Chromium Picolinate
The main YouTheory Fat Burner ingredient, chromium picolinate, is made from chromium's amino acid derivative and picolinic acid. Studies shows it enhances the insulin receptors in your brain, improving blood glucose levels and breaking down nutrients more effectively (1).
It can also prevent fat storage, boost energy, and provide appetite suppression, all of which will help to keep your weight loss on track. Other benefits include preserving muscle mass, raising serotonin levels, enhancing cognitive functions, and improving your quality of sleep.
However, for these effects to occur, around 1,000 mcg of chromium must be consumed daily, which is 2.5 times more than you will find in the recommended daily dose of YouTheory.
Grapefruit Whole Fruit Extract
Grapefruit extract is often consumed for its high vitamin c content and can offer a number of benefits to your overall health and wellbeing. However, when it comes to its ability to help reduce body fat, its effects are minimal and only occur at all when it is combined with caffeine.
With the YouTheory Fat Burner containing no caffeine and even billing itself as a "non stimulant" fat burner, the inclusion of grapefruit extract in its fat burning formula is utterly pointless.
Sweet Orange Whole Fruit Extract
Whole oranges have developed somewhat of a cult following when it comes to healthy body weight management, thanks to being low in calories and high in fiber and healthy bacteria, both of which can raise your metabolism.
These effects are believed to be fairly minimal though, and there is no evidence to suggest that sweet orange extract will offer the same benefits. Its inclusion in the YouTheory fat burner seems to be more to take advantage of a trend, rather than for its actual effects.
Guarana Seed Extract
Guarana is a popular fat burner ingredient as it can support energy production and enhance your metabolism. It does this by creating a stimulating effect and containing a natural source of caffeine.
However, as the YouTheory fat burner bills itself as non stim and includes the guarana extract as part of its sinetrol citrus fruit blend, the true dose must be extremely low. This is a huge red flag, as it appears a token amount of guarana has been included simply for name recognition.
Blood Orange Whole Fruit Extract
The use of blood orange extract as a way to reduce body fat has very little evidence to support it, but there are signs to suggest it may offer some small benefit. However, all of the studies that have come to this conclusion state that 400 mg is required daily for it to have any effect.
With the entire sinetrol citrus fruit blend used in the YouTheory Fat Burner, of which this type of orange extract is a component, only amounting to 450 mg, even if it can be beneficial, it isn't going to be in dosages this low (2).
Capsimax Cayenne Fruit Extract
Capsimax is a natural capsicum extract from cayenne chilli peppers that raises internal body temperature, which will accelerate the fat burning process (3). It is also useful for increasing healthy metabolism to promote a faster burning of calories and accelerated weight loss (4).
Cayenne fruit extract is also an appetite suppressant which can help you to better control your appetite. With fewer hunger cravings, it will be easier to avoid unhealthy foods and eat fewer calories, both of which are vital for achieving your weight loss goals.
Unfortunately, a minimum of 135 mg is required each day to see results, with some studies suggesting 300mg is the optimal amount. Both of these are far below the 50 mg included in each serving of the YouTheory Daily Fat Burner.