Hydroxycut Max Ingredients
Muscletech Hydroxycut Max is a unique blend of 25 different ingredients. There are 2 proprietary blends in Hydroxycut - the Max Liqui Burn blend and the Max weight loss matrix. Each containing various ingredients aimed for promoting weight loss. We'll take a look at some of these key ingredients below. First, a list of the ingredients.
Hydroxycut Max Ingredient Details:
Serving Size 3 caps
Servings Per Container 40
Max! Liqui-Burn Blend
Green Tea Extract
Caffeine anhydrous
Xanthinol nicotinate
Yohimbine HCl
Black tea extract
Wu Long tea extract
Rooibos tea extract
Max! Weight-Loss Matrix
Cissus Quadrangularis extract
Aralia mandschurica powder
Soy isoflavones
Rose hips powder
Hibiscus powder
Garcina cambogia extract
L-lysine HCl
Diacylglycerol
Dandelion powder
Juniper powder
Terminalia chebula powder
Angelica keiskei powder
Mangosteen extract
Chaste extract
Citrus complex
Bitter melon powder
Black plum powder
Soy phospholipids
Rasberry extract
Policosanol
First is the Max Liqui Burn Blend, which consists of key ingredients such as green tea extract, caffeine, Xanthinol nicotinate, yohimbine, and several different tea extracts. Caffeine is a stimulant that probably everyone knows about that stimulates the central nervous system, is an energizer, and is used in most fat burners and diet pills to help weight loss. As for green tea, I'm sure most are aware of the many health and weight loss benefits of green tea extract including:
- Green tea is a powerful
antioxidant. (Antioxidants control all the free radicals in
your body, which can be harmful.)
- It helps block the
cancer-promoting actions of carcinogens, ultraviolet light from
the skin, stomach, small intestine, liver or lung.
- The polyphenols in
green tea extract shows promising results supporting weight
loss through increasing energy expenditure.
Xanthinol nicotinate is the most potent form of Niacin ( Vitamin B3), which passes through cell membranes easily. It helps increase brain glucose metabolism, and blood flow (as a vasodilator). While various diet pills use this ingredient to help promote weight loss, it still lacks studies to demonstrate its effectiveness for weight loss. Like Niacin, Xanthinol nicotinate can cause flushing of the skin and warmth in the skin, so these should be included in the possible side effects of using Hydroxycut Max.
Yohimbine HCl has been shown to be effective in the treatment of male impotence, and increase sex drive. Yohimbe is a tree that grows in Africa, and
the natives there have used the crude bark and purified compound
to enhance sexual desire and performance. Yohimbe has been used
for centuries as an aphrodisiac. It has even been smoked as a hallucinogen.
Nowadays, Yohimbe bark extract is mostly used to treat impotence
for men and women. In one study titled "Yohimbine: the effects on body composition and exercise performance in soccer players", the researchers stated that "yohimbine supplementation appears to be suitable as a fat loss strategy in elite athletes."[1]
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The next blend in Hydroxycut Max is the Max Weight Loss Matrix, which contains quite a few more ingredients. The most notable of the bunch is the Cissus Quadrangularis extract, which is the one ingredient where Muscletech quotes a study performed on human subjects showing greater weight loss using this extract compared to the placebo group.
In one 6-week clinical study, subjects using the key ingredient in Hydroxycut® Max! (Cissus quadrangularis) lost, on average,10.56 lbs., while the placebo group actually gained an average of 2.64 lbs. - quoted from muscletech hydroxycut max website.
Again, don't let this fool you in to believing that the study was done on Hydroxycut Max itself - it was not. It was a study performed on one of the key ingredients in Hydroxycut Max. So exactly what is Cissus Quadrangularis extract?
Cissus Quadrangularis is an ancient medicinal plant native to Ceylon and India. It was used for its bone fracture healing properties, and research has demonstrated its ability to speed up bone healing. Aside from its bone healing properties, there are numerous studies demonstrating the weight loss benefits of Cissus Quadrangularis extract
In a study titled "The effect of Cissus quadrangularis (CQR-300) and a Cissus formulation (CORE) on obesity and obesity-induced oxidative stress", the researchers studied the effect of Cissus Quadrangularis on weight, blood lipids, and oxidative stress in obese subjects. They found that it "brought about significant reductions in weight and blood glucose levels, while decreasing serum lipids thus improving cardiovascular risk factors." They concluded that Cissus quadrangularis promoted the increase of lean muscle mass and supports the clinical data for weight loss and also improves cardiovascular health. [2]
In another study titled "The use of a Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo-controlled study", the researchers evaluated the effects of 2 Cissus quadrangularis formulation on weight loss in overweight and obese human subjects.
It involved a 10 week randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled design using 72 obese or overweight subjects. Capsules containing the Cissus quadrangularis formulations and placebo were administered twice daily, while no major dietary changes nor exercises were suggested for the study. Measurements including weight, body fat, waist size, cholesterol, blood glucose level were taken at start, 4, 8, and 10 weeks. The results of this study found that the Cissus quadrangularis formulation groups show a statistically significant difference on all the measured variables - where the difference started showing after four weeks. They concluded that Cissus quadrangularis should "prove helpful in the management of obesity and its related complications." [3]
There are many more studies done on Cissus quadrangularis demonstrating its effectiveness for weight loss and other health benefits. But suffice to say, that the 2 studies we illustrated here should convince you of the effectiveness of Cissus quadrangularis for helping weight loss, and is definitely an excellent ingredient to be added into the mix of Hydroxycut Max.
So when all is said and done, what matters most is does Hydroxycut Max work. So far, it looks like many female users are experiencing positive results using Hydroxycut Max. If you have used this diet pill, please share you experience of Hydroxycut Max here. As always, start at half dose to get a 'feel' for the fat burner, and only increase to the full recommended dose after you feel more comfortable with it.
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1. Res Sports Med. 2006 Oct-Dec;14(4):289-99.
Yohimbine: the effects on body composition and exercise performance in soccer players.
Ostojic SM.
Institute of Sports Medicine, Sports Academy, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
2. Lipids Health Dis. 2007 Feb 4;6:4.
The effect of Cissus quadrangularis (CQR-300) and a Cissus formulation (CORE) on obesity and obesity-induced oxidative stress.
Oben JE, Enyegue DM, Fomekong GI, Soukontoua YB, Agbor GA.
Laboratory of Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
3. Lipids Health Dis. 2008 Mar 31;7:12.
The use of a Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo-controlled study.
Oben JE, Ngondi JL, Momo CN, Agbor GA, Sobgui CS.
Laboratory of Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, B,P, 812, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé,
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