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Best Metabolism Boosters

The best metabolism boosters like the ones in our list below are designed to give you a better chance at losing weight whilst remaining energetic and clear headed. They will typically give you a handful of benefits, as mentioned briefly below.

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Best Metabolism Boosters
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Weight loss supplementation is a broad church, with the idea of metabolism boosting being an important faction of it. There are plenty of unscrupulous companies out there prepared to sell you below par supplements to take advantage of your desire to lose weight. There are, however, some very innovative, very intelligent manufacturers coming out with some genuine diamonds in the rough. 

Several companies in particular dominate the market in one of the most useful types of weight loss drug going – thermogenic supplements, or metabolism boosters. 

Even the best metabolism boosters are nothing magic. They won’t cause you to lose weight by themselves, nor do they claim to be able to. Any weight loss regime rises or falls based on one central premise – to lose weight, you need to use up more calories than you eat. Though things can be a good deal more complex than this, weight loss will generally flounder where this rule is ignored. 

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Our Top 5 Metabolism Boosters For Weight Loss 

  1. PhenQ - Our Top Pick For An Overall Metabolism Boost (Best Overall For Weight Loss) 

  1. Phen24 - Top Pick For 24 Hour Metabolism Boosting 

  1. PhenGold - Top Rated For Combating Metabolism & Giving Cognitive A Boost 

  1. PrimeShred - Impressive Thermogenic & Nootropic Impact For Easier Weight Loss 

  1. Instant Knockout Cut - Top Rated For Cutting & Maintaining High Energy Levels 

No.1 - PhenQ - Our Top Pick For An Overall Metabolism Boost (Best Overall For Weight Loss) 

Let’s begin with one of the best supplements on today’s market in any category. I am talking about PhenQ, an incredible metabolism booster and overall diet aid from Wolfson Brands Ltd. It is incredibly popular, with good reason, and is incredibly dependable as an invaluable aid during your weight loss journey. 

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Everything on this list will do everything mentioned above to some degree – they will all give you more energy, boost your metabolism, and sate your appetite, reducing hunger pangs. PhenQ is weighted more towards the thermogenic side of things – it boosts your metabolism a great deal, very ably, allowing your body to burn through more calories than you would be able to without it. 

PhenQ manages this by mixing together some of the most potent, high-quality thermogenic fat burning ingredients we know of. Pretty much all of them will rear their heads several times as they are so good at doing what they do. However, they are combined particularly well in PhenQ’s formula, and the formula as a whole is far more comprehensive than most. It includes chromium picolinate, calcium carbonate, niacin, nopal and l-carnitine fumarate, as well as one of the best thermogenic compounds going, capsicum extract, with Lacy’s Reset, caffeine anhydrous, and piperine extract. 

Lacy’s Reset, or alpha lipoic acid (ALA), is one of the more interesting ingredients here.  

It is used almost uniquely in PhenQ’s formula, though I am sure that many similar products will begin to use it in time. ALA has been shown to promote body weight and total fatty mass reduction by working in miniature as a good thermogenic compound in its own right.  

It does everything you want this kind of supplement to do – it boosts thermogenesis and energy expenditure whilst also decreasing appetite. The theory is that it suppresses hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity, though this has yet to be shown for sure. 

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Everything else included in PhenQ’s formula has more than earned its place, too; it is all backed by good quality clinical data. Combined, the constituent ingredients will comfortably elicit a level of thermogenesis rarely found through any supplement. 

ALA’s other roles will also be well supported, too. PhenQ focuses on thermogenesis, but this isn’t all it does. As you would want from any good-quality weight loss supplement, it can also aid in satiation, keeping you feeling full and thus reducing your need to snack or overindulge. You will be able to keep to your calorie deficit far more ably with far less discomfort. 

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Then there is the caffeine anhydrous, a particularly potent form of caffeine. It is a thermogenic compound in itself, as is all caffeine. Hence, in large part, PhenQ’s great track record on thermogenesis. It will also give you a good energy kick, meaning that you will be able to stay focused, clear headed, and active even as your calorie intake dies down.  

You should take PhenQ twice daily. Go for one in the morning just before breakfast. This will begin the thermogenic uptick, will give you plenty of energy for the coming day, and will keep you feeling full from breakfast through to lunch, when you should take the second dose. 

