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		<title>Lipovarin Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lipovarin-thumbnail.gif" alt="Lipovarin Bottle" />Lipovarin sells itself as, &#8220;an advanced Thermogenic Super Weight Loss Formula that&#8217;s specifically tailored to your highly sensitive needs.&#8221;f</p>
<p>That&#8217;s quite the name:  Advanced, Thermogenic and Super&#8230;we&#8217;ll find out if that&#8217;s true.  As far as how Lipovarin has tailored their formula to <em>your</em> highly sensitive needs?  I have no idea seeing as how they&#8217;re truly trying to appeal to the masses.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin Ingredient Formulation</h3>
<p>Lipovarin claims that all of their ingredients are the &#8220;premium grade&#8221; but they&#8217;re just blowing smoke.  In all likelihood, they derive their ingredients from the same sources as 90% of all diet pill companies.  Exactly what does Lipovarin contain?  While they don&#8217;t provide supplement facts at all on their website (more on that later), their sales copy lists the following as ingredients:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >Green Tea Extract</a> &#8211; thumbs up on this ingredient.  Green Tea is a proven metabolic enhancer backed by mounds of research.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/5-hydroxytryptophan-5-htp-review/" >5-HTP</a> &#8211; thumbs up on this ingredient as well &#8212; not for weight loss &#8212; as a mood enhancer.</li>
<li>Carnitine &#8211; I haven&#8217;t yet studied this amino acid in-depth, so I&#8217;ll stay neutral on it for now.</li>
<li>Metabromine &#8211; this is derived from cocoa and cocoa is popular in several fat burning formulations (especially in the trademarked form of <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/chocamine-review/" >Chocamine</a>).  I personally haven&#8217;t found a whole bunch of research linking cocoa or its derivatives to fat loss, however.</li>
<li>Calcium &#8211; while calcium is great for the bones, its use in aiding fat loss is questionable (to put it nicely).</li>
</ul>
<h3>But How Much is in Lipovarin Exactly? Guess.</h3>
<p>Lipovarin mentions in their &#8220;How it Works&#8221; section that Lipovarin also includes Advantra Z (also knowon as Citrus Aurantium, bitter orange, and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/synephrine-review/" >synephrine</a>) and caffeine.  Further down on the Lipovarin sales page they then mention the ingredients I already discussed above.  The key question to ask with all of this is how much of each of these ingredients is actually in there?</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t know.  Well, at least they&#8217;re not forthcoming on their website.  I actually called their number (1-866-850-3170) and spoke with a rep.  He went and grabbed a bottle and read the ingredients and amounts to me.  I&#8217;m impressed with the fact that the phone was answered so quickly.  I&#8217;m not impressed that they don&#8217;t list their supplement facts on their site &#8212; but force you to call.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/lipovarin-call.mp3" target="_blank">Listen to the Lipovarin call here</a>.</p>
<p>The key points:  350 mg of AdvantraZ ((keep in mind, that synephrine, the active ingredient, isn&#8217;t extracted from AdvantraZ, so a comparable amount of synephrine would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-20 mg.  Diet pill companies such as Lipovarin put Advantra Z on there because 350 mg sounds a lot more impressive than 15 mg even though the end result is the same)), 100 mg of Green Tea (that&#8217;s small), 200 mg of caffeine (that&#8217;s pretty good), 15 mg of 7 Keto (that&#8217;s small, because 7-Keto is expensive).</p>
<h3>Lipovarin&#8217;s Marketing</h3>
<p><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/as-seen-in-lipovarin.png" alt="Lipovarin Fake As Seen In" width="176" height="124" />Besides not listing their supplement facts, Lipovarin pulls a few more things that I don&#8217;t prefer.  They use the dumb &#8220;As Seen In&#8221; trick where they fan out some magazines to make you think Lipovarin has been featured in those magazines.  That&#8217;s not true.</p>
