The fitness and nutrition market is full of various magic solutions that are supposed to help charred physique fat and slim down beach bodies for summer. There’s a lot going on, from fat burners to appetite suppressants to antioxidant blends; it can be difficult to figure out which supplements are effective tools for achieving your goals versus which ones are just gimmicks with a price tag.

Apple cider vinegar is one of those ingredients that often shows up in supplement ingredient lists. Is it more advantageous or gimmick? Let’s dig deeper into what apple cider vinegar is and other ingredients like L-Tyrosine, L-Carnitine, and caffeine.

What is Apple Cider Vinegar?

Apple cider vinegar is apple juice with added yeast that ferments its sugars into alcohol. This is why the taste of apple cider vinegar is often much more sour than sweet. A bacterium known as acetobacter ferments this alcohol into acetic acid, often used as a food acidity regulator and antimicrobial food preservative. (1)(2)(3)

Apple cider vinegar and exercise

Exercise — both resistance training and cardio — aids weight loss by creating negative energy expenditure, a fancy way of saying “burns calories.” Increasing your stamina to train longer increases the potential to burn more calories. (4)

Subjects who drank two tablespoons of vinegar in one cup of water (3.6 grams of acetic acid) twice a day for eight weeks had baseline erosive wear scores – a way to measure the erosion of tooth enamel – 18% higher than those who did not. This can be avoided by consuming vinegar in powdered form and mixing a powdered form with liquid. (5)

L-Tyrosine

Tyrosine is a non-essential neutral amino acid that can act as a precursor to catecholamines. These compounds play several important roles in the body. According to Psychiatric Research Journal, L-Tyrosine appears to “effectively improve cognitive performance, especially in short-term stressful and/or cognitively demanding situations,” such as moderate-intensity exercise. (6)

Tyrosine is an amino acid. In a study of nine soccer players, the effects of tyrosine supplementation on cognitive and physical performance in a hot environment were examined. The researchers found that tyrosine supplementation may improve cognitive performance when exposed to exercise and heat stress. (7)

L-Carnitine

L-carnitine is a chemical produced in the brain, liver, and kidneys that helps transport fatty acids to cells for conversion into energy. Shown to help reduce post-workout soreness and recovery for active users. (8)(9)

Caffeine

Of the Kaged Clean Burn ingredients reviewed so far, caffeine appears to have the most extensive research regarding its effects on metabolism, thermogenesis, and calorie burning. These are important factors for anyone using a fitness plan to lose weight. The specific type of caffeine used in Kaged Clean Burn is PurCaf®, which derives its caffeine from organic green coffee beans.

Feel the clean burn

While apple cider vinegar is far from a magic bullet for fitness goals, in tandem with L-carnitine, L-tyrosine and caffeine in Kaged Clean Burn with Apple Cider Vinegar , it could make your cardio days your highlight. Nothing can replace a clean diet and a consistent workout program, but Kaged Clean Burn with Apple Cider Vinegar can help.

Kaged Clean Burn

A single 6.8 gram serving of Kaged Clean Burn includes 500 milligrams of apple cider vinegar powder, 1,500 milligrams of L-Carnitine, 375 milligrams of L-Tyrosine, and 10 calories.

References

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4. Swift, DL, McGee, JE, Earnest, CP, Carlisle, E., Nygard, M., and Johannsen, NM (2018). The effects of exercise and physical activity on weight loss and maintenance. Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 61(2), 206–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2018.07.014

5. Anderson, S., Gonzalez, LA, Jasbi, P. and Johnston, CS (2021). Evidence that daily ingestion of vinegar may contribute to erosive tooth wear in adults. Medicinal Food Journal, 24(8), 894–896. https://doi.org/10.1089/jmf.2020.0108

6. Jongkees, BJ, Hommel, B., Kühn, S. and Colzato, LS (2015). Effect of tyrosine supplementation on clinical and healthy populations under stress or cognitive demands – A review. Psychiatric Research Journal, 70, 50–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.08.014

7. Tumilty, L., Davison, G., Beckmann, M. & Thatcher, R. (2011). Oral tyrosine supplementation improves exercise capacity in the heat. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(12), 2941–2950. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-011-1921-4

8. Pooyandjoo, M., Nouhi, M., Shab-Bidar, S., Djafarian, K., & Olyaeemanesh, A. (2016). The effect of (L-)carnitine on weight loss in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Opinion on obesity: an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 17(10), 970–976. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12436

9. L-CARNITINE: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosage and Reviews. (2022). Retrieved May 5, 2022, from https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1026/l-carnitine