If you’re really into bodybuilding – and I mean really into it – then Muscle Asylum Project might have the sort of supplements you’d be interested in. By their own admission, they manufacture products for people who are totally obsessed with building huge, ripped muscle. Their website says that they aim to “transform average men into beasts, and beasts into freaks of nature”.

Muscle Asylum Project have created a delivery system called Rapid Wave Pulse Technology, which revolutionizes the way that nutrients are transported throughout the body. They have also discovered research on an anabolic compound which, if used in a certain way, has the ability to stimulate satellite cells to produce new muscle tissue.

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With all the weight loss supplements on the market today, it’s hard to know which one to choose. Yellow Devils are one of the many diet pills available.

Yellow Devils are a synergistic fat burning supplement containing ephedra and caffeine.

In China, ephedra, or ma huang as the Chinese call it, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years to stimulate the metabolism and to treat asthma and allergies.

Caffeine is more well known in the Western world. Most of us are probably aware, from first hand experience, of the kick that a cup of coffee or a cola drink can give us, helping us to get started in the morning or stay up later at night. Caffeine is also a stimulant and increases heart rate and blood pressure.

Yellow Devils contain 25mg of ephedra and 300mg of caffeine. They can increase metabolism, energy, endurance and concentration. Increased metabolism means that you will burn more fat.

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In the past, ephedrine has been used in Western medicine as a decongestant, and as a bronchodilator for the treatment of asthma.

The Chinese, however, have been using ephedra, the plant from which ephedrine is derived, for several thousand years. They call ephedra, ma huang. In Chinese medicine it has been used not only to treat asthma, allergies and hay fever but also as a metabolic stimulant.

Today, in the Western world, ephedrine diet pills have become popular due to this ability to stimulate the metabolism. This means that it can help your body to burn more fat. It also acts as an appetite suppressant.

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If you want increased muscle development but don’t like the idea of taking prohormone supplements, perhaps pSARM by LG Sciences could be your thing.

pSARM (or phytoSARM) is a non-hormonal anabolic. SARM stands for selective androgen receptor modulator. SARMs home in on the androgen receptors in muscle tissue and encourage faster muscle development. PhytoSARMs are plant-based compounds which have this same effect.

The molecule in pSARM is similar to testosterone and acts as an anabolic in certain muscle types. But because it’s a plant-based product, you can have all the rapid muscle building benefits of testosterone, providing immense gains in size and strength, without the negative side effects, like liver and kidney problems, associated with illegal steroids and prohormones.

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If you want to increase your fitness and tone your muscles, weight training can be a valuable exercise. Some women may avoid working with weights because they’re worried that they’ll end up looking too muscular. However, this needn’t be the case. Great benefit can be achieved even using fairly light weights.

Weight training for women, as for men, can both build muscle and increase bone density. The ability to increase bone density is, perhaps, more important for women than men as women are more prone to osteoporosis - a disease which weakens the bones and makes them more susceptible to fractures - particularly following menopause.

If you’ve decided to go ahead with some weight training, there are a couple of simple rules you should follow.

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Claimed to be “the strongest female fat burner”, Slimquick Extreme by Nx Labs is a diet pill designed for women that combines several fat burning ingredients in the one tablet.

The main ingredient in Slimquick Extreme is green tea extract. Green tea is believed to assist with fat burning and also to increase fat oxidization. This means that more fat is released from the cells, resulting in the body using more fat as an energy source.

It also contains some stimulants, such as caffeine and theobromine. We’re probably all familiar with caffeine as an ingredient in everyday products such as coffee, tea, cola and energy drinks and are aware of the effects it can have on our bodies - it increases heart rate and makes us more alert for a short period of time. This can also mean that we burn more energy during this time.

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Diet pills come in lots of different forms with a wide range of ingredients. If you’re looking for a diet pill that’s 100% natural, Zylene could be your answer. Zylene contains a blend of minerals and herbs that may give you an energy boost, reduce your appetite and increase fat loss.

The main mineral in Zylene is chromium. Chromium is involved in converting fats and carbohydrates to energy. It regulates our insulin, maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, and lowers cholesterol. Healthy insulin levels help us to sustain energy throughout the day. From a weight loss point of view, chromium helps fat metabolism and reduces hunger and food cravings. Zylene also contains many other trace minerals.

Another ingredient in Zylene is resveratrol, a substance produced by plants as a defense against disease. It is found in high concentrations in grape seeds and red wine, and helps to increase energy and lower blood sugar levels.

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The Cookie Diet was created by Geneva heathway and is based in California.  The Cookie Diet offers a new take on the old problem of fat loss in a slogan found on their web site, “cookie company invents lazy way to lose weight.”
The concept involves just eating cookies, 2oz of a high fiber low fat cookie to be used as a meal replacement.  The claim is that the cookie will make you feel full, is nutritious, will further suppress your appetite, boost your metabolism and burn fat.  That’s some cookie! Read Full Post

There are many products on the market geared toward weight loss, and often times consumers have difficulty determining how effective a supplement is.  Fat burners, weight loss pills, amino acid supplements…the list goes on in terms of choices, so I thought this would be an oppotunity to provide some clarity on one supplement in particular, and that is l-glutamine for weight loss purposes. Read Full Post

Busy mom’s get ready, spring is just around the corner and your busy schedule is getting in the way of your health and fitness goals, you might want to pay attention.  How many times have you said, “I don’t have time”, or “its too much of a hastle”.  Now reflect for a moment on what you have accomplished this year in terms of fitness in relation to what you thought you were going to do bakc when you made those fitness resolutions for the new year.  If you have fallen back to making excuses for missing workouts, and are still not finding time for you because you are a very busy mom, here are some tips for incorporating fitness, children and healthy living into a simple workout solution.  Read Full Post