<p>Their website has some amateur mistakes that cast doubt on the company&#8217;s ability to really put together a weight loss solution and which actually make Lipovarin look like some fly-by-night operation.  For instance, when you click on the link for &#8220;today&#8217;s DISCOUNT OFFER!&#8221; you&#8217;re taken to liveperson.com &#8212; the provider of the chat software Lipovarin uses.  Of course, their live person is always gone because I&#8217;ve been to the site during all sorts of hours of the day and it always only has the option to leave a message.</p>
<p>Their website design overall looks like they had some teenager whip it together in one afternoon.</p>
<p>Finally, their link to the &#8220;Rapid Weight loss System&#8221; (note the inconsistent uses of CaPiTaL letters) doesn&#8217;t go anywhere.  It&#8217;s a dead link.</p>
<p>The Lipovarin site doesn&#8217;t exactly exude professionalism.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin&#8217;s &#8220;Testimonials&#8221;</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me started on their testimonials.  Suzy Bruce isn&#8217;t the same person, neither is Wendi P or Lissett A.  Peter D. could just as easily been sticking his gut out in one picture and sucking it in the next &#8212; after a haircut.  Toni Walden looks like she lost weight using a revolutionary new weight loss system called Adobe Photoshop.  I could go on and on.  I have my doubts that the before and after testimonial pictures for Lipovarin from Mikey R. are really the same person.</p>
<p>Fake testimonial pictures aren&#8217;t a new thing.  This company likes to use the same pictures for <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/ephedrine-p57-review/" >different</a> <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/nuphedrine-review/" >products</a>.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin Review Conclusion</h3>
<p>Lipovarin had a shot at being a great product.  Their ingredient profile is a great start, they just went a little bit weak in a few areas.  What really makes me avoid recommending Lipovarin is that they don&#8217;t include their supplement facts, and they use dishonest marketing practices.  Also, they don&#8217;t appear to offer any sort of moneyback guarantee, which is a shame, considering there are some diet pill products now that offer <em>lifetime</em> moneyback guarantees.</p>
<p>There are diet pills available out there from more reputable companies for the same or even a cheaper price.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lipovarin-thumbnail.gif" alt="Lipovarin Bottle" />Lipovarin sells itself as, &#8220;an advanced Thermogenic Super Weight Loss Formula that&#8217;s specifically tailored to your highly sensitive needs.&#8221;f</p>
<p>That&#8217;s quite the name:  Advanced, Thermogenic and Super&#8230;we&#8217;ll find out if that&#8217;s true.  As far as how Lipovarin has tailored their formula to <em>your</em> highly sensitive needs?  I have no idea seeing as how they&#8217;re truly trying to appeal to the masses.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin Ingredient Formulation</h3>
<p>Lipovarin claims that all of their ingredients are the &#8220;premium grade&#8221; but they&#8217;re just blowing smoke.  In all likelihood, they derive their ingredients from the same sources as 90% of all diet pill companies.  Exactly what does Lipovarin contain?  While they don&#8217;t provide supplement facts at all on their website (more on that later), their sales copy lists the following as ingredients:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >Green Tea Extract</a> &#8211; thumbs up on this ingredient.  Green Tea is a proven metabolic enhancer backed by mounds of research.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/5-hydroxytryptophan-5-htp-review/" >5-HTP</a> &#8211; thumbs up on this ingredient as well &#8212; not for weight loss &#8212; as a mood enhancer.</li>
<li>Carnitine &#8211; I haven&#8217;t yet studied this amino acid in-depth, so I&#8217;ll stay neutral on it for now.</li>
<li>Metabromine &#8211; this is derived from cocoa and cocoa is popular in several fat burning formulations (especially in the trademarked form of <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/chocamine-review/" >Chocamine</a>).  I personally haven&#8217;t found a whole bunch of research linking cocoa or its derivatives to fat loss, however.</li>
<li>Calcium &#8211; while calcium is great for the bones, its use in aiding fat loss is questionable (to put it nicely).</li>
</ul>
<h3>But How Much is in Lipovarin Exactly? Guess.</h3>
