What is theobromine?

[Ron]

I’m trying to figure out what theobromine is. I’ve seen in as an ingredient in a diet pill that I’m thinking about using but I’ve never seen it before. Is it something that I actually want to have in a diet pill? The only thing I can find out about it is that it seems to come from the same plant as chocolate. That doesn’t sound right. Chocolate for weight loss?

[Gina]

I am pretty sure that this is something that is extracted from a lot of kinds of plant like cacao, tea, and some others. It is a type of mild stimulant that helps the body to burn fat faster and to have a faster metabolism.

[speeddemon]

It is sort of a stimulant but it is a lot milder than caffeine

[Gina]

Do you actually benefit from this in any way by actually eating chocolate (maybe dark chocolate?) or by drinking different kinds of tea? Or is this something that you get from a part of the plant that isn't used in the making of those foods?

[treehuggertodd]

It is sort of a stimulant but it is a lot milder than caffeine

That's true but I just finished reading that theobromine when used on its own as a diet pill ingredient really doesn’t do an overwhelming amount. The key to it is that it is a good ingredient but that it works a lot better when you pair it with caffeine. It doesn’t need to be a strong caffeiene, it’s just that the two ingredients really work well together and balance each other out somehow.