Raspberry Ketone

Raspberry ketone (RK) is an aromatic phenolic compound naturally occurring in red raspberries, kiwifruit, peaches, and apples and reported for its potential therapeutic and nutraceutical properties.

Studies in cells and rodents have suggested an important role for RK in hepatic/cardio/gastric protection and as an anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-obesity, depigmentation, and sexual maturation agent.

It has a long history of use in cosmetics and has been added to soft drinks, ice cream and other processed foods as a flavoring.

It's believed that raspberry ketone might increase metabolism, increase how quickly the body burns fat, and reduce appetite.

Extracting raspberry ketones from raspberries is extraordinarily expensive because you need 90 pounds (41 kg) of raspberries to get a single dose.

In fact, 2.2 pounds (1 kg) of whole raspberries only contains 1–4 mg of raspberry ketones. That’s 0.0001–0.0004% of the total weight.

The appeal of this product is also due to the word “ketone,” associated with low-carb diets — which force your body to burn fat and elevate blood levels of ketones.

Recently, RK has received a lot of attention due to the fact of its potential advantages as an anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and gastric protectant agent. Raspberry ketone is used as a dietary supplement, most commonly as an anti-obesity agent.