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Avoid taking PhenQ in the evening as the caffeine content can interfere with your sleep patterns. 

At these doses, a single bottle should last you roughly one month. A 60 capsule order like this will set you back around $69.95, though there are some great multi-buy offers available from Wolfson Brands. They also offer free worldwide delivery to help you with the cost. 

Everything PhenQ includes in their formula is vegan and natural. 

PhenQ Pros 

  • High-quality ingredients 

  • Includes ALA for added potency 

  • Suppresses your appetite 

  • High-quality clinical data backing it up 

  • Improves energy levels and cognitive clarity 

    • Few side effects associated with it other than those related to caffeine 

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  • Good multi-buy discounts on offer 

  • PhenQ Cons 

    • The high caffeine content isn’t suitable for all users 

    Phen24 - Top Pick For 24 Hour Metabolism Boosting 

    Phen24, our next entry, is a particularly intelligent supplement. Metabolism boosters like PhenQ are all about keeping things going during the day – they ramp up your metabolism and energize you through your waking hours. Phen24 does this, of course. However, it also provides you with night time support through your weight loss journey 

    Hence ‘Phen24’ – you get 24-hour coverage and help from it. 

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    Phen24 comes in two parts. You get a pill each for the day and night, each one giving you something a bit different to help you reach your goals. 

    The daytime pill is much like PhenQ, if not quite so comprehensive or high-quality. It does what everything on this list should do, boosting your metabolism, giving you buckets of energy, helping you to shed extra fat whilst inhibiting the creation of new fat, all to help you to burn through your excess weight. 

    It does this by cleverly combining some of the best thermogenic and energy-giving ingredients out there. These include the stimulants caffeine and guarana. Caffeine gives you an almighty pick-me-up, keeping you energized and buzzing you into alertness. Guarana is similar, though it is more of a slow burner. It gives you lasting energy without the crash associated with caffeine, helping to balance things out a bit. 

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    Both are fantastic thermogenic ingredients clinically proven to boost your calorie consumption even at rest. 

    You also get a good deal of micro-nutrition from Phen24, including the minerals iodine, zinc, and copper, which are all known for promoting improved levels of energy. 

    The night time pills take a different approach. Of course they do – if they didn’t, you wouldn’t ever get any sleep! Rather than giving you stimulation for energy and rampant thermogenesis, they focus on satiation, on getting you through the night without cravings or hunger pangs. 

    The key ingredient the night time capsules use to achieve this is glucomannan, one of the best, healthiest forms of fiber going. This is incredibly important to anybody on a calorie restricted diet. Glucomannan is great for lasting fullness, but it cannot be overlooked for the digestive health benefits it grants. We all need fiber to maintain good digestive health. Unfortunately, we often under consume it as we try to lose weight. 

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    In adding it in here in supplement form, Phen24 undermines two of the biggest pitfalls involved in dieting for weight loss – hunger and poor digestive health. 

    In addition, the night time capsules will still improve your fat burning potential. They include ingredients like ascorbic acid, pyridoxine HDL, thiamine, and chromium, which will all help you to maintain an even, optimized metabolism. 

    It’s not cheap, coming in at around ten dollars more than PhenQ for a month’s supply (though you are essentially getting two supplements in one, so it’s definitely worth the money). There are also some decent multi-buy deals on offer to help money to stretch a little further. 

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    Phen24 Pros 

    • Very cleverly done, giving you 24-hour help in your weight loss 

  • Elicits thermogenesis 

  • High-quality clinical data backing it up 

  • Improves energy levels, especially during the day 

    • Inhibits night time snacking 

  • Improves your digestive health 

  • Phen24 Cons 

    • A little pricey, though well worth the money 

    • Constant help means constantly taking it, which is fiddly 

  • The caffeine and guarana may not be suitable for all users 

  • PhenGold - Top Rated For Combating Metabolism & Giving Cognitive Boost 

    Swiss Research Labs’ PhenGold is another very popular, very high-quality weight loss supplement made in the same vein as PhenQ. Though arguably a lesser product (I would certainly make that case) PhenGold is still an incredible metabolism booster, and it does a lot more besides. 

