Green tea, acai, CLA, etc. do virtually nothing for weight loss. They are all full of properties that are excellent for over all health, but have no direct impact on fat burning. They may have some indirect correlation to metabolism (helps with this, which in turn helps that, which in turn regulates metabolism, etc), but the resulting fat loss from this is miniscule/negligible.
And be careful on combining a thermogenic with a diuretic. Many thermogenic products already have diuretics in them (caffeine, uva ursi, juniper, etc), and combining them with a separate diuretic on top of that can dehydrate you to dangerous levels. The water weight should leave pretty quickly if you get your diet in check (drastically reduce sodium, sugar, etc). Diuretics are usually only used by body builders right before competition to get rid of any last bit of water weight so that their skin looks razor thin over their muscles. Not to mention the best diuretic of all is........ready for this?............water! The more water you take in, the more your body realizes it doesn't need to hang on to what it has because there's ample coming in from an outside source. It's the same principal with eating. The more you restrict your calories to stupid low levels, the more your body shuts down the metabolism to hang on to the fat it already has because it thinks you're starving. The more frequently you eat (5 or 6 smaller meals a day), the more your body kicks up the metabolism because it sees it can get whatever it needs from an external source, so it doesn't need to store so much.
My dosage was, uh... 9,360mg/day of CLA for 60 days. And literally no result. Think standard dose is 3200mg/day.
The directions may only say to take 3 pills, or what have you (depending on the strength per pill of any particular product), but most of the studies that were claiming fat loss were based on 6-8g/day minimum. BTW, good stuff on that link to the lift-run-bang website. Wish he still had some of those "Death is winning, do something" shirts left in large. Awesome motto for life.
I believe that KreAlkayn EFX stuff really works.
Of all the "newer" forms of creatine, KreAlkalyn is the least expensive, yet gets the best feedback. BTW, KreAlkalyn is trademarked by BioCeuticals Research & Development Laboratory, so it doesn't matter what brand you buy (All American EFX, Ultimate Nutrition, Now Nutrition, LaBrada, etc), it's all exactly the same product because it's all coming from BioCeuticals since they own the patent on it. Those companies are simply buying it from them, and throwing it in a bottle with their own label on it, so just get the best priced brand.
I'll 2nd what Slow said, but add to it a bit. Total amino acid complexes offer very low dosages of each individual amino. For example, in that product on the first link, you're only getting 500mg each of only 8 different aminos, and that's with 5 FREAKING PILLS!! By comparison, a simple scoop of ordinary ON 100% Whey Protein gives you 1573mg of isoleucine, 2531 of leucine, 2233 of lyscine, etc. Same goes for your actual food protein sources (chicken, eggs, fish, etc), give or take a few milligrams depending on the source. The only time to take a separate amino acid supplement is when a specific need arises from a specific amino. For example, "NO2" is nothing more than arginine in AKG, pyroglutamate of di-l-arginine l-malate form, and in large enough doses (at LEAST 3g at a time), dilates the blood vessels to allow more blood to flow into the muscles (basically, mimics your body's natural reaction during/immediately after a workout). The increased blood flow means more nutrients going where they need to go. L-carnitine helps convert fat to energy. I take 2g 2-3 times a day (first thing in the morning, and again before I go to the gym). Again, it's not a miracle worker, and a lot of the studies are contradictory to one another, but if you're doing everything else right, I HAVE personally noticed a difference in weight loss between when I take it, and when I don't. It has no side effects, and is also very good for the heart.
So unless you have a specific need from a specific amino acid, I wouldn't bother supplementing with them.
