The most commonly asked questions in fit 9 reviews
So, there are 10 ingredients in this fat burning pill. Most of them do nothing to aid weight loss, and to make matters worse it’s a proprietary blend which means we actually don’t even know what the dosages are of the products that do actually work. So, it’s pretty difficult to know how well this kind of supplement is likely to perform because all of the ingredients do different things, and there are no ratios provided. It’s quite common for these sorts of supplements to hide the ingredients list when they want to cheap out on the better ingredients as they’re more expensive. It’s rarely to protect an amazing blend because the science of dosages is pretty much in at this point. Another negative mark for our Fit9 review.
Ascorbic acid
The first ingredient on the list is ascorbic acid. A fancy name for vitamin C.
Vitamin C, obviously, is a water soluble vitamin that the body can regularly lose large amounts of. Therefore, it is always good, technically speaking, to have high levels of vitamin C whenever you can.
However, it’s rather difficult to know why it’s been added into this fat burning pill. The only reasonable evidence comes from a study which suggests that your fat burning capability is reduced when you are deficient in vitamin C. Not a great start for our Fit9 review.
Potassium Citrate
Next up on the list is potassium citrate. It is a salt that you get by adding certain potassium compounds to citric acid. It’s frequently used as a food additive. It’s probably listed in here because it contains a diuretic.
Diuretics mean that you go to the bathroom more. This is what the product means when it talks about helping with fluid retention, because it just removes all the water from the body. This means that you might look a bit thinner for a few days, but you haven’t actually lost any weight, you’ve just lost water weight.
7-Keto DHEA
So, this next product in Fit 9 is a non-hormonal byproduct of DHEA. It’s produced in a couple of areas in the body, specifically the brain and adrenal gland. The company makes a big song and dance about how this could be a very powerful ingredient in a lot of areas. There is some evidence to suggest this may be a decent ingredient, but not nearly to the levels stated.
Dandelion Root Extract
Dandelion is a frequent ingredient in diuretics, and for that reason, it’s very popular. It doesn't actually help you lose weight, it just helps you lose water, this makes a lot of less high quality fat burners give you the impression you've lost weight quickly, when really you're just dehydrated.
Inulin
Next up is inulin, which is a prebiotic fibre that nourishes probiotic bacteria located in cat. You want to have probiotic bacteria, it supports good health, and consuming it helps to increase the amount of good bacteria in the gut.
Gotu Kola Extract
Gotu Kola is a herb. It’s part of the parsley family, and is favoured by herbalists all over the world. It’s actually credited with many different abilities. In this case, the brand is using it as a way to increase the growth of collagen. It seems to work reasonably well, but it’s an interesting choice for a fat loss pill.
Ginkgo Biloba Extract
Ginkgo Biloba comes from a tree. It’s an ingredient that provides antioxidants, these help to prevent oxidative stress and fight the free radicals in the body. It’s also what we call a vasodilator. This means that it helps to relax blood vessels, improve circulation, and is generally considered to be a good pick for the fat loss pill, but it’s probably the best choice on the list.
Diindolylmethane
This next one is a compound that you find in naturally occurring cruciferous vegetables. It’s used here as an estrogen modulator. When your estrogen levels are low, it leads to weight gain around the hips and thighs. It's mostly for bodybuilding supplements and a lot of people do not tollerate it well at all. This is probably the reason why Fit9 recommends that you only start with a half dosage.
Green Tea Extract
The extract using this particular form of green tea is about 50% caffeine. This is quite a bit for green tea. Well caffeine is a fine way to burn fat, too much caffeine can have many side-effects on the body, so it’s not recommended if you are particularly intolerant of caffeine.
L-Theanine
Second to last on the list is an amino acid that you can get from drinking tea. It helps to reduce stress, improves mental focus, and calms the mind. We see it in a couple of fat burners as it does have some mild craving prevention, but nothing supstantial. It's more of a bulk up ingredient or something that belongs in a mood supplement more than a weight loss aid.
Uva Ursi Extract
Finally, we have Uva Ursi. This is an extract that comes from the leaves of the herb. It does quite a few things, but is best known as a diuretic.