burning ingredients present. However, we don’t know how much of these ingredients we are getting due to the proprietary blend. Therefore, it’s a bit of a Russian Roulette and no one wants to play with Putin.

Then you have items like fennel and kola that just seem a bit too leftfield.

Conclusion:

This is not an expensive product, however, with only half of it beholding any effectiveness, providing we are given a good dose it just seems a complete waste of time and money when there are better products out there that will work and with money back guarantee’s.

One of the biggest issues with this is not necessarily how bad this potentially is, but how good the competition is.

Look up what works and make your decision based on science and results, not marketing.