Japanese scientists have discovered a compound found in raspberries that burns fat in a similar way that capsaicin in peppers can.
“While trying to find a substance which has a similar chemical structure to that of capsaicin which is known to burn fat, we discovered raspberry ketone,” said Mariko Hara, a researcher at Kanebo’s basic research laboratory in Odawara, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
“The essential oil of raspberries melts human fat more than three times as much as capsaicin,” she told Reuters.
Clinical tests with diet pills and adhesive sheet-type plasters containing the raspberry compound as the active ingredient have turned out …read more