Fat Burners - stimulants or metabolic boosters

[nygirl1968]

Has anyone sensitive to caffeine or stimulants had success with Ephedra based products with no side affects?

My friends keep mentioning that they see results when taking various weight loss supplements. I get the shakes with anything that contains stimulants, but most of these labels don’t mention stimulant, they just mention the ingredient, i.e. Ephedrine.

I read this great article that said products with Ephedra are, to the contrary, not fat burners but stimulants. And there is a difference. It basically has similar side affects as caffeine. And for people with coronary conditions, could be just as detrimental.

Check out the full article.
Any thoughts?

 

[stuco]

They are not good for you. Its like speed, caffene, etc. It boosts your heart rate to an absurd rate for a long period of time. People have died from using that stuff.

 

[spas]

Anything marketed as a "fat burner" is a stimulant. You only burn fat when your heart is in its THR and stimulates increase one's heart rate.

Ephedra is lovely if you really need to wake up but I can only imagine how addicting it could be. Makes for a nice recreational drug, too, but now it's illegal and more difficult to get online than many prescription drugs.

 

[hajni]

Back 5 years ago I tried to loose weight the wrong way. I started taking Ephedra based pills and stuck to them for a while and had bad side effects.
My heart was always pounding hard, I would sweat for now reason, developed headaches, I had terrible mood swings and my monthly cycle got totally screwed up. Not too mention the bad taste in my mouth...etc. I am not sure everybody else has the same side effects but I would never do it again, or use any kind of magic "weight-loss pills" no matter the ingredients.

 

[Kory Adams]

Ephedra-BAD!

i used an ephedra-based product, took the recommended dosage and had really bad results--couldn't sleep for two nights, and felt stomach churning, heart pounding nervousness for a few days, generally feeling really sick. not doing that again! i use something else now that has natural herbal alternatives and i've been very happy with it.