Cylaris Fat Burner Review and Information

Cylaris, according to the Web site I visited, "is being heralded as the world's strongest weight-loss formula."

Yeah, yeah. If I had a dime for every time I heard that one.

Sure, Cylaris is being heralded as a weight loss miracle... by the folks trying to sell you the stuff. The Food and Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission might have other ideas.

OK... regardless of the usual "over-the-top advertising spiel" I have to be fair and say that Cylaris does bode a closer look.

According to the product advertising, the crux of the product's effectiveness lies with something called "Cissus quadrangularis", also known as "veld grape." It's a plant indigenous to India, and used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. Research has shown it may have some benefit for bone healing and fracture repair. Until a recently performed study, there was no data showing veld grape had any positive effects on weight loss.

And what about the study, also referenced heavily in the Cylaris advertising literature?

Well, the study was randomized, double-blind, and placebo controlled... all required for a study to be genuine. It was conducted at the Laboratory for Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry at the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, Africa. It appears genuine (you can read the complete details of the study here!) and it does appear that the Cylaris formulation works.

However, I do have some concerns...

First of all, Cylaris advertising makes much ado over the Cissus quadrangularis contained in its compilation. The truth is that the study was performed on the Cylaris formulation (which also contains green tea, chromium, soy extract, selenium, caffeine, B vitamins and folic acid). Therefore it's impossible to tell whether it was the...

• Cissus quadrangularis itself
• Combination of Cissus quadrangularis with the other ingredients in the formulation

Or...

• Any of the other ingredients -- either in isolation or in combination with any other single or combination of ingredients

... that caused the weight loss.

The next question I have is this...

What the heck is a university in Cameroon doing testing an North American-produced fat burner? And why does a North American retailer want a Cameroon University to study their product, and not an institution closer to home? Is it because Cameroon is a relatively poor nation, corruption is rampant, and US dollars buy a lot of influence and cooperation?

I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist here, but I wonder. The results from the study were good -- too good, in my opinion. And it's not uncommon for companies to use dollars to influence study outcomes. It happens all the time -- and not just in the supplement world. Happens with the prescription drug companies too.

Bottom line on Cylaris?

If the study is genuine, this formulation does show some promise. But it will take more research, and several follow-up studies to really confirm Cissus quadrangularis' effect on weight loss (1 small, solitary positive study is never enough to state anything with authority about this compilation).

Of course, even if Cylaris is helpful , don't expect it to be a magic pill -- it's unlikely to do much for you unless you make the appropriate changes to your diet and lifestyle.

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