Accelis positioned itself in the market with the claim of “a revolutionary stimulant-free weight-loss supplement”. It promised an average weight loss of 10.65 pounds speedy. You might also come across a few retailers that tell you that this product is supported by clinical study. However, they did not reveal the proof of truth of this statement such as where can the study result be found. Drilling deep down to the main ingredient of the product lead us to some interesting found, but not as revolutionary as being claimed.
The main ingredients in Accelis fat burner have five. All of them are a mixture of a proprietary blend with active ingredient made up to 30mg of that mixture. With such a low value in weight, the effectiveness of this product seems doubtful to me. Let’s first look at the first ingredient – Lagerstroemia speciosal extract. You can call this Banaba too. It is used in Philiphines as a cure for diabetes patient. If you are hardworking enough to search, you will find some credible studies that proved Banaba is able to lower down blood glucose level and benefit those with non-insulin dependent diabetes. At the same time, overweight or obese individuals can also taking advantages of Banaba.
Another chemical component of Banaba – valoneaic acid dilactone is proven long before now to be a potent alpha-amylase inhibitor. (Yakugaku Zasshi. 2003 Jul;123(7):599-605.) Amylase will be the agent to help breakdown carbohydrates we take in into glucose. Since Banaba is an effective amylase inhibitor, it makes Accelis consists of “carb blocking” properties too. There is another study conducted on genetically diabetic obese mice (J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1999;45;791-5) shown that Banaba is able to suppress weight gain. But, this effect is not proved to be effective for non-diabetic animals or humans.
The second main ingredient in Accelis is Caffeine free teas. This can be any type of tea such as green tea as long as it is rich in EGCG. This feature made it a very good ingredient for any fat burner. Although it is commonly known that less caffeine taken is better for our health, but caffeine which is thermogenic did take charge in the effectiveness of fat burner. A decaffeinated tea will not achieve what a caffeinated tea of the same type did in helping us loss weight. Other ingredients in Accelis include chamomile extract, passionflower extract, and soy phospholipids.
Honestly speaking, I am a fan of green tea. Corosolic acid is the supplement which I believed is promising. However, there is no detail research and date to support this statement. Clinical research need to be performed so that all the supplement company’s claim on their product has a place to refer to for evidence.
