Calcium Pyruvate is a supplement that involves the combination of calcium metal along with pyruvic acid. Pyruvic acid is synthesized within the body and it helps in the conversion of starch and sugar to energy. Thus, it enhances the creation of energy. It can even be used to reduce weight when used with a sensible diet as well as regular exercise. Calcium pyruvate burns fat. This minimizes the excess fat that is stored in the abdomen region. This leads to weight loss. When looked in an indirect manner, calcium pyruvate can even aid in mental relief as most of the emotional and mental problems originate due to physical reasons. Calcium pyruvate creates supplements that never interfere with the other enzymes and other chemicals produced within the human body. However, a person must not view calcium pyruvate as a part of his diet. It works the best only if it is used along with lean meats, fruits and vegetables.

Chromium Picolinate is derived from picolinic acid and chromium and is sold as a chemical compound as a nutritional supplement deemed to combat chromium deficiencies. Chromium Picolinate has shown some positive effects in treatments of atypical depression, particularly instances where carbohydrate cravings were significantly reduced made the weight loss community become interested. Currently chromium picolinate is being marketed as a supplement supposed to help body builders and athletes to develop muscles, burning excess fat, a claim which could not be verified but is persistent. While chromium is essential in the insulin metabolism, assisting in stabilizing the body’s sugar levels in the blood, the actual effect of chromium picolinate supplement in muscle building humans requires further research. In body building circles, chromium picolinate is deemed an essential part of a proper diet.

Garcinia Cambogia is a small fruit that looks just like a small size pumpkin. An extract from its fruit and rind has been used to prepare various products mainly for weight loss. This herb, which is mainly found in India and some parts of Asia, is believed to suppress appetite and enhance fat-burning due to the presence of hydroxycitric acid (HCA) in the extract. This is how it works - HCA inhibits an enzyme called citrate lyase that plays an important part in converting excess carbohydrates into fat, but when it is inhibited, the body burns the extra carbs. While animal studies have suggested reduced food intake and decrease in body fat, human trials have not been so conclusive.

Glucomannan, a water soluble dietary fiber that comes from the konjac root (Amorphophallus konjac). Glucomannan is a laxative used to create larger, bulkier stool.

Hoodia Gordonii is a water retaining plant, also known as a succulent, which grows without leafs. Being native to the south of Africa, it has been in use for an indeterminable amount of time as an appetite suppressant. It is very easily identifiable, because the flowers of this plant have a rotten meat odor. The ingredient of the plant which is responsible for the appetite suppressing effects has been named P57. It is a steroidal glycoside which seems to act directly to the central nervous system’s mechanisms and supposedly raises the content of adenosine triphosphate in brain by at least a half. The effects of P57 in trials were registered as capable to reduce food intake by some fifty per cent on a daily basis.