Trim 20 Aqua Ingredients

• 7.5 GRAMS of Fiber–Fiber helps to regulate the digestive system. It does not directly contribute to weight loss.
• 100% USRDA Vitamin-C has many healthy benefits, but it does not cause weight loss.
• Vitamin B-12 is important to good health, but it does not contribute to weight loss.
• 100mg caffeinated Green Tea Energy/Weight Loss Blend–Green tea is a diet pill ingredient that has been proven to increase metabolic rate, leading to weight loss. However, green tea has to be taken in doses of at least 300 mg per day in order to be effective. Thus, this Trim 20 Aqua review finds there is not enough green tea in Trim 20 Aqua to be effective.

Trim 20 Aqua contains only ONE proven ingredient (green tea), and they do not include enough of it to be effective in causing weight loss. This Trim 20 Aqua review finds you will see no weight loss results from using Trim 20 Aqua.

Trim 20 Aqua Cost

The Trim 20 Aqua website claims Trim 20 Aqua retails for $79 for a one month supply. They say if you purchase Trim 20 Aqua from the website you will pay only $34.99 for 1 month supply. They claim they only  have 140 bottles left at this price. In another place on the website, they say you can buy it for $29.99. No matter which price you pay, any amount is too much to pay for Trim 20 Aqua; there is no proof that it actually works.

Another pathetic thing about buying from the Trim 20 Aqua website: the link for purchasing it online is not working. We looked on the manufacturer’s website( Blackstone Nutrition) and it only has a link to the Trim 20 Aqua website; you cannot buy Trim 20 Aqua on the Blackstone Nutrition website.

Trim 20 Aqua Guarantee

The Trim 20 Aqua website says there is a 60 day guarantee on unopened bottles only. However, the Blackstone Nutrition website says, “Refunds are accepted on all Blackstone Nutrition products. Our policy is that you can ship back one used product, and all other products in resaleable condition for a full refund minus shipping.” Since there is no customer service phone number for Trim 20 Aqua, we emailed them to find out the real story on the guarantee. Four days later they still haven’t responded…

Trim 20 Aqua Conclusion

This Trim 20 Aqua review finds Trim 20 Aqua is not worth bothering with. Not only do they fail to include proven ingredients in proven amounts, but their lack of customer service as well as their confusing website and conflicting guarantee policies make us want to stay away from this product.

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Phentremine-X Ingredients

Phentremine-X has two different formulas, a Capsule Formula and a Tablet Formula. The ingredients are as follows:

Capsule Formula
Vitamin B-12 25 mcg
Chromium 25 mcg
Proprietary Blend 750 mg
(South African Hoodia Gordonii, Citrus Aurantium Extract, Senna 3:1 Extract, Caffeine, Evodie Extract, Alpha Lipoic Acid, White Willow Extract, Yohimbe Extract)

Vitamin B-12 has great health benefits. However, it has not been shown to contribute to weight loss.
Chromium has been shown to contribute to weight loss in some clinical studies. However, other studies have shown an opposite result.
Hoodia Gordonii is an overhyped, useless ingredient. There is NO scientific evidence that hoodia contributes to weight loss.
Citrus Aurantium contains Synephrine, which has been shown to contribute to weight loss. Unfortunately, Phentremine-X fails to disclose how much Citrus Aurantium it contains, making it impossible for this Phentremine-X review to determine if there is enough Citrus Aurantium in Phentremine-X to be effective.
Caffeine increases metabolic rate, leading to weight loss. Again, Phentremine-X does not list how much caffeine it contains, so it is impossible to know if it will actually contribute to weight loss.
Evodiamine has been shown to encourage weight loss in mice. More human research needs to be done before we can endorse this ingredient.
Yohimbe contributes to fatty acid mobilization, causing weight loss. Phentremine-X does not list how much Yohimbe it contains.
Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is important in creating energy. However, the human body makes enough ALA; you do not need to supplement with more.
White willow is a pain reliever/anti-inflammatory. More research is needed to determine the effect of white willow on weight loss.

Tablet Formula
Proprietary Blend 477 mg
L-Phenylalanine, Synephrine, Theobromine, Caffeine, Copper Sulfate

L-Phenylalanine is a proven appetite suppressant. Phentremine-X does not disclose how much L-Phenylalanine is included in their proprietary blend.

Synephrine is also a clinically proven ingredient. However, since Phentremine-X does not list how much Synephrine it contains, there is no way to know if there is enough to cause weight loss.

As noted above, caffeine does contribute to weight loss, but Phentremine-X does not list how much caffeine it contains.

