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I am often asked this question and would love to take this opportunity to clear up any confusion individuals like you may have regarding how NITRIX® works. NITRIX® is termed an A.M. to P.M. Vaso-Muscular Volumizer, essentially meaning that the ingredients in NITRIX® have been shown to volumize both blood vessels and muscle cells for a sustained period of time.
NITRIX® contains a blend of three vasodilators that have been shown to aid in the production of nitric oxide (N.O.), and nitric oxide relaxes your blood vessels. When a blood vessel relaxes (dilates), it expands, allowing more nutrients and blood to flow freely throughout the body. Think of a blood vessel as a road. If you have a two-lane road and have 1,000 vehicles traveling on it at any given time, it may create congestion and traffic may move slowly. However, if you increase that road to four lanes, the same volume of traffic will move more freely and efficiently. In terms of how NITRIX® works within the body, if nutrients (the cars) have a hard time moving through the blood vessels (the roads), nutrients, for the sake of efficiency and conservation of energy, will look for the nearest exit. This means the nutrients will typically exit at fat stores, which is obviously not what we want. Simply put, the ingredients in NITRIX® have been shown to enable nutrients to flow much more freely, readily making it to their final destination, your muscle cells.
As to why you do not "feel" NITRIX® right away, the reason is that muscle growth is a slow process. Your body does not want to be any more muscular than it has to be. The more lean muscle mass you carry, the more calories your body has to consume for survival. Our bodies are set up for survival, not growth, so our bodies resist growth at all costs, which makes muscle growth a slow, sometimes agonizing process. Relaxing blood vessels everyday, all-day, allows muscle-building nutrients to flow into muscle tissue in need of repair, providing more oxygen for cellular function and ensuring metabolic waste products are removed efficiently and swiftly to accelerate the growth process.
You may not feel NITRIX® working right away as you would with N.O.-XPLODE™, but it is in the background working day after day and week after week. Muscle tissue is repairing and growing 24 hours a day. Though we all want instant results and gratification, you must be patient. Your body's chemistry and weight will determine how long it will take to experience the full effects of NITRIX®. As you consistently take NITRIX® over the initial 7-14 day period, you should be able to feel the effects of the product. Each week thereafter, the effects of the product should become more pronounced. NITRIX® begins to induce its maximum effects in weeks 3 to 12 after first use. Be patient and stay consistent on your dosing to reap the most benefits from NITRIX®.
When reducing calories, I find my energy levels crash, which leads me to crave junk food. Will THERMONEX™ keep my energy levels up, while keeping my appetite in check?
When we reduce caloric intake to reduce body fat, by nature, our metabolic rate decreases. Less food consumed means less food for our bodies to process, and our metabolisms slow down. When this occurs, many people (such as yourself) will find that their energy levels become depleted. It's a typical human response to compensate for this by eating, oftentimes choosing less-than-healthy food options. Usually we find-or convince ourselves-that we're so hungry that we must eat for energy, and we end up binging. When this happens, we "break" our diet and end up overeating before our brain can send the signal to say stop. Though this may look like a hard obstacle to overcome, it is a bad habit that can be broken.
The first step, when it comes to overcoming overeating and binging, is to simply be accountable. You are responsible for what you put in your mouth, and rest assured that what you eat will in turn show up in your physique. If you eat clean and give your body good fuel, you will look amazing and feel great. If you choose to eat poorly, you will feel that way and look that way. You must remind yourself that there is always a cost for your actions. If you can grasp this, it will put you ahead of the game. Now, if you need a little extra support, you're definitely on the right track with THERMONEX™, as this time-tested supplement can be of great assistance. The ingredients in THERMONEX™ have been shown to curb your appetite, even on the strictest diet, as well as increase energy levels, providing great sustained energy throughout the day and helping minimize "crashes" in energy. The lack of a crash is thought to be accomplished through the addition of Naringin, an ingredient in THERMONEX™ which studies suggest prolongs the activity and effectiveness of most other ingredients in the product. THERMONEX™ can help put you on the road to sticking to your diet plan and achieving your goals.
I've put on a lot of lean muscle over the last year. Now I need to reduce my body fat levels to see what I'm left with. But I'm afraid that I'll lose too much muscle if I use ATRO-PHEX®.
