Bitter Orange Extract Deemed Safe
Remember the good old days when ephedrine was legal and readily available? It was almost like fat simply melted off of your body without much effort at all. Well, those good old days were over 13 years ago (now I feel old). Thanks to the FDA, ephedrine was wiped off the market — well, kind of. And that’s where bitter orange extract came into the picture.
Those who were interested in using ephedrine after the “ban” could purchase it over the counter still, by simply buying a box of Bronkaid — generally used for asthma relief. You can purchase Bronkaid at places like Rite Aid, Walmart, Walgreens, Target, CVS, and other retailers. Note, you will need a form of ID as the government tracks how much you purchase and has the ability to shut it down if you attempt to purchase too much at one time or too often (since the product can be used to produce narcotics).
Each dose of Bronkaid will yield you 25mg of ephedrine, along with 400mg of guaifenesin (an expectorant). The downside to the inclusion of guaifenesin is the fact that if you try to take several pills to obtain a high dosage of ephedrine, you’d get sick. Yet, many still use Bronkaid in an attempt to drop stubborn body fat. Most even use it as the old school EC or ECA stack where ephedrine is combined with caffeine or caffeine and aspirin. This combination has potent fat burning capabilities.
So, where does bitter orange extract (or also known as citrus aurentium) come into play? Well, when ephedrine was (kinda) taken off the market, bitter orange extract seemed to have attempted to fill its extremely large shoes. However, the safety of bitter orange extract was under heavy scrutiny and many pushed to also have it banned.
Using the Googlez
If you put bitter orange extract into Google, you will find about 1,850,000 results (yes, I looked it up). There’s a wide array of supplements out there with bitter orange extract as one of its ingredients. There are also websites that talk about the negative effects from supplementing with it—as well as those promoting its use. Yet, as with ephedrine searches, over the last 10+ years, searches for bitter orange extract have declined dramatically.
For those who never heard of it, bitter orange is a plant that when used as a supplement has the ability to potentially decrease appetite as well as aid in weight loss. When combined with caffeine it becomes a powerful and potent combination.
A doctor at the Creighton University Medical Center who backs the use and safety of bitter orange extract, and who also helps formulate supplements looked at a review on this ingredient and mentioned, “This review indicates that p-synephrine cannot be equated with ephedrine and the effects of ephedrine cannot be extrapolated to p-synephrine due to structural differences.” He feels as if bitter orange extract is dying off in the same fashion as ephedrine, without it even being considered a banned substance.
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