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    Falling short of the mark is OK when the mark is PhenQ, realistically. 

    PhenGold continues this list’s tendency towards all-natural, well-researched compounds used in its formula, with everything deserving its place and everything fulfilling a role for your weight loss efforts. 

    In basic terms, PhenGold does what everything else on this list does. It is designed to boost your metabolism, eliciting optimal rates of thermogenesis, whilst giving you a good energy kick and keeping your appetite and cravings down a little. 

    PhenGold goes hard after the metabolic and cognitive aspects of weight loss, though the rest is all still there – it will still give you a good energy kick and keep you feeling fuller for longer. However, the shift in emphasis is very definitely towards mental support and thermogenesis. It will help your body to better use and burn through its own resources, allowing you to shed body fat whilst keeping your energy levels nice and high. 

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    As above, it will give you an energy kick. Much of its thermogenesis comes from the full 225 milligrams of caffeine included in its recipe. This comes from green coffee combined with a good kick of green tea to give you plenty of energy and an extra 50-100 calories burned per day. You also get plenty of rhodiola rosea, cayenne pepper, and a solid vitamin B complex, which all contributes to that burn. 

    The really clever bit comes next, however. And by clever, I mean literally ‘clever’. PhenGold can make you smarter… or sort of, at least. It can certainly support healthy brain function, memory, drive, focus, and mood. It does this by including a few of the best nootropics on the market into its formula. 

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    Firstly, PhenGold gives you a healthy helping of the nootropic dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE). This is one of the most popular, most potent nootropics going, proven to aid in improved mental clarity, improved cognitive wellbeing, and boosted levels of mental energy. Then there is l-theanine, another common ingredient found in top-shelf nootropic supplements. L-theanine is perfect for dealing with stress and anxiety (which are both quite usual on weight loss diets!) L-tyrosine rounds out the nootropic side of things. L-tyrosine is an essential component of many of the brain’s neurotransmitters, including epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine. 

    This is all incredibly welcome. Few supplements take the mental part of dieting seriously enough, which is ridiculous as this is the part most of us fall down at. It’s easy to know what to eat and what not to eat, and how much of it all. Actually going through with it, sticking with it longer term, maintaining the willpower and cognitive strength to do so, is a different matter. 

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    It’s also hard to stay focused on anything during a calorie restricted diet. We all too often experience brain fog, where we feel our cognitive abilities impaired, sort of smothered by a dense, impenetrable blanket. Nootropics like those found in PhenGold cut through this, returning you to full functioning and giving you the wherewithal to stick to your guns until you reach your goals. 

    As with everything else on this list, PhenGold’s ability to help you lose weight depends in large part on your own diet and lifestyle – you will need to take it in conjunction with a good, calorie restricted diet, preferably as part of an active lifestyle. The nootropic side of things will still kick in without this, however. 

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    You should take three tablets per day, evenly spaced, about half an hour before your main meals. Consider taking your final one slightly earlier than this if you’re in any way caffeine sensitive, otherwise it may disrupt your sleep patterns. 

    PhenGold is slightly cheaper than PhenQ and Phen24. A month’s supply of 90 capsules will set you back a little under sixty dollars. Multi-buy discounts can bring this down further still. They offer fast, free global shipping. 

    Everything included in PhenGold is completely natural and entirely vegan-friendly. 

    PhenGold Pros 

    • Elicits a strong thermogenic response 

  • Everything is clinically backed 

  • Good energy boost 

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  • The nootropic ingredients aid your mental and cognitive wellbeing 

  • PhenGold Cons 

    • It goes a little mild on appetite suppression 

  • The caffeine content may not be appropriate for all users 

  • Three servings a day is a little fiddly 

  • PrimeShred - Impressive Thermogenic & Nootropic Impact For Easier Weight Loss 

    Our first three offerings on this list were all pretty generic – high quality (ridiculously so), but generic. They are pretty much designed for all-comers, anyone looking to lose a bit of weight, a bit more easily, in conjunction with a bit of an active lifestyle. 

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    Our next couple of offerings are a little more specific, however. Or, at least they are in their branding – in practical terms they are as good for all-comers as PhenQ, Phen24, and PhenGold. But they are certainly aimed at very particular groups. 

