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Image 1: Even if you align them like that, it is at least debatable whether capped fish oil is much more natural than the structurally modified 16 -carbon saturated fatty acid tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA). As far as their effects on weight loss are concerned, the latter is certainly more potent,... the debate on the side-effects of both is yet still far from being settled. Despite the mainstream hoopla around the former... At least for those of you who have been around the supplement world for some time, the acronym TTA, which stands for tetradecylthioacetic acid , a structurally modified 16 -carbon saturated fatty acid (SFA), which has been shown to increase fatty acid oxidation and reduce triglyceride levels via interactions with purportedly all PPAR-receptors, should ring a bell. For the rest, it will yet probably be news that, back in the early 2000s, TTA was all the rave as the new star among OTC-fat burners. And in fact, the weight loss people experienced on respective pr...

Do you remember the acronym TTA? Tetradecylthioacetic Acid ? No. Well, I guess then you were not into fat burners in the early 2000s. TTA , a thia-fatty acid, was all the rage back in the day: Supplement producers claimed it would literally melt fat away and it actually turned out that some users had outstanding results megadosing respective supplements. Others, however, got bloated and/or started cramping . In view of these nasty side effects, most companies decided to reformulate their products and - with the exception of a few so-called "non-thermogenic" fat burners - TTA has almost disappeared from the market. An international team of scientists from Norway and Canada ( Khalid. 2011 ) has now discovered that the artificial fatty acid tetradecylthioacetic acid, which was originally intended as a drug for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome, might have the potential to protect type II diabetics from heart attacks. In a previous study ( Hafstad. 2009 ) the scientist...