Written on Sunday, October 19th, 2008 by Miroslav Nikolov

Supplement guide introduction

Supplement guide introduction This is first article of this weight loss supplements guide. Here you can find piece of supplement info – how to take it, how much and when.

Each weight loss supplement has rate (how effective it is from 2 to 5 – see rate table below) and category (based on its functions – see category table). Read carefully what each of these supplements can do for you.

Start easy. Add only one supplement per week or two to be able to see its effect and after that you can add another one. If you add too many of them and you have good results it will be difficult for you to find which of them really works.

Follow the doses shown in this supplement guide or on the supplement label – many weight loss supplements stop working effective if you overdose them. You are going to pay much more if you take too much of them and sometimes this will harm your health.

Rates
	Highly recommended for everyday usage.
	These supplements help your efforts. Some of them work indirectly and sometimes are more expensive than 5 start supplements.
	Some of these supplements help you to achieve specific goals and work individual (have different effect).
	These supplements are for people with specific needs. Often they are more expensive or work better in different situations – for example many of them work better for beginners, others work better for advanced training people.

Category
Based on their function in our body supplements have at least one main property. Some of them have more properties – in this case their properties here are ordered so that their main property is first one.
S – Strength	F – Fat loss	E – Energy	H – Health	B – Brain stimulation

Let start with our guide’s first set of fat loss and health supplements.

1) Yohimbine – (F B E)

If you take yohimbine with small doses of caffeine it will stimulate the central nervous system. If you take bigger doses of yohimbine it can cause super stimulation and high blood pressure.
This supplement is very good if you want to burn fats and increase your potency. It is also recommended as good supplement in order to help your weight loss spot reduction training.

Doses: 2-5mg three times per day.

2) Kava – (B H)

The herb Piper methysticum – also known as kava has positive effect to the relaxation and the sleep, balances the spirit and used clinically to heal symptoms of anxiety. Its active ingredient is kavalactone and although scientists are not completely sure how exactly it works, they think that kavalactone work on that brain area, responsible for our emotions and survival instincts. It also changes emotional processes.

Doses: single dose of 250-300mg before sleep is very efficient as soporific. 100-250mg standardized extract (which contains 30% to 70% kavalactone) up to three times per day is typical dose used for anxiety treatment. In some rare cases if kava has been taken for long periods it can cause skin and liver problems. It suppresses our nervous system so you have to escape taking kava with alcohol, sedatives or before driving.

3) Cocamine - (F E B H)

Cocamine is cocoa extract, which can give you all pluses of the chocolate, but without sugar and fats. It contains many active ingredients, which suppress appetite and boost the metabolism – caffeine (Caffeine - is it weight loss effective), tyramine, theobromine and many more. Cocamine also increases energy and improves spirit and concentration. By now there isn’t direct evidence that it takes part in fat burn process, but many scientists think it cause effect as active component.

Doses: 1-2gr – one to three times per day.

4) Coenzyme Q10 – (E)

Shortened CoQ10, it helps muscles to process the energy and can help some people control their blood pressure. Training with heavy weights leads to accumulation of free radicals in muscle cells, which damage them - CoQ10 neutralizes these radicals. Our body uses CoQ10 to turn carbohydrates (Good foods, bad foods and carbohydrates enemies) and fats into energy and also uses it as sponge against free radicals. One more thing - CoQ10 boosts vitamin C and E properties.

Doses: 50-100mg per day, usually taken with food.

You do not have to use all supplements here, but I suggest you to frame your goal and take weight loss or/and health supplements based on it.