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patenaude
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 Posted: 09/25/06 - 23:00 Post subject: caffeine for weight loss |
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Hi! Recently I read in some magazine that caffeine is can be used for weight loss. Does caffeine really play a role in weight loss? Is caffeine an appetite suppressant?
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tracz
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| Posted: 10/02/06 - 03:21 Post subject: |
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Hi! Large amounts of caffeine may slightly enhance weight loss in people who exercise and maintain a low-fat diet. There's also no evidence that increasing caffeine intake alone has any effect on weight loss. Caffeine is appetite suppressant but this effect lasts only a very brief period, not long enough to lead to significant weight loss. Caffeine does act as a diuretic, which means it causes an increase in the amount of urine you excrete. This water loss may decrease your body weight. But it doesn't decrease body fat. Caffeine is a stimulant that can increase your heart rate and blood pressure, interrupt your sleep, and cause nervousness and irritability. Be careful with caffeine.
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macro
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| Posted: 10/11/06 - 12:42 Post subject: |
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caffeine can increase metabolism, it has mild appetite suppresant effects.
its best taken as part of a "stack"
commonly stacked with ephedrine, the concerns over which are almost entirely hype and media slant. However some find ephedrine too stimulatory, but the "killer" image it has is not at all deserved.
Thermorexin is a well rounded caffiene based thermogenic that does not contain ephedrine.
Both are excellent options to stimulate metabolism, increase energy and suppress appetite. |
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macro
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| Posted: 11/17/06 - 06:19 Post subject: |
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There's also no evidence that increasing caffeine intake alone has any effect on weight loss.
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this is not entirely true.
see..
Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Sep;29(9):1121-9. Links
Coffee, tea and diabetes: the role of weight loss and caffeine.
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1994 May;18(5):345-50. Links
Relationship between basal metabolic rate, thermogenic response to caffeine, and body weight loss following combined low calorie and exercise treatment in obese women.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Mar;83(3):674-80. Links
Changes in caffeine intake and long-term weight change in men and women.
Obes Res. 2005 Jul;13(7):1195-204. Links
Body weight loss and weight maintenance in relation to habitual caffeine intake and green tea supplementation. |
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macro
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if using ephedrine with caffiene be sure to use pure ephedrine hcl, adulteration with guaifenesin reduces adrenergic and metabolic potential.
Adding Green tea extract (standardized for EGCG) will increase metabolic rate, for EC, thermorexin or any other caffiene based stack (or caffiene alone) |
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