    PrimeShred, for example, is generally aimed at physique athletes – bodybuilders, fitness and bikini models, and the like. It is designed to help anybody getting a bit of extra baggage around the middle to lose it whilst retaining their muscle mass and athleticism. It’s perfect for a cutting phase through any bodybuilding routine. 

    This being said, I don’t see the formula itself as being too targeted. It’s mostly just the advertising talk that gears it towards bodybuilders and fitness models. Anybody looking to lose a little weight with all the benefits of a good metabolism booster will stand to gain as much from it as they would any other product on this list. 

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    This is because the formula contains a lot of the same impactful, potent ingredients we have already seen. They are all included in particularly generous doses, all aimed at optimizing your weight loss journey. Everything is put together with the latest clinical research and data in mind, allowing you to rest easy knowing that it will be doing what it claims to be doing. 

    Firstly, as you would expect from any good metabolism booster aiming itself at athletes, you get a lot of energy from PrimeShred. The direct energy kick comes from green tea, green coffee, and caffeine anhydrous. These should all lift you up out of any funk and give you the wherewithal you need to get out to the gym, or simply to get on with your daily living. 

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    There is also a good thermogenic effect to be gained from taking PrimeShred. It contains cayenne pepper, rhodiola rosea, bioperine, and a solid B vitamin complex which, as we have seen, combine well with caffeine sources to elicit a greater degree of energy burn. Using it should therefore be able to really optimize your energy levels and the number of calories you’re able to get through in any given day as a result of a good metabolic boost. 

    PrimeShred’s formula also takes a leaf out of PhenGold’s book. It contains l-theanine, l-tyrosine, and DMAE, all of which will combine to give you a potent nootropic effect. They should allow for greater mental clarity and focus, diminished stress and anxiety levels, and improved longer term brain health. 

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    This nootropic effect is always welcome, especially during a weight loss diet. As we have seen, it’s common to find yourself depressed, anxious, or simply lacking in requisite willpower during a calorie restricted diet. In redressing this, PrimeShred removes some of the biggest obstacles to weight loss success going. 

    It’s also particularly welcome in something aimed at athletes. It doesn’t just take a lot of physical energy to step into the gym and grind through a workout (though it certainly does take this). You need a lot of mental energy and willpower to stick to a routine, keep yourself in the habit of going, push yourself as hard as you can, and oversee the full regime with as few slip ups as possible. 

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    This is a lot to ask of anybody lacking a decent food intake. Nootropics like PrimeShred are a big help. 

    You should take up to three capsules of PrimeShred per day, thirty minutes before meals, beginning before breakfast. Consider going slightly lighter on rest days and heavier on training days (maybe a 2:3 capsule split), and if you’re not training in the evening, consider using PrimeShred as something of a pre-workout supplement. 

    PrimeShred is very affordable. A month’s supply is $49.99, making it our cheapest offering so far. As with the other supplements we’ve already looked at, you can find decent multi-buy discounts for PrimeShred from their website. The offer fast and free global shipping. 

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    All ingredients are fully natural and vegan. 

    PrimeShred Pros 

    • Nootropic benefits are quite profound 

    • Energy boost 

  • Elicits a good deal of thermogenesis 

  • Perfect for those keeping to an active lifestyle 

  • Very reasonably priced 

  • PrimeShred Cons 

    • Lots of stimulant which may be inappropriate for some users 

  • Marketed to a small population, suitable for many more 

  • Instant Knockout Cut - Top Rated For Cutting & Maintaining High Energy Levels 

    Now we have another metabolism booster aimed at a specific section of society. This time, we’re looking at fighters, with Instant Knockout from Roar Ambition. 

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    Again, we have something aimed at a small section of the population; again, we have something that is more than suitable for almost anybody looking to help themselves lose a bit of weight. 

    This being said, Instant Knockout really does seem made for people who are looking to kick things up a bit in the gym. It really is high-powered stuff suitable for anybody looking to live as active, full throttle a lifestyle as possible (but then, so is everything else on this list – as ever, the difference is one of branding rather than formulation). 

    Instant Knockout’s formula promises to both sate your appetite, suppressing any hunger pangs or cravings, at the same time as boosting your metabolism. Thus, it hits your weight loss journey hard from both sides. 