<p>Lipovarin mentions in their &#8220;How it Works&#8221; section that Lipovarin also includes Advantra Z (also knowon as Citrus Aurantium, bitter orange, and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/synephrine-review/" >synephrine</a>) and caffeine.  Further down on the Lipovarin sales page they then mention the ingredients I already discussed above.  The key question to ask with all of this is how much of each of these ingredients is actually in there?</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t know.  Well, at least they&#8217;re not forthcoming on their website.  I actually called their number (1-866-850-3170) and spoke with a rep.  He went and grabbed a bottle and read the ingredients and amounts to me.  I&#8217;m impressed with the fact that the phone was answered so quickly.  I&#8217;m not impressed that they don&#8217;t list their supplement facts on their site &#8212; but force you to call.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/lipovarin-call.mp3" target="_blank">Listen to the Lipovarin call here</a>.</p>
<p>The key points:  350 mg of AdvantraZ ((keep in mind, that synephrine, the active ingredient, isn&#8217;t extracted from AdvantraZ, so a comparable amount of synephrine would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-20 mg.  Diet pill companies such as Lipovarin put Advantra Z on there because 350 mg sounds a lot more impressive than 15 mg even though the end result is the same)), 100 mg of Green Tea (that&#8217;s small), 200 mg of caffeine (that&#8217;s pretty good), 15 mg of 7 Keto (that&#8217;s small, because 7-Keto is expensive).</p>
<h3>Lipovarin&#8217;s Marketing</h3>
<p><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/as-seen-in-lipovarin.png" alt="Lipovarin Fake As Seen In" width="176" height="124" />Besides not listing their supplement facts, Lipovarin pulls a few more things that I don&#8217;t prefer.  They use the dumb &#8220;As Seen In&#8221; trick where they fan out some magazines to make you think Lipovarin has been featured in those magazines.  That&#8217;s not true.</p>
<p>Their website has some amateur mistakes that cast doubt on the company&#8217;s ability to really put together a weight loss solution and which actually make Lipovarin look like some fly-by-night operation.  For instance, when you click on the link for &#8220;today&#8217;s DISCOUNT OFFER!&#8221; you&#8217;re taken to liveperson.com &#8212; the provider of the chat software Lipovarin uses.  Of course, their live person is always gone because I&#8217;ve been to the site during all sorts of hours of the day and it always only has the option to leave a message.</p>
<p>Their website design overall looks like they had some teenager whip it together in one afternoon.</p>
<p>Finally, their link to the &#8220;Rapid Weight loss System&#8221; (note the inconsistent uses of CaPiTaL letters) doesn&#8217;t go anywhere.  It&#8217;s a dead link.</p>
<p>The Lipovarin site doesn&#8217;t exactly exude professionalism.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin&#8217;s &#8220;Testimonials&#8221;</h3>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me started on their testimonials.  Suzy Bruce isn&#8217;t the same person, neither is Wendi P or Lissett A.  Peter D. could just as easily been sticking his gut out in one picture and sucking it in the next &#8212; after a haircut.  Toni Walden looks like she lost weight using a revolutionary new weight loss system called Adobe Photoshop.  I could go on and on.  I have my doubts that the before and after testimonial pictures for Lipovarin from Mikey R. are really the same person.</p>
<p>Fake testimonial pictures aren&#8217;t a new thing.  This company likes to use the same pictures for <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/ephedrine-p57-review/" >different</a> <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/nuphedrine-review/" >products</a>.</p>
<h3>Lipovarin Review Conclusion</h3>
<p>Lipovarin had a shot at being a great product.  Their ingredient profile is a great start, they just went a little bit weak in a few areas.  What really makes me avoid recommending Lipovarin is that they don&#8217;t include their supplement facts, and they use dishonest marketing practices.  Also, they don&#8217;t appear to offer any sort of moneyback guarantee, which is a shame, considering there are some diet pill products now that offer <em>lifetime</em> moneyback guarantees.</p>
<p>There are diet pills available out there from more reputable companies for the same or even a cheaper price.</p>
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