Caffeine is a stimulant that is used to stay awake and it gives mental alertness from fatigue. This is used as an adjunct for pain relief and also as energy accelerates. Caffeine is a non-prescription drug easily available as over the counter medication and comes in combination to acquire relief from headache and pain. Caffeine increases the mental alertness by offering the required energy for exercise training and weight loss. Caffeine cannot be considered as a mere stimulant as it reaches deep into muscles and provides power that is long lasting. Caffeine taken before any work out is also great as it fights the fatigue and keeps the person ready for the workout. Dieters also find caffeine as the solution as they feel sluggish. This is a no-calorie stimulant and does its job effectively and quickly. Caffeine anhydrous is found even in one or two coffee cups. However, this limitation is recommended as excess caffeine may result in irritability, rapid heart beat, nervousness and sleeplessness.

Embelic Myrobalan Extract is the extract of a plant with biological name Emblica officinalis. In India it is commonly known as amla. The active ingredients in Emblic myrobalan that have significant pharma-cological action are gallic acid, tannins, pectin, and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). Its extracts are used in medicine for treatment of vermifuge and to stimulate appetite. It is one of the highest natural sources of Vitamin C (3,000 mg per fruit). Some studies suggest that Emblic myrobalan extracts can be used in treatment of diabetes. Research also shows that it increases the red blood count, strengthens the hair and prevents premature graying of hair.

Evodiamine has been used in Chinese medicine and by Chinese herbalists for centuries for weight loss purposes. It is an extract from a plant, Evodia or Tetradium, actually a tree genus of the family Rutaceae. The bee bee tree, as it is called besides Euodia and Evodia, provide a bioactive alkaloid that the Chinese have nicknamed Wu-Chu-Yu. This extract not only can interact with UCP1, a thermogenic protein, which as a consequence burns energy as heat, but also has shown in studies on mice to reduce the fat uptake. Evodiamine seems to increase the resting temperature of humans, whereby increased fat and calories are burned in order to supply the heat. Deemed a breakthrough in thermogenesis, evodiamine is subject of several clinical studies.

N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine relates to the supplementation of tyrosine. The N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine is converted into L-tyrosine. N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine is useful in treating depression and mood problems. This is also of immense use in treating blood pressure, skin and hair color as well as Parkinson’s disease. N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine gets converted into the body and is soluble in water. N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine serves as one of the significant supplement to increase the tyrosine levels present in the body because the substances that stay undissolved are un-absorbed by the digestive tract. This contains B-6 vitamin and this is a must for the synthesis for neurotransmitter. N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine is prohibited by the FDA regulations to be appropriate for medical treatment. N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine, in the recent research has come to conclude that it is effective for medical conditions. Even mild stress causes neurotransmitter deficiency and this ends up in sullen moods or depression. However, N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine is useful in restoring skin pigment and also is effective in hair darkening.

Octopamine is a secretion initially discovered in the salivary glands of the Octopus and hence the derivation of the name. it tendso to act as a neurotransmitter, transmitting messages from the neurons to the brain and vice versa. Octopamine has been found to have a tendency to release fat deposits from cells, thus aiding in the loss of weight. It is therefore being used as a slimming agent by most people, even though there is no concrete evidence that it does assist in weight loss, for sure. Octopamine is also believed to increase blood pressure levels when it is in combination with other weight loss stimulating supplements. Although not much is known about Octopamine, a deeper study is being conducted into its uses and effects.

Passion Flower belongs to the family of Passifloraceae. It is one of the 500 species of flowering plant that belong to this family. It is also known as passion vines or passiflora. This family of plants consists of vines, scrubs and herbaceous. These flowers have hundreds of hybridized varieties. These hybrid varieties are most used for the purpose of fruits, foliage and flowers. Some of these passion vines also bear fruits. These fruits are generally round or elongated and are edible. There are a vast variety of these fruits grown in different countries. Passion fruit, sweet granadilla, maypop, giant granadilla, banana passion fruits are just a few of these species. The fresh and dried leaves of the fruit maypop have been to make tea. This infusion is said to treat illnesses like hysteria, insomnia and epilepsy. It is also known for its painkiller properties.

Sclareolide is an all natural product and a terpenoid, an organic chemical which in similar form exists in plants with antifungal characteristics. It has already found wide usage in the body building and weight loss world as Norambrolide. This compound activates something called “cyclic adenosine monophosphate”, which is something similar to a messenger on a cellular basis, and is called cAMP. These cAMP messengers activate the body chemistry to remove fat out of their storage place, thereby promoting weight loss, which is a similar function that Ephedrine used to do, only Ephedrine was stimulating the adrenal glands. On the other hand, cAMP levels are increased by Sclareolide without sidetracking through the adrenal glands, a much safer and certainly more effective way to increase the metabolic rate.

Vinpocetine, a memory enhancer. Vinpocetine makes cerebral microcirculation (blood flow) easier, increases brain cell ATP production, and increases useability of glucose and oxygen.

White Willow Bark, or Salix alba, is a willow commonly found in Europe and adjacent parts of western and central Asia. The bark of the White Willow has been used for centuries against fevers and to ease pains and aches. Already Hippocrates wrote about the White Willow bark powder two thousand five hundred years ago. The active ingredient of the White Willow bark is called salicin, a relative to aspirin and chemical derivative of the salicylic acid. When ingested, salicin is converted to salicylic acid, a beta hydroxy acid. As a nutritional supplement, White Willow products are being propagated as weight loss additives, whereby the scientific community has yet to provide any corroboration to this allegation. Besides the well known anti inflammatory characteristics, any other uses have not been approved by the FDA.

Yohimbe, which when ingested, the body converts to yohimbine and assimilates it into the bloodstream. Yohimbe comes from the bark of a tree that grows primarily in Africa. Yohimbine, an alkaloid, is the primary active ingredient of yohimbe. Yohimbe is commonly used as an aphrodisiac and antioxidant. Yohimbe is also used as a vasodilator, which means that it increases blood flow to the extremities and appendages, this is one of the main reasons why it is found in many sexual aids.