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    It also gives you an energy boost like few others. This includes a pretty sizable 350 milligrams of caffeine per serving, which is the same as about two strong cups of coffee at once. This is where much of the thermogenic benefit comes from, alongside the boost to mental clarity. 

    It doesn’t stop here, of course. Instant Knockout also makes use of green tea extract to support that caffeine, as well as cayenne pepper, black pepper extract, vitamin B, and vitamin D, all of which should work well together to bring down your appetite and bring up your metabolic function. It should all help to even out blood sugar levels and improve your insulin sensitivity, which will help you maintain steadier energy levels and forego any nasty, sudden hunger pangs. 

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    Instant Knockout also gives you a good dose of glucomannan, which has been sorely lacking in a couple of entries on this list. As ever, this will aid your digestive health through any restricted eating plan whilst also further aiding satiation. 

    L-theanine rounds things off nicely, helping you to stay cognitively charged, clear, and focused. 

    Instant Knockout is best taken across four single capsule daily servings, preferably before meals wherever possible. Given the energy it delivers, and its overall athletic nature, it may be worthwhile taking a dose as a pre-workout. Consider going for a capsule before breakfast, lunch and dinner, with your fourth reserved for half an hour before training. 

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    Do try not to take it in the evening, though, as that caffeine content may disturb your sleep patterns. 

    Instant Knockout is one of the cheapest items on this list. You get 120 capsules per bottle, so enough for a full month, and a single bottle will set you back just $50. As you would expect, there are some good multi-buy offers available, as is free global delivery. 

    Everything is also completely suitable for vegans. 

    Instant Knockout Pros 

    • Large energy spike, perfect for hard training 

  • Makes for a good pre-workout supplement 

  • Potent thermogenic ingredients 

  • Should stabilize blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity 

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    Instant Knockout Cons 

    • The caffeine content is at the limit of what anyone can healthily take in any given day 

    Leanbean - Top Rated Stimulant Free Metabolism Booster 

    Plenty of metabolism boosters on the market are vegan-friendly, but not all. If you’re looking for something that makes a point of being avowedly animal-friendly and ethical, Leanbean should be your go-to product. 

    Leanbean is a completely plant-based thermogenic weight loss aid that makes heavy use of some of the best all-natural ingredients going. Taken together, these natural plant ingredients make for one of the best thermogenic metabolism boosting formulas available in today’s supplement market. The formula is backed up by fully up-to-date, world leading clinical data, showing every individual ingredient as deserving its place. 

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    Leanbean is also perfect for those wanting to go a little lighter on the stimulants. It will elicit increased rates of thermogenesis, thus boosting your ability to burn through fat, but it won’t give you a massive energy spike or the accompanying jitters afterwards. You get only a small amount of green coffee, which should trouble you far less than the caffeine content found elsewhere in this list. 

    To this end, Leanbean very cleverly combines the minerals choline and chromium. This is a bit of a masterstroke. Choline gives you much of the thermogenic benefit you’re looking for with a metabolism booster. It is a well-known, dependable metabolic booster that should help you to get through more calories per day. Meanwhile, chromium is a well-known blood sugar stabilizer. This will level out your appetite, getting rid of blood sugar crashes so that you don’t suffer with any sudden hunger pangs. 

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    This plays well into Leanbean’s main benefit, which is aimed squarely at appetite suppression and satiation, however. It achieves this by using a hefty dose of glucomannan, which we’ve already seen in this list. It’s a top shelf dietary fiber with a long list of benefits, not least of which is making you feel fuller for longer. It will help you to stick to your calorie deficit whilst also enabling healthy digestive functioning. 

    You also get a good vitamin B complex, some zinc, acai berry, and a dose of garcinia cambogia with Leanbean. The acai berry will further help to stabilize your blood sugar levels whilst also providing you with plenty of antioxidants. Garcinia cambogia will act as a further appetite suppressant, working in concert with the glucomannan. Zinc will allow for regular thyroid function, keeping your natural metabolism working as it should, whilst the B vitamins, particularly vitamin B12, will help to boost your metabolism. 

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    All told, Leanbean will do what any item on this list should do – it will make your calorie deficit more manageable and more effective. 

