Black Pepper - Study Confirms the Anti-Obesity Effects of Selected Extracts, But Are They Also Potent Fat Burners?
Black pepper in its original form is not exactly a useful fat burner. Only after it is processed and the active ingredients are concentrated in an extract, it may act as an anti-obesity agent. The question is: Does it also qualify as a fat burner? If you are a supplement junkie you will probably have more than one dietary supplement that contains piperine, one of the alkaloids from black pepper extract. In that, black pepper extract is usually added to the formula to boost the bioavailability of whatever else is in the product (e.g. CoQ10, beta carotene, etc. | Badmaev. 1999 & 2000). As an active, let alone main ingredient of fat burners, though, black pepper extract is rarely used, these days. Rightly so? Well, if we take a look at the latest rodent data from the Sri Venkateswara University , the answer to this question would be "no!" In said study, Parim et al. explored the possible protective effects of P. nigrum extracts on high-fat diet-induced obesity in rats...
