Ephedra in Disguise ? So Why Do People Still Take It ?
It is relatively important for the human body to detoxify to get rid of the
toxins that uncontrollably enter into the system.
Although primarily on acute exposure, an interesting chapter by W.
Stopford, tells of a young man who was treated by daily 20-minute saunas
for three years and recovered from a nearly fatal acute Hg poisoning.
So here is our easy-to-make recipe for green tea, but this one tastes so
good you¡¯ll never guess how good it is for you! A great, healthy thirst-
quencher for hot summer days.
The Full Body Detox opens the door to healing and rejuvenation.
Detoxifying gives our bodies what it needs so desperately, a complete
internal cleansing. We are conscious about cleaning the external body,
but not the internal body. Illegal drugs and alcohol are addicting. Records
show that the younger you are when you experiment with illegal drugs or
alcohol you are more prone to become an addict in the future.
Bitter Orange - Ephedra in Disguise ? So Why Do People Still Take It ?
The facts about Bitter Orange are out. More research is being called for,
but for the most part this is what we know so far:
1. Bitter Orange has been shown in some studies to be associated with
weight loss, increased thermogenesis, metabolism and loss of fat mass.
The results of some of these studies are questioned by some authorities;
2. Documented reports are starting to come in of cardiovascular events
occurring associated with the use of products containing bitter orange
(citrus aurantium, zhi-shi or whatever you want to call it);
3. The two major components of bitter orange are synephrine and
octopomine. Synephrine is structurally similar to the ephedra extract
which is now banned in many countries due to its adverse side effects
and synephrine has been shown to cause cardiovascular events in animals.
So why are people still using it. It is easy to make the conclusion that
they are unaware of it's ingredients and their effects, however, this is
perhaps naive. Some people that take these types of fat burners are
aware of the possible adverse effects that they may have on their bodies,
however, sometimes go from one fat burner to the other, trying the
different concoctions of herbs - hoping that it will cause rapid weight loss.
While the motivation for purchasing fat burning herbal products is
obviously to lose weight - there is an extra pressure to lose weight fast,
which is what these fat burners offer to their customers who may in some
cases be grossly overweight and in risk categories for heart problems in
the first place due to obesity issues. Fast weight loss is hardly ever
permanent weight loss and never healthy weight loss. There seems to be
a common misconception that it is not as bad as ephedra. Over the past
six years Health Canada received 16 reports of serious side effects
involving tachycardia, cardiac arrest and black outs after products
containing bitter orange were taken. Two of the patients concerned in
these reports had died and had taken a combination of herbal
supplements containing bitter orange, caffeine and ephedra. While 16
reports over six years does not sound like a whole heck of alot - these are
only those from Canada, and are only those that were able to be linked to
the herbal supplements.
A large portion of the heavy metal detoxification work we do centers
around the oral cavity, mercury and other heavy metals that are stored in
our patients mouths. We are proud to point out that all of our biological
dentists have been doing mercury free dentistry for the majority of their
careers.
Hence, it is important to create an alternative that will promptly help the
body to gain back its detoxification capacity and fight back imminent
diseases.
Detox methods include dietary changes, fasting, supplements, exercise,
yoga/meditation, improving the environment (using CFC-free hairsprays,
for example), New Age methods include aromatherapy, salt bath, skin
brushing, etc.
Because our bodies today are the same as in the past, it is critical to eat,
drink, and live the same as in years past - centuries past. But modern
societies are adopting one of the most unnatural lifestyles known to
mankind. People with addiction work hard to resolve them, and with the
support of family members and friends they are able to recover on their
own. However in most cases, people they usually cannot stop drinking or
using drugs by willpower alone. A lot of them require outside help, mostly
from Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehab.
It is plain that this perceived "need" for herbal preparations containing
either bitter orange or ephedra is an emotional one. In some cases some
people are so desperate to get rid of their excess weight, and have tried
just about every diet under the sun and have battled with it for years,
with no good success and then finally found these products that quite
obviously do have an effect - but unfortunately do have significant side
effects, even if it is just jitteriness. So what's the answer, well, there is no
easy answer. The truth is that no fat burner should make you jittery.
