John: I can’t see a reason why guggulsterones will do much for fat loss. Yohimbine and caffeine will definitely give you a buzz and can kill your appetite for a bit. So I’d say if you’re looking for a stimulant caffeine, yohimbine and ephedrine are still the best.
Rusty (Follow-up): John...the ephedrine and caffeine stack does work well. This is pretty controversial because people claim it is dangerous. What are your thoughts?John: Ephedrine is one of the most well researched ‘supplements’ out there. The controversy comes in when you mix in politics, insurance companies and health risks and side effects. I’ll try to make this example as simple as possible. Many people who are overweight or obese and interested in losing weight probably have some degree of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a higher heart rate which puts them at a higher risk for a heart attack. These people might want to take ephedrine to help them lose weight, but the side effects of ephedrine are high blood pressure and increased heart rate! So you end up in a catch 22. The people who are most interested in taking ephedrine to help them lose weight are the same people who should never take ephedrine because of its side effects. Now I’m sure you can imagine how easy it was for lawyers to sue companies who were marketing ephedrine as a weight loss supplement to overweight and obese people. It was the constant lawsuits over ephedrine that got it pulled off the market. As a matter of fact, most companies that sold ephedrine pulled their products off the market before the government ever banned it simply because their insurance companies couldn’t afford to insure it anymore.
Brad: The plus is it’s cheaper than a month worth of Grande Americanos from Starbucks. The negative is in my opinion the effectiveness would be about the same. I just can’t imagine anyone losing 50 pounds of fat just by taking a pill.
Rusty (Follow-up): Brad, good call on the diet pills these days. Since they don’t contain ephedrine anymore aren’t they just basically a jacked up version of caffeine?
Brad: Caffeine and green tea are the main components in the vast majority of supplements on the market right now. Sure, they will all have their own unique ingredient...or their own DOZEN unique ingredients, but for most of them, caffeine is where the kick comes from.