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Fat Burning Compounds

WARNING!! DISCLAIMER!! *some of the compounds mentioned are dangerous. Some are VERY dangerous. DO not take dangerous compounds unless you are willing to accept the consequences. In some cases this can result in death.

Ok, first off, in order to lose fat, you have to know HOW fat is lost. There are three aspects of fat loss:

1. Daily caloric balance
2. macronutrient usage
3. fat storing and fat burning hormones

1) Daily Caloric Balance:
This is the difference between how much you take in versus how much you burn. If you burn more calories than you consume, you WILL lose weight. It is important to note here that we are not concerned with water-weight. Waterweight can be gained or lost in a matter of a few days very easily. It's not an issue. So when we talk about wght los we are referring to weight that is NOT waterweight.

So, for fat loss, you obviously want to lose weight. That means you want to take in fewer calories than you are using each day. There are 2 general ways to do that:

A) Take in fewer calories
B) Increase the number of calories you burn

So, let's address those two:

A) Take in fewer calories:

This means quite simply you have to eat fewer calories. There are approximately 4090 calories per pound of fat (9 calories per gram). So, if you want to lose 1 pound of fat per week, you need to have a weekly deficit of 4090 calories. That comes to an average daily caloric deficit of 584 calories. ROund it to 600 to make it easy.

To be honest, for most people this is very difficult. Admit it, it's tough to diet. We all love food, and many of us love the wrong kinds of foods. If it were easy, more people would be thin. There are ways to help with that though. What helps in this department is appetite suppression. So, if you have trouble limiting your portions, the trick is to find ways to curb cravings. Here are a few compounds which do so:

GHRP-6 (Ghrelin antagonists): The only one I'm aware of is Ectotropin by IBE nutrition. Ghrelin is a hormone in your body which increases appetite. By taking a Ghrelin antagonist, you feel full earlier. GHRP-6 also has some minor use in category 3) fat burning hormones.

EC or ECA (ephedrine HCL 25mg, caffeine 200mg, and optionally aspirin 81mg): This one is in A) and B). Ephedrine and caffeine help suppress appetite in a dose dependant manner. Most find after taking ephedrine they don't like to eat as much as they used to. *ephedrine is a stimulant which can increase heartrate. Do not mess with ephedrine if you have ANY heart problems of any kind.

nicotine: another appetite suppressant. Nicotine is extremely effective at this. It's actually one of the reasons people who quit smoking tend to gain weight rapidly; their appetite increases greatly once they stop smoking. *nicotine is a highly addictive substance. Withdrawal symptoms are common upon cessation of use. Nicotine has been associated with a number of heart problems when used for a long period of time.

hoodia: This is a pure appetite suppressant. I have no personal experience with it, but there is a lot of evidence to support it.

B) Increase the number of calories you burn:

If you can't decrease your caloric intake low enough to initiate fat loss, you can increase the number of calories you are burning. The first and foremost thing you need to do here is engage in cardio. In the example above, you can lose a pound of fat a week if instead of limiting calories, you eat maintenance calories, but do 600 calories worth of cardio every day. Cardio is further benefitted by taking supplements which speed up caloric expenditure. It is important to include the cardio no matter what, because these compounds increase calories burned from activity more than anything else. So if you aren't doing cardio, they arne't going to help much. In other words, they pretty musch increase the number of calories you burn during your cardio and other exercise.

EC or ECA: Both ephedrine and caffeine are stimulants. Ephedrine is a beta agonist. That means it stimulate beta receptors. Beta receptors are receptors which release fatty acids from fat cells so they can be burned. Long and the short of it, when fat burning begins, ECA kicks it into overdrive. *ephedrine is a stimulant which can increase heartrate. Do not mess with ephedrine if you have ANY heart problems of any kind.

clenbuterol: This works the same way as ephedrine. The difference is it is WAAAAAAAAAY more powerful. It is also WAAAAAAAAAY more dangerous. Clenbuterol raises resting body temperature and resting heart rate. DO not under any circumstances do high intensity cardio while on clenbuterol. Truth be told, clenbuterol can actually burn calories on its own with little to no cardio; it's that effective. It can alos cause heart attacks very easily to anyone who is even remotely prone. Some other negative of clenbuterol is that it increases appetite instead of decreasing it the way ephedrine does. It also causes lethargy as well as muscle cramping. The cramping can be combatted somewhat by taking potassium every 2-3 hours.