Weight loss, can be achieved without products containing bitter orange
and those with persistent weight issues need to be consulting a doctor or
dietition. In the end, it will probably end up costing less in the long run.
1. Preuss HG, DiFerdinando D, Bagchi M, Bagchi D. Citrus Aurantium as a
thermogenic, weight-reduction replacement for ephedra: an overview J
Med. 2002;33(1-4):247-64.
2. Fugh-Berman A, Myers A. Citrus aurantium, an ingredient of dietary
supplements marketed for weight loss: current status of clinical and basic
research. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2004 Sep;229(8):698-704.
3. Nykamp DL, Fackih MN, Compton AL. Possible association of acute
lateral-wall myocardial infarction and bitter orange supplement. Ann
Pharmacother. 2004 May;38(5):812-6. Epub 2004 Mar 16.
4. Penzak, S R : Jann, M W : Cold, J A : Hon, Y Y : Desai, H D : Gurley, B J
Seville (sour) orange juice: synephrine content and cardiovascular effects
in normotensive adults J-nat-prod. Washington, D.C. : American Society of
Pharmacognosy. Jan 2001. v. 64 (1) p. 111-113.
5. Healthboards.com Feel jittery - Xenadrine EFX
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-111077.html
In fact, so many people are having to deal with some sort of drug and
alcohol rehab in their personal lives that a new reality show called
¡°Intervention¡± is being shown to educate people on how difficult living
with an addict can be and the way to direct a person toward
rehabilitation.
There has been a lot in the news lately about the amazing healing
properties of turmeric, a free-radical-fighting antioxidant-rich curry spice
that has been hailed as a defense against both cancer and Alzheimer¡¯s.
The abundance of possible problems coupled with the severity of heavy
metal toxicity has led to the creation of Heavy Metal Detox.
Conventional, mainstream (allopathic) medical practitioners have yet to
latch on to this concept, since they're only trained to treat diseases and
symptoms specifically without treating the patient as a whole. Alcohol
detox refers to the ability of the human body to rid itself of harmful
toxins.
These things make use of chemicals to preserve foods, that, in turn, build
up in the body creating more toxins.
It is relatively important for the human body to detoxify to get rid of the toxins that uncontrollably enter into the system.
Although primarily on acute exposure, an interesting chapter by W. Stopford, tells of a young man who was treated by daily 20-minute saunas for three years and recovered from a nearly fatal acute Hg poisoning.
So here is our easy-to-make recipe for green tea, but this one tastes so good you'll never guess how good it is for you! A great, healthy thirst-quencher for hot summer days.
The Full Body Detox opens the door to healing and rejuvenation. Detoxifying gives our bodies what it needs so desperately, a complete internal cleansing. We are conscious about cleaning the external body, but not the internal body.
Illegal drugs and alcohol are addicting. Records show that the younger you are when you experiment with illegal drugs or alcohol you are more prone to become an addict in the future.
Bitter Orange - Ephedra in Disguise ? So Why Do People Still Take It ?
The facts about Bitter Orange are out. More research is being called for, but for the most part this is what we know so far:
1. Bitter Orange has been shown in some studies to be associated with weight loss, increased thermogenesis, metabolism and loss of fat mass. The results of some of these studies are questioned by some authorities;
2. Documented reports are starting to come in of cardiovascular events occurring associated with the use of products containing bitter orange (citrus aurantium, zhi-shi or whatever you want to call it);
3. The two major components of bitter orange are synephrine and octopomine. Synephrine is structurally similar to the ephedra extract which is now banned in many countries due to its adverse side effects and synephrine has been shown to cause cardiovascular events in animals.
So why are people still using it. It is easy to make the conclusion that they are unaware of it's ingredients and their effects, however, this is perhaps naive. Some people that take these types of fat burners are aware of the possible adverse effects that they may have on their bodies, however, sometimes go from one fat burner to the other, trying the different concoctions of herbs - hoping that it will cause rapid weight loss.
