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rubyn00bie ◴[] No.26612442[source]
This is not surprising to anyone who has ever walked into a GNC, or other health food store... is it even news? They’ve been selling shit like “redline” for many years to do exactly this.

Power fat burner: caffeine + blood thinner. That’s most of what things like redline do. Is it going to work if you don’t exercise? Nope, but it sure as hell does help if you are exercising.

I’d really only recommend it to people focused on losing a lot of weight. If you’re trying to lose 10lbs it’ll never make a difference. If you’re trying to lose 100lbs though, then yeah, 6-12 months worth of slightly increased metabolic rate will probs have a net positive affect.

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robbintt ◴[] No.26612495[source]
What is the blood thinner for?

Edit: found this ingredient list but not sure if it is the same formulation or what I am looking for: https://www.heb.com/product-detail/vpx-redline-xtreme-triple...

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nullify88 ◴[] No.26612774[source]
Blood thinners reduce blood viscosity increasing flow. Aspirin is commonly used together with ephedrine and caffeine to form an ECA stack. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECA_stack
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bserge ◴[] No.26613289[source]
Can't buy ephedrine anymore. Or pseudoephedrine, which was shit anyway. They've been replaced with synephrine and other stuff, which is just bad.
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1. cheezerman ◴[] No.26613931[source]
Ephedrine is still available over the counter, in the US, at least.