FANTASTIC Article on Weight Loss Supplements

**Madmick** · 07-11-2006, 11:08 PM

I found this in an old bookmark bin. It's from American Family Physician. He actually ranks the thermic output of many different popular weight loss ingredients (pharmaceutical and herbal), and also talks about the safety of some.

With this, you should be able to analyze weight loss products you might be considering on your own:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20041101/1731.html

Monger · 07-12-2006, 09:06 AM

Interesting. So Ephedra is the only supplement with evidence that it works for fat loss. I guess this narrows down the shopping list

TheIronBull · 07-12-2006, 10:54 AM

Great find. Im been takin Green tea and L-carnitine and I been seeing great results.

**Madmick** · 07-12-2006, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheIronBull

Great find. Im been takin Green tea and L-carnitine and I been seeing great results.

So you don't confuse the results: carnitine takes about 6 months to work, I believe. I alsot think Acetyl-l-carnitine is superior. It's a lot more expensive, but I think it requires about 1/3 the dose.

radman · 07-12-2006, 11:12 AM

Well ephedra is a banned substance. Everything else is quackery.

**Madmick** · 07-12-2006, 11:17 AM

You can buy ephedrine. It think there are some health issues with ephedra, anyway (due to the alkaloids in the plant).

Get Vasopro or Biotek at Bulk Nutrition.

And caffeine works.

It's time-tested. It's legendary. It's EC.