fat burner or calorie burner?

[bigbobby]

I was just told by a health store clerk that there is a product for weight loss called a calorie burner. It’s a pill. I asked if it was the same as a fat burner and he said that it wasn’t. I asked him to explain the difference and it didn’t make the slightest bit of sense to me.

Does anyone know if there is a difference between a calorie burner and a fat burner and, if there is, can you tell me what it is, please? Thanks!

[PaulLo]

I'm pretty sure that these are the exact same thing. When I read about them, they're used interchangeably. Essentially, a fat burner actually is a calorie burner, except that when you burn enough calories, you burn fat. It's not that the pills actually target fat. They just are meant to burn off enough extra calories that fat goes away, too.

[Mike]

I agree with PaulLo. Those are the same type of pill. Don't trust any of the recommendations that sales clerk makes! He doesn't know what he's talking about.

[ffviifan]

I really have to agree with these guys. If someone is trying to sell you a fat burner and a calorie burner as two different things, then they have no idea what they're talking about and you should be really careful before you trust anything that they try to say to you. It's exactly the same thing!

[suzie]

I'm under the impression that they're identical but that they are two different types of marketing for the same feature. It's a matter of how the benefit is expressed. That said, if your salesperson doesn't know the difference, I might either bring it up and correct him or I might just take anything he says with a grain of salt. This industry has so many details that it's enough to confuse anyone!