    You should take Leanbean three times daily, preferable a half hour or so before your main meals. A month’s supply will set you back $59.99, putting it on par with everything else in this list. If you buy two or three months, you get a month’s supply for free, and there is free delivery available in the UK and US. 

    Leanbean Pros 

    • Really good fiber content 

  • Fantastic appetite suppression 

  • Low stimulant content 

  • Good thermogenesis boost 

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  • All-natural, vegan ingredients 

  • Leanbean Cons 

    • Lack of caffeine may make it a tough sell for some 

  • You need to take a large amounts of capsules daily 

  • Clenbutrol - Best Metabolism Booster For Stacking With Other Supplements 

    CrazyBulk have made a name for themselves over the past decade or so creating all-natural supplements designed to mimic the effects of well-known anabolic steroids. They don’t come close to replicating the many benefits offered by hard steroids. However, their products can do a decent enough job, are completely legal, permissible in all tested-sporting events, and come with no side effects. 

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    Hence their popularity. 

    Clenbutrol is their main weight loss supplement. It is meant to mimic the benefits of the common steroid clenbuterol, used by celebrities and their trainers the world over. It makes for a potent tool during any cutting cycle, boosting your metabolism to enable for more efficient weight loss, whilst also helping you to retain lean muscle mass and heightened energy levels and athletic endurance. 

    It’s best off as part of a ‘stack’ – a combination of different supplements. You see this with real anabolic steroids, with athletes often going for well-known stacks of several different forms to make the most of all. In Clenbutrol’s case, CrazyBulk recommend running a cutting phase by stacking it with Winsol, which aims to replicate winstrol, Anvarol, which aims to replicate anavar, and Trenerol, which aims to replicate trenbolone. 

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    This all starts to get quite pricey, however, with a single stack generally costing over a hundred dollars for a month’s supply. And, realistically, Clenbutrol is good as it is – it should boost your body’s natural thermogenesis and improve your performance, similar to clenbuterol (though with a much diminished effect, of course). It is far from being as good as the real deal – it’s also far from being as bad as it, so you’re actually onto a bit of a winner, here. 

    The all-natural ingredients are combined to give you everything you would want from anything on this list. They should increase thermogenesis, give you a bit of an energy spike, and may even help in appetite suppression. The formula relies on a few stalwarts to achieve this – guarana extract, vitamin B3 (niacinamide), garcinia cambogia, and bitter orange extract. 

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    It’s a decent enough recipe. However, I’ve seen better. Clenbutrol deserves its place on this list, but it’s at the bottom end of it. It is a good-quality supplement from a reputable company, with a simple yet effective formula that should bring some benefits. But it’s expensive for what it is – for around the same price, you could go straight to the top-tier and buy yourself something like PhenQ or Instant Knockout. 

    Clenbutrol Pros 

    • Models hard steroids whilst being completely safe 

  • Improves oxygen transportation for better athleticism 

  • Elicits thermogenesis 

  • Gives a good energy boost 

  • Clenbutrol Cons 

    • The formula is on the lighter side 

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  • It’s a little overpriced 

  • There are better options out there 

  • Verdict 

    As you will no doubt have guessed, I’m a big PhenQ fan. It’s sort of the ultimate supplement for me – it’s certainly the ultimate metabolism booster. The formula is extensive, well-tested, potent, and incredibly well put together. It will boost your metabolism very ably for a relatively inexpensive price tag. 

    I would buy it with my own money every single time. 

    However, you may have more specific needs than can be met by PhenQ’s slightly generic formula. For instance, if you’re really after something that will reduce hunger pangs, something like Phen24 is a better bet. Anything with glucomannan will be really useful. 

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    Or if you struggle for the energy needed to get through your workouts, something more explosive may be in order. Instant Knockout may be just the thing for you. Alternatively, if you want to go lower energy, Leanbean is perfect for you. 

    Whatever your needs, there will be something in this list that should be able to satisfy them. And personally, of course, I don’t think you can go much better than PhenQ. 

    Metabolism Boosters and Weight Loss 

    If you want to lose 1 lb. per week (or roughly half a kilogram), you will need to eat 500 calories fewer each day than you use. This is called a calorie deficit. During a calorie deficit, you are short on calories. Your body takes excess calories from its reserves. As the body stores excess calories as fat, this means that during a deficit your body will burn up fat to plug the gap. 

