Why are fat burners in my protein?

To fat burning protein powder or not to fat burning protein powder? That is the question. Choosing a fat burning protein powder over a regular protein powder has some obvious benefits. However there are advantages and disadvantages to having a 2 in 1 fat burning protein powder. Let’s take a look at exactly what’s in fat burning protein powders, what it does and why you might prefer it over your typical protein powders.
Weighing It Up

Advantages

• Facilitates increased fat burning
• Contains ingredients to support fat burning not typically found in pure fat burning products
• Simplifies your supplementation

Disadvantages

• Cannot separate fat burning and protein dosage times
• Typically lower strength fat burning than a pure fat burning product
• Can be more expensive than regular protein

As far as the advantages and disadvantages go most people stop at advantage number one, “facilitates increased fat burning”. Beyond that the disadvantages are relatively small negatives especially considering that you can of course stack a pure fat burning product with your fat burning protein powder.
So What Exactly is in a Fat Burning Protein?

Thermogenic Fat Burners:

These are ingredients that have the effect of heating up body temperature and raising your resting and working metabolic rate. To put it simply, increase the calories that you burn both in the gym and while resting.

• Green tea extract
• Forskolin
• Guarana
• Carnitine

Carb Blockers:

As the name suggests, these ingredients inhibit your body’s carbohydrate absorption and conversion to fat.

• Phaseolamin
• Green Coffee Extract

Appetite Control:

The following ingredients can help to control insulin levels and reduce sugar cravings and help to control overall appetite. Nothing ruins a weight cutting plan like a binge meal. There’s nothing like a fat burning protein shake to strengthen your will power against the onset of an unhealthy food craving.

• Tyrosine
• Tryptophan
• Phenylalanine
• Zinc

Cortisol Blockers:

Cortisol is a stress hormone that will not do your lean mass any favours. These ingredients can help to regulate healthy cortisol levels.

• Phosphotidyl Serine
• Theanine

All in all fat burning protein powders are a great way to get more out of your protein shakes. They can help you give you that edge you need to burn extra calories and help work towards to goal of fat loss with a more holistic approach than a regular protein powder.