Is ephedrine really bad for you? Any proof of this product causing cancer?

Question

I am pissed ! Really pissed ! I have tried so many different appetite suppressant pills, including Hoodia from some of the best companies like Desert Burn, but none has worked for me. I took Ephedrine like Xtreme Ephedra before and it worked so well. What is the real story about Ephedrine? I still have dozens of these ephedrine bottles, and thinking about taking them again. Any suggestion? Thanks

Answer 1

Ephedrine doesn't cause cancer. Nobody has ever said it did.

The problem with Ephedrine (and brand name ephedra) is that there's no real way to guarantee quality control, so dosages stated on bottles may be off by a good deal. This is because ephedra, like other dietary supplements, isn't regulated by any governmental body in the United States.

Ephedra causes an increase in metabolic rates that yes, can cause weight loss. They can also cause high increases in body core temperature and heart rate. Alone, those two conditions are dangerous. Together, they can cause heat stroke that won't go down like naturally-caused heat stroke (i.e. exercising outside) without purging ephedra from the system.

Ephedra is a phenomenally dangerous substance when used in the wrong doses for the person.

Answer 2

I used to take 3 pills a day, all at the same time when I worked at a restaurant. Your right they do work really good, I used to have tons of energy, and work my *** off! And I wasn't eating but like once a day. I took them for energy though. I took them for a long time, like 2 years, but I don't take them anymore. It's not good for you to be on them that long. Ephedrine is supposed to be used for asthma, it should tell you that on the box or bottle. It can lead to health problems like heart attack, stroke, and other health problems. It's getting really hard to find where I live and if you do find it, it's really expensive. If you take it, don't be on it for long periods of time, and don't take alot of pills a day. Just be careful and use good judgment.

Answer 3

In order to lose weight successfully, you must understand “Emotional Eating”.

Emotional Eating

Emotional Eating - using food to escape or to make yourself feel better.

Emotional eating means that you eat for some other reason than health or nutrition.
This sounds pretty innocent, but Emotional Eating is actually what makes you break
your diets. It's what makes you feel intense cravings for particular foods. It's what makes
you overeat. It causes food addiction. It's even responsible for binges and yoyo diets.
Chances are, if you've ever struggled to lose weight and failed, or regained weight
back after some success, you've struggled with Emotional Eating.

Common Signs of Emotional Eating:

1. I run to food for comfort and support during difficult times.
2. Life would be too difficult without my favorite foods.
3. I would be too depressed without sweets, chocolate, or snacks.
4. I need food to get rid of negative feelings or a bad day.
5. I feel guilty after eating but can’t always stop.
6. Food calms me down when I’m angry or frustrated.
7. When I’m lonely food makes me feel better.
8. Food is one of the only things that can keep me occupied when I’m bored.
9. I just love junk food and the feeling it gives.
10. When I hate my job, food gets me through the day when life gets too stressful.

We all have good reasons to control what we eat but we also have strong reasons to hold on to food as a source of comfort. It would be best that you visit your local library or book store and get any book on emotional eating and/or bingeing in order to understand the conflict within so that you can lose weight permanently and understand fully the motivations that fuel emotional eating.

Best of Luck.
I taken ephedrine for four months years ago and I lost a lot of inches with that stuff. Just when I was going to purchase more, they took it off the market. After, I had to deal with Emotional Eating as I no longer had the help of ephedrine:

Answer 4

I haven't heard anything about the cancer link, but I know from experience that it's not good for my heart! It jumps nearly out of my body, I get a pounding headache, and have gone into anaphylactic shock when using it: so I quit! Haven't taken it since!

Answer 5

I'm not sure of a link to cancer, but there have been many studies linking it to heart problems and death, even in healthy young people. I really wouldn't risk it. The FDA has banned it for a reason.

Answer 6

No. Now there are some quite sophisticated and messed with soy products that have been familiar to indicate that yet there is not any longer data that soy milk, beans, and stuff like that are undesirable for you.