This is supported by Dr. Andrew Weil, who further explains that it is the substance
fucoxanthin, which is higher in brown seaweed than the green and red type
of seafood.
A 2011 review in «Obesity Reviews» found little evidence to support the use
of many fat - burning and metabolism - increasing supplements like carnitine, conjugated linoleic acid, forskolin, chromium, kelp and
fucoxanthin, but did declare that the studies examined showed caffeine and green tea «accelerated fat metabolism.»