I understand your concern, and it can potentially be a very valid one. Many fat burners are solely stimulant-based. Though stimulants can have a positive effect on the body in regard to fat loss, the downside to their use can come from the potential increase in cortisol levels. Cortisol is an adrenal hormone that is produced when the body is under stress, helping it manufacture more glucose from muscle proteins to provide energy for the fight-or-flight response. Stimulants trigger this same response. As I'm sure you are aware, dieting places the body in a catabolic state to begin with. Now, add stimulants to the mix, which can potentially force the body to manufacture energy via gluconeogenesis (breaking down proteins to make glucose), and you have a recipe that could lead to muscle loss as well. Enter ATRO-PHEX®. Yes, ATRO-PHEX® does have a stimulant element to it via the inclusion of methylxanthines (caffeine). However, it is not solely a stimulant-based weight management product. ATRO-PHEX® has over 25 ingredients, and one of the most amazing is 7-Keto™ (3-acetyl-7-oxo-dehydroepiandrosterone), also known as 7-oxo DHEA.
7-Keto™ can be referred to as an "uncoupling" agent, given its uncoupling effects on oxidative phosphorylation. Uncoupling is defined as a condition in which the rate of electron transport can no longer be regulated by an intact chemiosmotic gradient. To better understand this, let's back up and review energy production. The simplest form of energy production is glycolysis, which is the process of converting glucose to pyruvate to produce ATP. The pyruvate that is produced in this process enters the Krebs cycle, which produces NADH and FADH2, both of which are eventually used to produce even more ATP. NADH and FADH2 molecules supply electrons that are passed along an elaborate chain of molecules that ends in a reaction with oxygen and the release of energy that changes ADP to ATP. The term oxidative phosphorylation is given to this series of reactions. Any agent (e.g., 7-Keto™) or process that disrupts this relationship is said to "uncouple" oxidative phosphorylation. At this point you're probably wondering how "uncoupling" affects fat loss, and how this is all tied to 7-Keto™. Here's how...
7-Keto™ has been shown to enhance the activity of the glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-P DH) and malic enzymes respectively. These two enzymes are involved in an electron transport shuttle that eliminates the phosphorylation coupled to the transfer of electrons from NADH. This process results in less ATP produced and more heat production (thermogenesis). The enhanced activity of these enzymes, as a result of 7-Keto™ supplementation, "uncouples" oxidative phosphorylation. The uncoupling of electron transport from ATP synthesis allows rapid oxidation of Krebs substrates, promoting the mobilization of carbohydrates and fats, since regulatory pathways are programmed to maintain concentrations of those substrates at set levels. Since the energy is lost as heat, an energy deficit is created. ATP is needed and fat yields the most units of ATP when metabolized, so the body turns to burning fat to make up for this energy deficit which has been created. Fat is specifically targeted and muscle tissue is spared.
So if you are looking to decrease body fat while dieting, but want to maintain your muscle mass, 7-Keto™ and other ingredients in ATRO-PHEX® can help you achieve your goals, and ATRO-PHEX® should be the first supplement on your list!
I want to try VOLUMAIZE®, but I am dieting and am low-carbing it. Can you help me work VOLUMAIZE® into my regimen, and still keep me burning fat?
The key thing to keep in mind in your situation is manipulation of insulin. If you can control blood glucose levels by limiting carbohydrate consumption, you can control the amount of insulin that the pancreas releases. When insulin levels are low, your body will be forced to liberate fatty acids from adipose tissue, where they will enter the bloodstream to be used as fuel. However, keep in mind that when you weight train, your muscles will still need fuel. Remember, weight training is an anaerobic process. ATP from glycolysis (the breakdown of glycogen) powers muscular contractions. Typically, it only takes about 40 grams of stored glycogen to fuel an intense weight training session, so not too many carbohydrates are needed. In order to get lean and stay lean, while getting the most out of what carbohydrates you do consume, it's best to consume both fast- and slow-acting carbohydrates during training (N-Training™). The carbohydrates contained in VOLUMAIZE®, along with the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and essential amino acids (EAAs), have been shown to provide useable fuel during training, while increasing protein synthesis and insulin regulation, which can lead to increased training intensity, initiation of muscle growth, and stabilization of blood glucose levels. By nature, reducing calories and carbs for the sake of reducing body fat can put one in a catabolic state (muscle breakdown). By consuming VOLUMAIZE® during training (N-Training™), catabolic forces may be kept at bay, which would allow for greater anabolism (protein synthesis) and, more importantly, electrolyte replenishment and ATP resynthesis.