Here is the link:
www.endothil.com/index.asp
I know that there are medical personell on this forum and I would love to hear from them on their thoughts about this.
If you don't want to go through the website, let me sum up.
There is a pill out there that was made for patients with severe muscle atrophy to help them regain their strength. An independent study found that the subjects who took the drug increased upper body strength by 100% and lower body strength by 249% in six weeks. Now a company has found a natural source for drug and is selling it for 60 bucks a bottle.
As of right now it is not banned by any athletic association, but I think that it is only a matter of time.
I would be very wary of anything that is advertised to increase muscle strength, decrease unsightly fat bulges in your midsection....etc...where the advertisement tells you neither what the actual compound is (other than a revoulutionary "natural" compound) nor what any possible side effects might be. Even natural compounds have scientific names and chemical structures....and the fact that they only give you a "trade" name makes me really suspicious....how do you actually know it's not a steroid or steroid-like? You only have their comments that it acts as a nictoinic receptor agonist....well....maybe this compound is really nicotine.... goodness knows, that's natural.....but also habit-forming, and really toxic in high doses. That brings up another issue with these nutriceuticals.....you never really know how much you are getting. They are not regulated by the FDA. Essentially you can market anything called natural, herbal, or nutritional and as long as you don't claim to actually cure anything you don't have to conduct any studies showing that your product is safe or effective. It is not even necessary to verify that the amount of "whatever" that you say is in the product is actually in the product.... in the amount stated on the label. The FDA will only get involved if safety issues arise....after marketing. So...after lambasting these folks....can you trust any of the herbal/nutriceutical products? I think so....but I would be wary of a company I have never heard of and a product that doesn't seem to have a "real" name.
I would be very wary of anything that is advertised to increase muscle strength, decrease unsightly fat bulges in your midsection....etc...where the advertisement tells you neither what the actual compound is (other than a revoulutionary "natural" compound) nor what any possible side effects might be. Even natural compounds have scientific names and chemical structures....and the fact that they only give you a "trade" name makes me really suspicious....how do you actually know it's not a steroid or steroid-like? You only have their comments that it acts as a nictoinic receptor agonist....well....maybe this compound is really nicotine.... goodness knows, that's natural.....but also habit-forming, and really toxic in high doses. That brings up another issue with these nutriceuticals.....you never really know how much you are getting. They are not regulated by the FDA. Essentially you can market anything called natural, herbal, or nutritional and as long as you don't claim to actually cure anything you don't have to conduct any studies showing that your product is safe or effective. It is not even necessary to verify that the amount of "whatever" that you say is in the product is actually in the product.... in the amount stated on the label. The FDA will only get involved if safety issues arise....after marketing. So...after lambasting these folks....can you trust any of the herbal/nutriceutical products? I think so....but I would be wary of a company I have never heard of and a product that doesn't seem to have a "real" name.
