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Nuphedrine and other diet pills

How to choose a diet pill
How to choose a diet pill

In the highly competitive and ever growing market of diet pills and weight loss products, very few products receive any level of acclaim for their great results. In reality, it’s easier to find reasons as to why a particular product does not work than it is to find consumer comments promoting any diet product. Nuphedrine is one of those very rare products where more users have found positive results than negative and are happy to post those results all over the Internet. It’s a great alternative to liposuction and other surgical weight loss measures and is relatively affordable.

What Are The Main Active Ingredients In Nuphedrine?

The manufacturers of Nuphedrine boast their three main ingredients to be Advantra Z, Hoodia Gordonii, and Slimaluma. These three ingredients are thought to be the most effective and most potent factors in any weight loss formula. Combining the three is definitely a huge factor in the success users of Nuphedrine are finding.

Hoodia Gordonii is native to the Kalahari desert and has a rich history of use among the natives of the region as an appetite suppressant and thirst quencher. P57 presence in this plant sends messages to the brain by affecting the hypothalamus gland, relaying that the body is not hungry or thirsty.

Advantra Z is a form of Bitter Orange, which contains Synephrine. Synephrine is an Ephedra alkaloid, offering many of the same effects as the FDA banned substance without the unwanted side effects or risks involved. This is the ingredient that backs Nuphedrine’s advertising of helping users to “burn hundreds of more calories per day”. Users find they do not feel drained as so many dieters due to lack of food intake due to this element of the Nuphedrine formula.

Slimaluma, a form of the native-Indian plant Caralluma Fimbriata, is theorized to suppress the appetite and promote stamina in those who ingest it. In individual studies of Slimaluma, this was not proven but when combined with real South African Hoodia Gordonii and Advantra Z, the effects are certainly present.

Is Nuphedrine Dangerous?

Like any appetite and thirst suppressant, Nuphedrine certainly has risks associated with its use although they are minimal. Ultimately, this weight loss aid becomes more dangerous if it is abused. Users must remember that although they may not feel hungry or thirsty, they must offer their body nourishment in the form of food and water. No diet pill, vitamin or supplement can offer everything the human body requires to be healthy.

Nuphedrine also contains ingredients that are not native to Europe and North America, where the product is most frequently purchased. This puts users at risk for allergic reaction as they are not exposed to these foreign ingredients. Thus far, serious complications outside the user’s control have been rarely reported.

How To Properly Use Nuphedrine

Nuphedrine’s website guides users to take three Nuphedrine capsules per day – two first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach or within 2 hours following your first meal and another mid-day to curb hunger through the evening. The website does guide users to incorporate healthy eating habits and daily exercise in order to garner the best results possible from the product and also deters use by those who suffer from the following medical conditions:

◊ diabetes
◊ high blood pressure
◊ any heart problems
◊ any eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia
◊ any woman who is pregnant, breast feeding or is planning to become pregnant in the near future.

All of the evidence presented suggests that Nuphedrine is indeed effective when combined with healthy eating habits and daily exercise. However, if you suffer from any health conditions whatsoever, you would be wise to discuss the use of Nuphedrineor any other diet pills with your physician before beginning use. Nuphedrine is not designed to be a replacement for a healthy lifestyle, but a booster system for those who find difficulty in weight loss.


What Is Hoodia Gordonii

In recent years, the use of Hoodia Gordonii as a weight loss aid has become quite popular in products around the world. Hoodia Gordonii is a plant native to the semi-deserts of Africa’s southern nations, and has been in use there as an appetite suppressant by the indigenous people of what is now known as South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola. Since the U.S. Food & Drug Administration banned the use of the drug ephedra in 2004, the public hunger for a new diet pill formula has been noted by manufacturers worldwide. Consumers want the a new formula with the effects of ephedra, without the risks involved.

The History of Hoodia Gordonii

Hoodia Gordonii’s appetite suppressing effects were first noted in 1937 during a study of the Kalahari desert’s native San Bushmen. The first studies involving Hoodia Gordonii began in 1963, where it was noted that animals seemed to have lost weight during treatment. Reportedly, the San Bushmen have been faithful in their use of this plant for for thousands of years. As hunters and gatherers, the Bushmen would often venture on long hunting trips, where Hoodia Gordonii’s appetite and thirst suppressing qualities were blessings. In 1977, the active ingredient in Hoodia Gordonii was isolated by the South African Council for Scientific & Industrial research – p57. It wasn’t until 1996, however, that p57 was patented and then research on the effects of p57 in Hoodia Gordonii began.

How Hoodia Gordonii Can Help You Lose Weight

The effects of Hoodia Gordonii in weight loss efforts is all based on what we have studied of the San Bushmen’s use of the plant. The use of the plant became more common in weight loss pills, teas, drink powders, and more after an episode of 60 Minutes covered the topic. Correspondent Leslie Stahl and a crew had traveled to South Africa and hired one of the San Bushmen to guide them through the desert, where they would find Hoodia Gordonii in its naturally occurring form and ingest is as the Bushmen do on their hunting expeditions. Stahl reported that she had lost the desire to consume any form of sustenance for the remainder of the day.

There is a lot of doubt regarding how commercial Hoodia Gordonii works in the human body to suppress appetite, and thus a lot of doubt cast on those products boasting Hoodia as part of their ingredients list. There has not been any published, scientific evidence supporting the claims of weight loss products that Hoodia Gordonii works in these commercial forms.

The San Bushmen, and Ms. Stahl, have shown the world that consuming Hoodia Gordonii in its naturally occurring form does indeed suppress the appetite. Commercial Hoodia is often made in labs using clones of DNA strains and other advanced sciences to recreate the plants, and no studies have been shown that the active ingredients are not being diluted during this process. While no adverse effects have been shown to be caused by the use of Hoodia, it really has not been available in Europe and North America long enough for a conclusion to be made as to whether its use as a diet aid is safe or effective.


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