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    You will then lose body fat. 

    It’s quite simple. However, it is far from easy. There are plenty of things that can go wrong and derail your deficit. Hunger pangs and cravings can stymie your attempts. You may feel sluggish and unmotivated – you are, after all, starving your body of energy. And you may find your body’s metabolic processes slowing down as it seeks to conserve energy. 

    Metabolism boosters can help with all of these. They can aid satiation and keep you feeling fuller for longer; they can give you plenty of energy, usually including a big caffeine kick; and they can, obviously, boost your metabolism, keeping it working optimally even as you cut down on your calorie intake. 

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    What Supplements Increase Metabolism? 

    Metabolism boosting supplements such as green tea extract, guarana, and caffeine will have a significant impact on boosting your metabolism. Combined with Piperine, these can be made more bioavailable and give a further boost. Any of the supplements listed here will help you to boost your metabolism.  

    Your metabolic health 

    It is very difficult to lose weight with a slow metabolism. In fact, it’s hard to do much of anything with one. You will feel sluggish and unathletic, may experience brain fog, and will certainly be working sup-par at anything you attempt to do. 

    There are a few reasons why you might be struggling with a slow metabolism. There are several health conditions that may cause a slow metabolism, such as an underactive thyroid or low testosterone levels in men. An unhealthy lifestyle can also cause impairment to your metabolic health, especially one in which you consume unhealthy, potentially harmful foods and drinks, or don’t get enough physical activity. As above, a calorie deficit can also slow down your metabolism. 

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    Undoing these concerns should be your top priority. If you have any underlying health concerns that you think might be affecting your metabolism, you should consult your healthcare provider. They will be able to screen you for anything untoward and put you on an appropriate medical regime. 

    If you have a poor diet, drink excessive amounts of alcohol, or maintain a sedentary lifestyle, addressing these habits is your first point of call. Try to eat more healthily, with lots of leafy veg, healthy fat, and lean protein. Limit your alcohol consumption and certainly try not to drink on consecutive days. And try to get a little bit more active, even if it’s just a daily walk or something gentle like that. 

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    How to use a metabolism booster for best results 

    The best metabolism boosters like the ones in our list above are designed to give you a better chance at losing weight whilst remaining energetic and clear headed. They will typically give you a handful of benefits, as mentioned briefly above. 

    Firstly, they are all appetite suppressors to a greater or lesser degree. They suppress your appetite reducing hunger pangs and mitigating cravings. Maintaining a calorie deficit can be very challenging as you struggle to ignore your hunger. A suppressant like those below can therefore be incredibly useful. 

    As a calorie deficit is by far the most important part of any weight loss regime, this is quite a big deal. 

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    They are all also thermogenic supplements. Thermogenesis is simply the creation of heat within your body; it is a good way of measuring calorie usage. Increasing thermogenesis is the same as increasing calorie burn. In fact, you can burn up to an extra 100 calories per day at rest just by using a good thermogenic supplement like those listed below. 

    Finally, they will typically give you more energy. Part of this will be through thermogenesis. In inspiring your body to use up more body fat for fuel, you will have far more utilizable energy on hand. Part of it will be through stimulant use, most commonly caffeine and/or guarana. 

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    This all combines to allow for some incredible results. You will need to maintain a daily calorie deficit. This means eating less than you use. To get a good calorie deficit in place, you will need to eat less and/or do more. 

    Aim for a deficit of at least five hundred calories for every pound you want to lose each week. You can reach this by, for instance, under-eating by 300 calories per day, whilst doing an extra 200 calories’ worth of exercise. 

    A metabolism booster will help you to remain active even through a calorie deficit. You will have the energy within you to perform those extra 200 calories’ worth of exercise. It will also keep you clearer headed with that energy boost, allowing you to focus on your efforts with greater clarity and drive. You will find it easier to under eat by those 300 daily calories, making use of the metabolism booster’s appetite suppressing qualities. Finally, your deficit will be that much more effective as the booster chews through an extra 50-100 calories per day as a matter of course – kind of as a bit of a freebie. 

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