Norambrolide Side Effects
- The stimulants Xenadrine NRB and Xenadrine EFX are used by bodybuilders for weight loss and muscle building. Since the removal of ephedrine, Cytogenix Technologies Inc., like their competitors, have sought new ways of marketing their products. Norambrolide is one of the newest of several ingredients found in Xenadrine's revamped products. The other ingredients include green tea extract, guarana, l-theanine, l-tyrosine, vitamin b-12 and yerba matte. This all sounds healthy, no doubt, but what are you really taking?
- All Xenadrine's products, like several other diet pills on the market, are notorious for using "proprietary blends," which means they will not disclose the exact amounts for all of their ingredients. This is a gimmick, used to preempt knock-off brands from copying their products, but it also allows the company to use whatever amounts of each ingredient are deemed financially feasible. For instance, Xenadrine products are capable of composing their diet pills primarily of caffeine with only nominal amounts of ingredients, like norambrolide. The bottom-line is always on the corporate horizon.
- Norambrolide is being marketed as the "c-AMP accelerator". Like the other ingredients mentioned above, norambrolide itself is relatively harmless, producing no known side effects. An herbal compound, norambrolide is fermented "salvia sclarea leaf extract"--a form of sage. It reputedly aids the body in fat removal. This synthesized herbal compound stimulates the body's stored fuel (i.e. "fat cells"), turning it into energy. The process is called lipolysis. According to Cytogenix, norambrolide activates "cyclic adenosine monophosphate", a key intra-cellular compound that helps regulate energy metabolism, also known as "c-AMP." The companies using sage extract in their pills also assert that it will not elevate blood-pressure, as it does not affect the central nervous system, merely intra-cellular respiration.
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Medicine, as well as cuisine, have featured sage for centuries for its curative effects and its unique flavoring. In medicine it has been used to treat digestive disorders, flatulence, palsy, gingivitis and fevers. In short, it's been seen as something of a cure-all throughout human history, but all evidence of its curative effects seem largely anecdotal. There are even stories about how depending on whether sage flourished (or not) in one's garden would determine one's fortunes; alternatively, if it flourished it might also indicate that a woman ruled the household, which probably led to many men pruning back the shrubby sage. It would seem that in folklore, at least, sage is something of a double-edged blade. Other than that, sage itself seems to have no adverse side-effects. - To sum up, norambrolide--being a fermented sage compound--has no discernible adverse side effects either. And if the "unpublished in-vitro studies"--as cited on the promotional sites for Xenadrine--are correct, it might present a safe way to lose weight. Be cautious in using products containing ingredients as innocuous as norambrolide, however, for the overall effect might be more than you've bargained. These products are heavy on the caffeine and caffeine substitutes, like yerba matte; so while you think you're doing something healthy for your body, you might do yourself harm. For while caffeine in itself poses little risk and many benefits, too much can be harmful to your health. And this is something to be wary of in Cytogenix products and their ilk. So, why not grow your own sage and sprinkle the fresh, aromatic trimmings over a homemade dish. It'll do your body better. And it's cheaper.