EDIT: Two more negatives with clenbuterol: it increases appetite in many, and it only works for 18 days. Reason being it shuts down your beta receptors rather rapidly and after 18 days of use, your beta receptors are pretty much at nill. It takes two or more weeks to get your beta receptors to normal again, so peopel typically cycle clen 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. Additionally, clenbuterol stays in your system for up to 5 days. If you have any serious adverse reactions, you're going to continue to have them for 5 days even if you stop taking clen immediately.

7-OH: This primarily inhibits cortisol. Cortisol falls under category 3) fat storing hormones. However it has a side effect. Inhibiting cortisol results in increasing T3 levels. T3 is a thyroid hormone. It pretty much regulates your metabolism. Increasing T3 increases number of calories burned for just about everything. This sounds, great, and it is, but don't expect miracles. Inhibiting cortisol will only increase T3 levels slightly. It's enough to make a difference, but not enough for insane weightloss.

7-OXO/7-Keto: Works the same way as 7-OH. It is less effective though, and less bioavailable. Require MUCH higher dose to be equally as effective.

T3/Cytomel/Liothyronine: Synthetic T3. The stuff mentioned before. It pretty much regulates your metabolism. Taking exogenous T3 will shut down natural production of T3, but it allows you to directly set your own T3 levels. Doing this a 150 pound person could potentially increase their daily caloric expenditure to over 6000 calories a day without so much as doing a single minute of cardio. There are a number of downsides to this. 1) High doses of T3 can permanently damage your thyroid gland. That's bad, it means you will be reliant on synthetic T3 for the rest of your life. 2) T3 increases body temp (one of the ways it burns more calories). 3) T3 increase heartrate and can give you a number of heart problems such as arhythmia or even heart attack. This is only true once again of higher doses, but it is a risk.

T4/Synthroid/Liothyroxine: Synthetic T4. This is another thyroid hormone. SOme of it converts to T3. The rest serves other metabolic functions. Same warning as T3.

Synephrine HCL/Bitter Orange/Citrus Aurantum(sp?): another stimulant. See ephedrine.

Yohimbe HCL: alpha agonist. It works the same way as ephedrine, only instead it stimulates alpha receptors instead of beta. Similar warning to ephedrine. A positive side effect is that it improve blood flow to the genitals (yay! boner pills!). An additional negative side effect though is that Yohimbe is an MAOI, and thus to be completely avoided by anyone taking anti-depressants.

2) Macronutrient usage
This is a way to influence what gets burned when you burn calories. It's the reasoning behind the Atkins diet. Basically the objective here is to make your body prefer to burn fat instead of carbohydrates.

Fish Oil: This works as a minor mitochondrial uncoupler. In layman's terms, uncouplers prevent your body from using carbohydrates for fuel. The result is your body has to burn fat for fuel instead. Fish Oil is a VERY weak uncoupler and you will only notice these effects in high doses (well over 8g a day). Has other benefits as well, including improved HDL levels, lowered LDL levels, and in general better heart health. Something that may be viewed as a benefit to some and a negative to others is that ti acts as a mild laxative.

Melting Point: works the same way as Fish, just better at it. Has the same benefits and negatives.

DNP: This is the most powerful uncoupler known. It is also the most deadly fat burning compound known. Most often cause of death from use is overheating. When you use DNP, it pretty much prevents your body from using carbs, period. You burn fat like crazy, but any time your body attempt to use carbs, it will increase body temp. People who have died from DNP usage have had POST-MORTEM body temps exceeding 130 degrees in some cases. They literally cooked their internal organs. The first to be affected is your liver. Aside from this effect, DNP causes gradual damage to various organs in your body with use. It is a carcinogen which causes several forms of liver cancer. It also shuts down your thyroid and with it has the potential to permanently damage your thyroid. You may say "with all the danger, why would anyone ever take it?" The answer is that it burns fat like you wouldn't believe. Folks have gone from 20% to 5% bodyfat in a matter of weeks on this stuff, all without losing any muscle. Some are willing to risk their lives for that.

3) fat storage and fat burning hormones

A) Fat storage hormones
B) Fat burning hormones

A) fat storage hormones:
There are hormones in your body which store fat. For the purpose of fat loss, obviously you want to lower these or limit their ability to store fat.

Cortisol:
Cortisol breaks down muscle and stores fat. It is a stress hormone that is released during psychologicla stress as well as physical stress. Your cortisol levels are highest in the morning and during a heavy workout. The longer your workouts the more cortisol you will produce. That is why it is important to keep workouts short. These compounds inhibit Cortisol:

7-OH (Lean Xtreme)
7-OXO/7-keto
most anabolic steroids

Insulin:
Insulin is your body's most powerful storage hormone. It is anabolic to all tissues. That means it builds muscle, but it also builds fat. Basically, anything insulin gets its hands on, it stores. You don't really want to limit insulin though. Decreasing insulin causes diabetes. Increasing it causes hypoglycemia. Neither are good. The trick is to make sure insulin is storing what you want it to store (protein and carbs) and not what you don't want it to store (fat).

