The acute metabolic responses to Fastin-RR®, a commercial weight loss/energy product, in overweight and obese individuals
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Background While over the counter weight loss products have grown into one the largest categories of nutritional supplements, most advertising claims for these products are limited to proven effects of individual ingredients and generally demonstrated in fit, active college aged males. Few commercial weight loss products have been properly examined in finished commercial form and seldom have been studied in the overweight and obese populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute metabolic effects of the commercial weight loss/ energy product, Fastin-RR (High-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Norcross, GA) in overweight and obese men and women.
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