by Most diet pills are not single ingredient products. Lipodrene lists 14 names on one tablet. Caffeine is 100 mg on its own line. Ephedra extract, 25 mg, opens a 560 mg proprietary blend.
What is in Lipodrene?
Lipodrene by Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals: 1 tablet per serving, 100 per bottle. Ephedra extract 25 mg. Caffeine (anhydrous) 100 mg. Green tea extract with 45 mg EGCG. Senegalia berlandieri extract yielding 225 mg phenylethylamine alkaloids. Synephrine HCl, theobromine, theophylline, hoodia, cassia nomame, naringin, 5-HTP and yohimbe HCl with no amounts. $39.95.
Lipodrene with ephedra. 100 tablets, $39.95.
What is ephedra extract?
ODS: ephedra is “a plant native to China” with “three main species: Ephedra sinica, Ephedra equisentina, and Ephedra intermedia.”
The alkaloids are in the stem. They “account for about 1.32% of the plant’s weight.”
High Octane Ephedra 100 lists 100 mg ephedra leaves in its Ephedran X blend and 300 mg caffeine. 1 capsule. $39.95.
Hellfire EPH 150. 150 mg Thermo-Z ephedra extract, 150 mg caffeine anhydrous, 90 capsules.
High Octane Ephedra 100: 100 capsules. $39.95.
What is Senegalia berlandieri extract?
On the Hellfire label, Senegalia berlandieri extract (leaves) yields phenylethylamine alkaloids including methylsynephrine, B-phenylethylamine, N-methyl-B-phenylethylamine and N-phenethyldimethylamine.
Senegalia berlandieri extract, sorted by product.
What is synephrine?
“Bitter orange is the common name for the botanical Citrus aurantium,” says ODS. The fruit “is a source of p-synephrine (often referred to simply as synephrine).”
After 2004, ODS writes, “manufacturers replaced ephedra with bitter orange in many products.” It adds that synephrine “has different pharmacological properties” from ephedrine.
Synephrine products on the Live Lean Today shop.
How much EGCG and caffeine is in green tea?
“A typical brewed cup of green tea has about 240–320 mg catechins,” per ODS, “and 45 mg caffeine.”
ODS on caffeine: “an 8-ounce cup of brewed coffee contains about 85–100 mg caffeine.”
Green tea extract by product.
What is hoodia?
“Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant that grows in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa.” ODS again.
The San people “traditionally used hoodia as an appetite suppressant during long hunts.” A 15-day trial gave 49 women 2,220 mg a day of purified extract.
Hoodia products on the Live Lean Today shop.
What is yohimbe?
Yohimbe is “a West African evergreen tree,” says ODS. Yohimbine is “the main active constituent.”
Doses of 200 mg or higher have been reported with tachycardia and cardiac failure. 18% of 2006 California Poison Control calls about supplement adverse effects involved yohimbe products.
90 servings. $39.95. Black Mamba Hyperrush.
Where are the weight loss ingredient facts listed?
Lipodrene, High Octane and Hellfire each print the Supplement Facts panel on the product page. Ingredient pages in the shop group products by synephrine, green tea extract, hoodia and the rest. ODS keeps a weight loss fact sheet with the studies.
Stacker 2: 20 servings, $6.75.