Phentremine-X Cost

One bottle of Phentremine-X capsules costs $48.95 for a one-month supply (with a discount for bulk purchases). One bottle of tablets costs $58.95 for a one-month supply (again, with a discount for bulk purchases). There is no reason to believe either Phentermine-X capsules or tablets will cause weight loss. They do not disclose how much of each ingredient is included (probably because they don’t want you to know how little is really in there). Thus, any price is too much to pay for Phentremine-X diet pills.

Phentremine-X Guarantee

The Phentremine-X website explains that they only accept returns of unopened bottles (so you can only get a refund if you buy more than one bottle). There is a $12 “processing” fee for all returns. If you receive bottles that are damaged and want to return them, there is a $12 return fee and a $26 damage fee (even thought the damage was not your fault).

Phentremine-X Marketing

The Phentremine-X website claims that Phentermine-X diet pills are, “rated number 1 diet pill for successful weight loss.” They do not explain who gave this rating. Also, they try to compare their product to Phentermine, an FDA-approved, clinically proven prescription weight loss medication. Don’t be fooled; Phentremine-X is NOT Phentermine. You will not get the same results.

Phentremine-X Conclusion

This Phentremine-X review finds Phentremine-X diet pills are nothing unusual. In fact, they are very much like dozens of other diet pills. They include some effective ingredients, but they fail to reveal how much of these ingredients they include. Don’t waste your money on this product. Look for one that is honest about their ingredients, one that includes proven ingredients in proven amounts.

Every once in a while (and sometimes, it really is a long while) I review a diet pill that I can actually support. Sure, there are a few things I’d maybe change about the marketing approach (like the almost-naked woman at the top of the Fentraphen site), but as for the actual formulation of Fentraphen? I like it. I actually like it.

What Impressed me first with Fentraphen was their Guarantee

Honestly, my first impression was helped a ton by the fact that Fentraphen offers a 90-day moneyback guarantee. The norm in the diet pill industry is 30 days. The reason 30 days works so well for a diet pill guarantee is because a lot of times, consumers will patiently wait to see if their diet pill actually works. When it doesn’t, they’re already past the 30-day guarantee. And when you have certain companies that never answer their emails (I mention this annoyance in many reviews quite often), it makes it even harder to get your moneyback.

Fentraphen does it differently — giving you 90 days to give the product a test run. I like that.

Guarantees are everywhere in the diet pill industry — but 90 days? This is a first.

Is Fentraphen an Alternative to Phentermine?

Fentraphen contains Synephrine and Phenylethylamine. These two in combination probably pose the best alternative to Phentermine that does not require a prescription. Let’s dig into the ingredients of Fentraphen.

Fentraphen’s Ingredients

• Synephrine is a stimulant that has been clinically proven as effective in weight loss. It is the active ingredient in Citrus Aurantium (also called “Bitter Orange”) and has been used as a stimulant for quite some time. A more in-depth review of Synephrine is available. The short of it is that Synephrine is one ingredient shown to work (there are plenty of ingredients included in diet pills that don’t).
• Phenethylamine is known as the “Love Drug”. I do think there needs to be more research specifically with Phenylethylamine to show it’s purported calming effects, but will leave this one for you to decide. You can read my review of Phenylethylamine for more information if you’d like.
• Chromium Picolinate is slowly gaining traction. It’s used to help regulate insulin levels, which will aid fat loss. There are studies supporting Chromium picolinate’s use in fat loss, but some studies showing no statistically significant results. I’m leaning more the direction of it being effective, since the studies deeming it effective have been more recent and are more in number (at least at the time of this writing). My review of Chromium Picolinate goes into more detail about this issue. I like the fact that Fentraphen has included it in their formula.
• Vitamin B-12 helps aid overall health. I wouldn’t lean on it for any weight loss results.

You’ll notice that Fentraphen does not contain any caffeine. If you get jittery from caffeine (which is actually a very effective weight loss stimulant) then Fentraphen may be your ticket. The Synephrine is a great stimulant, but doesn’t cause the jitters that may accompany caffeine supplementation.

Fentraphen’s Price

Fentraphen isn’t the cheapest diet pill around, the main reason being that they actually include the necessary amount of Synephrine to make the diet pill work. It’s still reasonably priced when you look at other comparables that I like (Fenphedra and Ephedrasil Hardcore).

The one thing you don’t want to do is just shop for the cheapest price. Then you’d get something like Miracleburn or Alli…and you wouldn’t lose a pound of weight.

Fentraphen Overall Conclusion

This is one of those rare times, when I actually like a diet pill that I review. Fentraphen stands above the rest with its effective ingredient profile and 90-day guarantee. I don’t have any qualms about recommending it.