While the motivation for purchasing fat burning herbal products is obviously to lose weight - there is an extra pressure to lose weight fast, which is what these fat burners offer to their customers who may in some cases be grossly overweight and in risk categories for heart problems in the first place due to obesity issues. Fast weight loss is hardly ever permanent weight loss and never healthy weight loss.
There seems to be a common misconception that it is not as bad as ephedra. Over the past six years Health Canada received 16 reports of serious side effects involving tachycardia, cardiac arrest and black outs after products containing bitter orange were taken. Two of the patients concerned in these reports had died and had taken a combination of herbal supplements containing bitter orange, caffeine and ephedra. While 16 reports over six years does not sound like a whole heck of alot - these are only those from Canada, and are only those that were able to be linked to the herbal supplements.
A large portion of the heavy metal detoxification work we do centers around the oral cavity, mercury and other heavy metals that are stored in our patients mouths. We are proud to point out that all of our biological dentists have been doing mercury free dentistry for the majority of their careers.
Hence, it is important to create an alternative that will promptly help the body to gain back its detoxification capacity and fight back imminent diseases.
Detox methods include dietary changes, fasting, supplements, exercise, yoga/meditation, improving the environment (using CFC-free hairsprays, for example), New Age methods include aromatherapy, salt bath, skin brushing, etc.
Because our bodies today are the same as in the past, it is critical to eat, drink, and live the same as in years past - centuries past. But modern societies are adopting one of the most unnatural lifestyles known to mankind.
People with addiction work hard to resolve them, and with the support of family members and friends they are able to recover on their own. However in most cases, people they usually cannot stop drinking or using drugs by willpower alone. A lot of them require outside help, mostly from Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehab.
It is plain that this perceived "need" for herbal preparations containing either bitter orange or ephedra is an emotional one. In some cases some people are so desperate to get rid of their excess weight, and have tried just about every diet under the sun and have battled with it for years, with no good success and then finally found these products that quite obviously do have an effect - but unfortunately do have significant side effects, even if it is just jitteriness.
So what's the answer, well, there is no easy answer. The truth is that no fat burner should make you jittery. Weight loss, can be achieved without products containing bitter orange and those with persistent weight issues need to be consulting a doctor or dietition. In the end, it will probably end up costing less in the long run.
1. Preuss HG, DiFerdinando D, Bagchi M, Bagchi D. Citrus Aurantium as a thermogenic, weight-reduction replacement for ephedra: an overview J Med. 2002;33(1-4):247-64.
2. Fugh-Berman A, Myers A. Citrus aurantium, an ingredient of dietary supplements marketed for weight loss: current status of clinical and basic research. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2004 Sep;229(8):698-704.
3. Nykamp DL, Fackih MN, Compton AL. Possible association of acute lateral-wall myocardial infarction and bitter orange supplement. Ann Pharmacother. 2004 May;38(5):812-6. Epub 2004 Mar 16.
4. Penzak, S R : Jann, M W : Cold, J A : Hon, Y Y : Desai, H D : Gurley, B J Seville (sour) orange juice: synephrine content and cardiovascular effects in normotensive adults J-nat-prod. Washington, D.C. : American Society of Pharmacognosy. Jan 2001. v. 64 (1) p. 111-113.
5. Healthboards.com Feel jittery - Xenadrine EFX http://www.healthboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-111077.html
In fact, so many people are having to deal with some sort of drug and alcohol rehab in their personal lives that a new reality show called "Intervention" is being shown to educate people on how difficult living with an addict can be and the way to direct a person toward rehabilitation.
There has been a lot in the news lately about the amazing healing properties of turmeric, a free-radical-fighting antioxidant-rich curry spice that has been hailed as a defense against both cancer and Alzheimer's.
The abundance of possible problems coupled with the severity of heavy metal toxicity has led to the creation of Heavy Metal Detox.
Conventional, mainstream (allopathic) medical practitioners have yet to latch on to this concept, since they're only trained to treat diseases and symptoms specifically without treating the patient as a whole.
Alcohol detox refers to the ability of the human body to rid itself of harmful toxins.
These things make use of chemicals to preserve foods, that, in turn, build up in the body creating more toxins.
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