Updated 11th August 2023
Capsimax - Capsimax is a patented extract from cayenne peppers that is rich in a chemical called capsaicin. Known for its ability to stimulate thermogenesis, it can elevate your internal body temperature, promoting fat oxidation and accelerating the fat burning process, while helping boost metabolism, calorie burning, and weight loss. It is also a mild appetite suppressant, which means it will help prevent you from eating unhealthy foods or more calories than you need. This will help you avoid weight gain and lose weight even faster (1).
Innoslim - Innoslim is a patented blend of astragalus and ginseng extracts. Ginseng is an extract made from plants in the panax family that can boost your natural testosterone levels, improve your mood and brain and immune system health and functions, and treat a variety of illnesses and health conditions, including male sexual dysfunction (2). Astragalus is herb that has anti-inflammatory properties and can boost testosterone levels, heart, immune, and liver health and functions, improve blood flow, and lower your cholesterol levels (3). When used together there is evidence that they can increase the production of fat burning hormones and inhibit the absorption of carbohydrates, which decreases glucose uptake. This will not only promote fat loss and prevent you from gaining any additional fat mass, but it will also fuel the muscle cells, boosting muscle recovery, strength, and exercise performance as well.
Caffeine - Caffeine is one of the most popular and potent stimulants in the world and it is found in everything from tea and coffee to energy drinks and dietary supplements. Widely known to improve your brain functions and mental focus, it is especially useful in weight loss supplements, as it can serve more than one purpose. Its primary function is to boost energy production and recovery time and reduce fatigue, which will help you to perform a longer, harder exercise routine that will accelerate the rate at which you are losing weight. It is then also a potent thermogenic fat burner, which will increase your internal body temperature and aid the oxidation of fat cells, which is ideal to help you burn stubborn fat (4). The caffeine content of Capsiplex Trim comes from a combination of green tea extract and green coffee bean extract, which means it also contains chlorogenic acid and the antioxidant catechin EGCG, which are useful for reducing inflammation, regulating blood sugar levels, and treating conditions like diabetes (5)(6).
Arginine - Arginine is an amino acid that is essential for your body to be able to produce nitric oxide and synthesise growth hormones, and it will also enhance insulin sensitivity. Keeping your levels up is also said to be able to help treat conditions like diabetes and even erectile dysfunction. Taking it in dietary supplements will boost energy metabolism, blood flow, blood pressure levels, and blood vessel health, enhance testosterone production and exercise performance, and regulate blood sugar levels, all of which increases lean muscle mass development and accelerates body fat burning (7).
Iodine - Iodine is a mineral that will aid in the production of fat burning hormones, improve your basal metabolic rate and mood, and promote healthy cognitive, digestive, and thyroid functions (8).
Chromium Picolinate - Chromium picolinate is a compound made by combining picolinic acid with the amino acid derivative of the metal element chromium, which has been proven to boost the sensitivity of the brain's insulin receptors. This helps it regulate blood sugar levels and prevent blood sugar spikes, boost nutrient breakdown, energy levels, serotonin production, brain functions, sleep quality, and your metabolic rate, preserve muscle mass, control hunger, prevent weight gain, and aid weight loss, all of which will improve body composition (9).
Black Pepper Extract - Black pepper contains an alkaloid called piperine, which is responsible for its pungent taste and aroma. It is also often added to supplements as it is a bioavailability enhancer, which means it will boost both the absorption and efficacy of all the other ingredients present, making them more effective. It is of perhaps even greater use in a weight loss supplement, as it also has mild thermogenic capabilities, which means that it can help burn fat cells and improve your metabolic rate directly (10).
Calcium - Calcium is a mineral most often found in dairy products that is best known for its ability to keep the bones, joints, and heart healthy, and for improving muscle contractions, which will help you train harder and burn more calories and fat. However, it can also help you achieve your weight loss goals in other ways as well. Not only does calcium have mild thermogenic properties that will help you remove excess fat, but it can also boost your overall testosterone levels. This will enable you to build more muscle mass, which will increase your metabolic rate and ensure that your body burns fat even faster (11).
Iron - The mineral iron is not directly tied to fat burning or weight loss. However, people who are iron deficient will develop a notable dip in their energy levels, which is an issue commonly seen in women. Taking it in a supplement like Capsiplex Trim can therefore prevent this from happening and keep your energy levels up. This will not only allow you to train harder, which will promote fat loss and help you remain in a calorie deficit, but it offers numerous health benefits beyond helping you get a lean body. This includes improving the production and function of bones, muscles, blood vessels, and hormones (12).
Zinc - The final mineral in Capsiplex Trim, zinc stimulates the pituitary gland to boost metabolism and your energy levels, improve the synthesis of luteinizing hormone, testosterone, and DNA, enhance your recovery time and eye and immune system health and functions, and reduce inflammation and the signs of aging (13). This will not only help you burn stubborn fat, build lean muscle, and improve your body composition, but it will also improve your overall health and wellbeing, to make sure that you never have to miss a workout.
Vitamin B6 - Vitamin B6 plays a role in countless functions in the human body, but is useful in a supplement like Capsiplex Trim and it can boost metabolism to stimulate weight loss directly, while enhancing immune functions to keep you healthy and make sure that you don't miss workouts (14).
Vitamin B9 - Vitamin b9, also known as folic acid, has shown some promise in recent studies with regards to its ability to help burn belly fat. However, as these studies are still in their very early stages, these results need to be taken with a pinch of salt. It is proven to aid DNA, RNA and testosterone production, amino acid and nutrient metabolism, and bodily tissue growth and repair though. It can also prevent anaemia, poor sexual health, inflammation, and the degradation of brain cells, all of which is beneficial to a woman following an intense workout routine (15).
Vitamin C - The most obvious use of vitamin c in a supplement like Capsiplex Trim is that it can boost your metabolism. However, it can also increase the production of collagen and neurotransmitters, to promote muscle repair and recovery, keep your joints flexible, mobile, and healthy, and your muscles, bones, immune system, and teeth strong, so that you never have to skip a workout (16).
Vitamin D - Taking vitamin d can directly encourage weight loss and prevent body fat storage. It can then also prevent you from becoming vitamin d deficient, which will prevent your testosterone levels from falling and keep your metabolism running at an optimal level (17).
Pros
All of the ingredients are proven to help you lose weight
Designed specifically with the needs of the female body in mind
Able to promote stubborn fat burning while helping you maintain muscle mass
Can boost the metabolism of energy, nutrients, and fat, while curbing food cravings
Cons
Many of the ingredients are quite mild or need to be studied more extensively, so don't support weight loss as well as the blends used by some of the more potent supplements
One of the more expensive female fat burner supplements on the market
The caffeine content comes from green tea and coffee beans, rather than pure caffeine
As a very new fat burning supplement, reviews by past customers are still extremely limited
References
1 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22634197/
2 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC576668a9/
3 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4522129/
4 - https://centertrt.org/blog/caffeine-and-weight-loss-does-caffeine-suppress-appetite-and-burn-fat.html
5 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855614/
6 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943088/
7 - https://examine.com/supplements/arginine/
8 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8626876/
9 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15208835/
10 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113382/
11 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010554/
12 - https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-HealthProfessional/
13 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8875519/
14 - https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional/
15 - https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Folate-HealthProfessional/
16 - https://centertrt.org/blog/can-you-take-too-much-vitamin-c.html
17 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985208/