Rasberry Ketones

jesse1379
jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have been hearing a lot of buzz surrounding this product. It was recently touted by Dr.Oz as an effective fat burner. I take everything with a grain of salt no matter who the opinion comes from until I try it myself. But I was wondering if anyone here has had a chance to try it and if so what results if any did you have?

Thanks!

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  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    The only thing this worked on is some rats in a lab. You'd have to eat your body weight in ketones to get any kind of benefit, and then you'd feel to sick to want to eat anything else.

    Eat less, move more.
    There's a reason it's cliche.
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    Well its a supplement so I dont think you would have to eat the ketones from rasberries. I think they said you would have to eat 90lbs of rasberries to obtain that much of the ketones. If that is what you meant? Otherwise they said a adequate dosage was 100mg.

    You may very well be right but they seem to be selling out everywhere. Thought there might be something to it.
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    Bump. Was hoping to get some input before I went to GNC. Nobody?
  • shannnonlmorris
    shannnonlmorris Posts: 1
    I've been on it for a couple months, don't really notice much difference...except the raspberry burps :)
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Please save your money for something that may actually help, like a food scale, or put it towards your gym membership, or go to the grocery store and buy some tasty fresh food.

    Keytones haven't been proven effective unless you're an overfed rat.

    Don't let marketability fool you. The vast majority of weight loss supplements, and I'd even say some diets, some books, and some pieces of equipment, are going to prey on overweight people looking for either a shortcut or a scapegoat. And that's not a dig on you sir, it's a cold hard truth.

    Create an energy deficit, move a bunch, and save your cash.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    The reason this stuff sells is because everyone is looking for a quick fix. And marketing execs know that. Since the dawn of time (or somewhere roughly forever ago), people have been willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. As long as it's easy.
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    ^^ Mr. Abs said it too, and he knows his *kitten*.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Please save your money for something that may actually help, like a food scale, or put it towards your gym membership, or go to the grocery store and buy some tasty fresh food.

    Keytones haven't been proven effective unless you're an overfed rat.

    Don't let marketability fool you. The vast majority of weight loss supplements, and I'd even say some diets, some books, and some pieces of equipment, are going to prey on overweight people looking for either a shortcut or a scapegoat. And that's not a dig on you sir, it's a cold hard truth.

    Create an energy deficit, move a bunch, and save your cash.

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    Jesse, I suggest you follow Sidesteel around and do everything he does and eat everything he eats...I mean, seriously man, just LOOK at him!
    omnomnom!
  • DorkothyParker
    DorkothyParker Posts: 618 Member
    I took Controlled Labs REDuction which contains raspberry ketones among other ingredients. I ate a very low calorie diet, didn't feel hungry, and lost a lot of weight. However, it could have also been a $30 placebo so I just felt more energetic and less hungry therefore eating less.

    I have no way of knowing...
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    I very much appreciate all of your time and feedback. As I said I try to keep a very skeptical frame of mind when it come to fad supps. But that is not to say that something won't come along that works. I remember how good the old school ESA stacks worked until they banned them.

    I went ahead and bought a bottle of green coffee extract with the raspberry ketone. I am going to at least give them a fair shot and see what happens.

    At any rate, thanks for your input:-)
  • MIM49
    MIM49 Posts: 255 Member
    My husband insisted we give it a try. He saw them on Dr. Oz ("if Dr. Oz recommends...") What a quack. Anyway he is NOT dieting but would like to lose weight. I am dieting and have been since April. Did they work? Absolutely--on our wallet. Bought 2 months + 1 month free. Enough for both for 6 weeks. Saw no change what so ever. Remember: if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. And if you are overweight there is only one way to lose weight: burn more calories then you take in--either by reducing your intake, or increasing your exercise or both (best)
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Rule #1 of dieting/weight loss - don't believe a word Dr. Oz says. He gets paid (quite handsomely, I'm sure) to pimp supplements and seemingly has a new "miracle pill" every week. As Sidesteel said, these hawksters are snake oil salesmen preying upon desperate overweight persons looking for a shortcut - and there aren't any.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    I very much appreciate all of your time and feedback. As I said I try to keep a very skeptical frame of mind when it come to fad supps. But that is not to say that something won't come along that works. I remember how good the old school ESA stacks worked until they banned them.