KR-ALA: What is an anti-oxidant doing here? Well it acts as an insulin mimmicker and sensitizer. The usage is very specific with respect to diet. Whenever you intake a lot of carb at once, it is good to take some KR-ALA. The reason is that it will shuttle the carbs to your muscles fairly quickly before your blood sugar spikes too high. When your blood sugar spikes, insulin is produced, but some of those carbs are converted to fat. The insulin then stores both the carbs AND the fat. This only works if the fat intake for that meal was fairly low though. If you eat a lot of carbs AND fat in the same meal, you're pretty much screwed. Also note, that IMO Glucophase XR is better than regular KR-ALA for this purpose. Quercitin, Q3D, and Q4D help to target muscle tissue specifically in terms of storage. Using regular KR-ALA may result in a greater amount of liver glycogen storage and may even result in more fat storage than intended.

Insulin sensitizing amino acids (Arginine, Lysine, Taurine, etc.): Increasing insulin sensitivity decreases liklihood of your blood sugar spiking. It results in a more sustained release of insulin instead of reaction only when blood sugar levels rise too high. This means less of the sugar gets a chance to be converted to fat before it is stored.

B) Fat burning hormones:
There are hormones in your body which burn fat directly.

Growth Hormone:
GH burns fat whenever it comes into contact with a fat cell. It releases fatty acids from fat cells so the fat can be burned. Here are ways to increase GH:

Arginine + Lysine: These are growth hormone potentiators. Take these pre-workout and right before sleeping. The reason for this is that those are the two times you produce the most growth hormone; during your workout, and while sleeping.

GHRP-6: You can take a Ghrelin agonist OR antagonist. It tells your body to produce gortwh hormone. However a Ghrelin agonist will increase your appetite like nobody's business.

GHRP-2: Similar in action to GHRP-6. It tells your body to produce growth hormone.

P-GH: This one BECOMES growth hormone via a chemical process in the body. I'm not to sure of this one though. Most pre-hormones don't get converted.

recombinant GH (rGH): If you have the cash, the source, and don't mind circumventing the law, you can take GH directly. It burns fat wherever your inject it. Side effects are typically only seen when high doses taken. However side effects can include aggravation of acromegally (growth of brow, jaw, hands, feet, and internal organs, as well as enlarged heart), increased organ thickness (especially intestines), carpal tunnel syndrome, joint soreness, numbness in fingers and toes.

PGF2a:
PGF2a is a prostaglandin. It is a fatty acid based hormone in your body. PGF2a is both anabolic AND fat burning. PGF2a however does something very special. It doesn't just release fatty acids from fat cells. It actually kills fat cells outright. Dieting doesn't kill fat cells, it just shrinks them. Typically fat cells only die if they store nothing for a very long time. It is very difficult to get a fat cell to die; which is why it is so easy to have weight rebound after a diet. Any place PGF2a kills fat cells, it makes it very difficult for fat to increase in that area because it requires that entirely new fat cells be generated. Your body prefers to store fat in existing fat cells. This is the reason for fat distribution in people; why some people have fat stomachs while others have fat butts.

PGF2a however has some very nasty side effects. For one thing it should NEVER EVER be taken by a woman. EVER. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. In women it causes intense and unbearable pain in the uterus. The reason is that PGF2a causes spontaneous abortion in women. So even if you aren't pregnant, if you take PGF2a your body will try to give birth anyway. For men, this is a non-issue; we don't have a uterus.

PGF2a, when injected causes INTENSE muscle soreness. I've hear dthe pain is akin to having someone take a baseball bat the the area. Additionally PGF2a relaxes smooth muscles. That means minutes after taking it, your body will empty out the entire contents of your colon. This effect lasts for several hours. It is highly recommended that anyone taking PGF2a have unrestricted access to a bathroom for the next 3 hours. People react differently to it. SOme take it and experience a little soreness and some stomach upset. Others take it and can barely move the injected muscle and proceed to vomit and crap for the next 3 hours non-stop.

PGF2a can be taken transdermally instead of intramuscularly. This reduces the negatives somewhat. However it require MUCH higher doses in this form, and in this form it proves absolutely no anabolic benefit whatsoever. It also means you have to under any and all conditions make sure the area where the transdermal solution was applied doesn't come into contact with a woman.

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