In summary, supplementation with a combination of popular dietary supplements has no cardiovascular or metabolic effects in non-obese relatively healthy individuals." All the studies found were in relation to use as in anti-inflammatory and for diabetic retinopathy.Īcetyl L-Carnitine: All studies I found were in relation to helping with joint inflammation and pain in osteoarthritis and <-that study, which included green, white, and black teas, pomegranate extract, acetyl-l-carnitine, lipoic acid, cinnamon bark extract, and a few others showed, "These compounds also did not alter body fat measured by DEXA, blood pressure, plasma lipids, glucose, insulin, IGF-1, and markers of inflammation and oxidative stress. White Willow Bark: I couldn't find any link between any metabolic function, weight loss, fat burning, energy increase, etc. ![]() Garcenia Cambogia: According to NCBI/NIH/PubMed there have been some findings that this might help in fat metabolism and weight loss, but the clinical trial samples have been, "very small and placebo-controlled, randomized chemical trials have not reported these findings and no trials have been evaluated past 12 weeks for effectiveness."Ĭitrus Aurantium: Basically "bitter orange", studies show that some participants in the trials experienced a "small increase in heart rate in the combination group (bitter orange plus naringin and hesperidin), but this was deemed to be clinically insignificant." and "longer term studies are required to determine weight loss and the effectiveness of bitter orange as well as long term safety." I have just done a lot of research, primarily on ): Here are my findings (I am NOT a doctor, pharmacist, biologist, etc. These are scholarly articles from medical journals and legit trials and studies!!** **I HIGHLY recommend to anyone buying these products to go to the site and type in the ingredients and look at the PubMed article. Actually, with the extract you'll be paying 3x the price you'd pay for a more effective and cheaper, easy to find/buy alternative: Ephedra HCL (aka Bronkaid or Primatene, available OTC with a photo ID and signature).įor those of us in the US a cheap and simple ETC stack would be the equivalent to these pills.Īs far as the other ingredients, I have been doing some major research on the "popular" ingredients since I'm trying to find a new supplement. ![]() The extract is less pure and potent than the alkaloids (hence why the effect, yet dangerous alkaloids were taken off the shelf by the FDA) and basically you'll be spending $40-$50 a bottle for a much less effective form of Ephedra. The ones available in the US are formulated with Ephedra EXTRACT, which is DRASTICALLY different and MUCH less effective than the Ephedrine alkaloids. ![]() Unfortunately I don't live in the UK and the "good" version of these pills aren't available to buy in the US. I've heard Ephedrine alkaloids to be the most effective for weight loss in an ECA essential stack.
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