Monday, June 29, 2009

More About Ephedra In Diet Pills

Recently I have been looking into the ephedra diet pills, and I had additional questions, so I put together some extra information on the subject.

Ephedra was taken off the market for a year a few years ago , but it is now back on the market and is still very popular with those who are looking for a weight loss pill to help them with their weight loss goals.

They can’t keep enough stock on the items since it was given the “OK” to be sold again, and online sites are doing a brisk business as well. There are still some common sense cautions that you should read before taking ephedra or anything else for that matter, so I tried to include them here also.

Ephedra, known in China for the past 5000 years as Ma huang, is the worlds oldest medicine. Research bears ou t the claims that ephedra increases metabolism and helps promote weight loss. It relaxes the air passages in the lungs to help treat asthma and cough, promotes perspiration to help a person recover from a minor cold and helps promote urination to help relieve edema.

Ephedra has also been widely researched for its thermogenic or fat burning properties. Other research has show that ephedra helps promote the loss of fat while helping retain lean muscle tissue, which is important because prescription diet medications still have not been able to reproduce these results.

That being said, ephedra IS a stimulant and a thermogenic, and should NOT be used by people or in situations where these properties might be harmful.

There are some common sense issues associated with using ephedra:

- If you have any medical problems that using a stimulant might overtax your system, don’t use ephedra.

- Do not use ephedra if what you are doing or where you do it at will not let your body cool down or dissipate heat. Your body core temperature might exceed safe levels.

- Follow the directions on the bottle. Do not take more than the manufacturer's recommended amount.

To summarize these 3 things: Do not use ephedra if you have a heart condition, and if you are wearing something like a plastic warm up suit to exercise in, don’t take ephedra. The same rule applies to playing sports on a hot muggy day. Finally if you have any doubt about taking more than the recommended amount, check with your doctor or health care adviser.

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