Keto Flex Review

What is Keto Flex?

Keto Flex is a weight loss supplement that is designed to use alongside the ketogenic diet. After all, it has the word keto in its name. The product is made by the InMotion Body company and, according to the manufacturer, will increase your metabolism, suppress your hunger, and increase the utilization of fat for fuel. That’s a longwinded way of saying it will help you burn fat faster.

Unfortunately, despite being marketed toward keto dieters, this product does not contain any ingredients that relate to the ketogenic diet. There are no ketones, glucose dispersal agents, or anything else that will increase the effectiveness of your diet. That doesn’t mean Keto Flex is entirely worthless. It’s simply that Keto Flex is not really a ketogenic diet product – it’s just a diet/weight loss supplement with the word keto in its name.

What are the Ingredients?

As mentioned above, Keto Flex contains no exogenous BHB ketones. BHB ketones, and unlike the raspberry ketones you’ll find in some keto supplements, are the only ingredients that will have a meaningful impact on ketosis. Instead, Keto Flex contains the following:

• Calcium – the same mineral that’s in your milk, yogurt, and cheese, calcium is good for your bones and can also help you burn fat faster, but only if you aren’t getting enough from your diet. Most people already consume more than enough calcium.
• Chromium – this is another mineral. It’s useful for fat loss because it helps lower your blood glucose levels, which allows for easier fat burning. Chromium may also help reduce hunger and control cravings. However, by cutting carbohydrates from your diet, your blood glucose and hunger should already be under control. 
• Potassium – this mineral may help reduce water retention. Excreting excess water will speed up weight loss but won’t increase fat burning. It’s worth noting that the keto diet also increases water loss, so this ingredient is not especially useful on keto.
• Garcinia cambogia – garcinia cambogia is a popular weight-loss supplement. It’s a fruit, the skin of which is high in a substance called hydroxy citric acid, or HCA for short. HCA has been shown to reduce appetite, prevention the formation of new fat cells, decrease insulin levels, increase fat burning, and help control blood glucose levels. Keto Flex contains 1000 mg of garcinia cambogia, standardized to 60% of HCA. This is a decent-sized dose of this beneficial substance.

There are two non-active ingredients in Keto Flex; gelatin and magnesium stearate. Gelatin is the material that the capsules are made from. It’s derived from processed animal bones and skins, which means this supplement is NOT suitable for vegetarians or vegans. Magnesium stearate is an anti-caking agent that prevents the other ingredients from sticking together and forming a rock-hard bullet. Without magnesium stearate, this product would not digest properly.

How to use it Properly

To get the most from this or any product, users should always endeavor to use it according to the manufacturer’s instructions. In this instance, you should use Keto Flex as follows:

• Take two capsules 30 minutes to one hour before meals

There are no additional instructions, so it’s unclear how many times per day you should use this product. It’s sold in a bottle of 60 capsules, which, at two per day, is one month’s supply, but, again, this is unclear.

Benefits of Keto Flex

While Keto Flex doesn’t have any specific benefits for keto dieters, it may still help you lose weight. However, this product will not make your keto diet more effective. The main benefits of keto Flex are:

Reduced hunger – chromium and garcinia cambogia can help reduce your appetite. The less hungry you are, the easier it will be to stick to your weight loss diet. After all, losing weight invariably means eating less. However, as most keto dieters know, eating plenty of fat and protein will naturally reduce your appetite, so this is not as significant a benefit as one might think.

More stable blood glucose – eating a lot of carbs will cause your blood glucose levels to rise and fall. Fluctuating blood glucose levels can trigger hunger and cravings. Of course, on keto, you don’t consume more than 50 grams of carbs per day, so your blood glucose levels will be low and stable already. Again, this means this is not a big benefit for keto dieters.

Faster fat burning – high in HCA, garcinia cambogia can help speed up fat burning. Whatever type of diet you are following, this is a very valuable benefit. However, it’s important to note that any fat burning increase is not due to making the keto diet more effective. Garcinia cambogia would work whatever diet you are on, so long as it creates the necessary calorie deficit.

Side effects

Most of the ingredients in Keto Flex are minerals, which have no noticeable or unpleasant side effects. In contrast, garcinia cambogia may have some unwanted side effects, including

• Digestive upsets
• Headaches
• Skin rashes

In large doses, it could also cause testicular atrophy, so users should avoid taking too much. You can prevent these issues by not taking more than two capsules per day, and splitting your dose in two, taking one capsule in the morning and one in the evening.

Bottom Line

The ketogenic diet is very popular and also very well known. The word keto is often associated with weight loss. Keto Flex sounds like it should be a keto diet supplement when, in reality, it has nothing to do with low-carb dieting.

With no BHB ketones, it won’t help you to get into ketosis faster, it won’t put you into a deeper ketogenic state, and it won’t treat any of the symptoms of keto flu. It doesn’t even contain any raspberry ketones, which, while not as beneficial as BHB ketones, are at least loosely associated with the keto diet.

To be blunt, Keto Flex is just a regular weight loss supplement that has keto in the name to give it a broader appeal. That’s a shame because garcinia cambogia IS a useful weight loss supplement; it’s just not linked to the keto diet or ketosis.

Keto Flex does contain some proven ingredients, but this is not a keto diet product. If you want something that will work in conjunction with your low carb diet, look for supplements that contain BHB ketones. Check the ingredients list! Just because it says keto on the front is no guarantee it’s a keto diet product.