    I went ahead and bought a bottle of green coffee extract with the raspberry ketone. I am going to at least give them a fair shot and see what happens.

    At any rate, thanks for your input:-)
    So, how will you know if it did anything? It might be something else that caused any change you noticed including placebo.
    Just because something is popular doesn't make it true. That's an appeal to popularity logical fallacy.
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    I am not really expecting anything at all but for the next week I am going to accurately input all of my excercise and diet info then weigh and measure myself at the end of the week , and so on until the bottles are gone. Thats the great thing about all of the charts and reports here on MFP..you can really see if there is any major fluctuations in weight, & measurements which I do record weekly and have since I joined. I have steadily dropped around the 1-2lb range for the past month so If I notice any major change then I will definately relay that info. As I said though I am not expecting much at all.
  • Lady_Bane
    Lady_Bane Posts: 720 Member
    Your body makes its own ketones when it burns fat. I think raspberry ketones are a placebo effect....
    In my physiology lab in college we tested our urine (yeah yeah gross, its a part of my degree) and I was on my weight loss journey....I had a ton of ketones in my urine... If you read about it, ketones are a chemical EXCRETED by your body as you lose weight. It doesnt utilize the ketones.

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003585.htm

    I was on a low carb high protein diet, which is one of the reasons for the ketones.
  • tmbowen12
    tmbowen12 Posts: 175 Member
    Rule #1 of dieting/weight loss - don't believe a word Dr. Oz says. He gets paid (quite handsomely, I'm sure) to pimp supplements and seemingly has a new "miracle pill" every week. As Sidesteel said, these hawksters are snake oil salesmen preying upon desperate overweight persons looking for a shortcut - and there aren't any.

    This!! You said it perfectly. :flowerforyou:
  • SanDee67
    SanDee67 Posts: 1
    A doctor by the name of Lindsay Duncan was on the View today talking about superfoods and the last superfood he mention was Raspberry Ketones. The Situation was a guest host and he said when you need to lose those last 5 to 10 pounds the Raspberry Ketones really does work.

    My email box has been flooded with ads trying to get me to buy Raspberry Ketones, however Dr. Oz and Dr. Duncan both says it is under $10. I will try it in time and report back my results to you.
  • AmelieJG
    AmelieJG Posts: 17
    This is all new to me but uh what about Ketosis and the fact that that is bad and what about the fact that you DON"T want elevated levels of ketones in your body? What am I missing here?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    This is all new to me but uh what about Ketosis and the fact that that is bad and what about the fact that you DON"T want elevated levels of ketones in your body? What am I missing here?
    You're confusing ketosis with ketoacidosis.
  • jesse1379
    jesse1379 Posts: 239 Member
    Toclarify, I am taking HNS Raspberry Ketone/375mg & Windmill brand 100% Pure Green Coffee Bean extract/800mg daily.

    Just a side note. I took my first dosage of both supplements about 4 hours ago and I must say I am experiencing a noticeable reduction in my usually ravenous night time cravings. Maybe its placebo..dunno. I usually start thinking about food and getting strong cravings around this time at night ESPECIALLY on a Friday when I know my cheat meal is coming up the next dayn on Saturday.

    I am going to wait until next week though until I start drawing any strong conclusions about these supps and what their effects on MY BODY might be.

    @Ladimang- Thank you for the link..I am getting ready to read it.
  • elcia1
    elcia1 Posts: 2 Member
    Hi jesse1379,
    Just wanted to ask how did the rasperry ketones work for u?
    Did u notice any weight loss?
  • slendersexyfox
    slendersexyfox Posts: 1
    Just curious..... Did the Rasberry Ketones help knock off the lbs???????
  • nainai0585
    nainai0585 Posts: 199 Member
    I tried this for a month and saw absolutely no weight loss at all. I developed a very nasty rash from it though and the actual pills made me feel sick a half an hour to an hour after taking them. I also found that I could not sleep and just felt lethargic. After getting off of them, it took almost another month for the rash to finally disappear.
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/930491-rasberry-ketones

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/564098-rasberry-ketones-yay-or-nay

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/923079-has-anyone-tried-rasberry-ketone

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/724194-rasberry-ketones

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/885653-rasberry-ketones-for-appetite-suppression
  • x3na1401
    x3na1401 Posts: 277 Member
    They are crap.

    And you burp raspberry for hours afterwards

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