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    Will guarana help?

    As above, will taking the stimulant guarana help or hinder my fat loss??

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    Re: Will guarana help?

    Guarana is quite similar to caffeine. Caffeine is not allowed during the induction phase of Atkins and is not recommended in general by Dr. Atkins.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana
    No stats. Not weighing anymore ever. Will post "before and after" pictures when I want to. The end.

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      Re: Will guarana help?

      There aren't any short cuts. The only way to get the fat off and keep it off is to reduce intake and increase exercise. Atkins helps us do this by limiting harmful and fattening foods so we are full on good quality healthy food. What we learn in INduction and OWL lets us keep the weight off when it is gone. Quick fixes may be quick, but their effects do not last.

      If you look at the side effects guaran can have they are horrendous, with the most offputting one for me being very severe headaches (migraine strength!).
      Odille

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      131 kg (HW/est SW)/ 104.3 (CW)/ 63 (GW)
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        Re: Will guarana help?

        Originally posted by changing
        Guarana is quite similar to caffeine. Caffeine is not allowed during the induction phase of Atkins and is not recommended in general by Dr. Atkins.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana
        Atkins Accel supplement ingredients (and this product was around prior to Dr. A's death):

        Green Tea Leaf Extract (providing 50 mg of caffeine and 90 mg epigallocatechin gallate)600 mcgAccelerator blend (providing 25mg total methylxanthines)- Yerba mate leaf extract brazilian guarana seed extract and theobroma cacau seed extract166.7 mgThyroplex Blend- Guggul extract (commiphora mukul) bladderwrack kelp DL-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine50 mg
        Keep doing what you're doing & you'll keep getting what you're getting!!!
        213.5/126-131/140, 5'5" age 33
        Original Goal: 160
        Size 22/4-6-8/8
        Start BMI: 35.5
        Current BMI: 21.8
        Maintenance
        Started Low Carbing 5/23/03
        Started Atkins 6/11/03

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          Re: Will guarana help?

          When I saw the subject of this thread I thought "guano - isnt that bird poop?" then I re-read the title and relaxed a bit!! LOL

          You dont really need to take these extra pills for Atkins to work.

          Alliecat mentioned the Atkin's Excel - well I bought some of these when I wanted to 'speed up' my losses in my early Atkineering days (before I discovered ADBB) and found precisely NO benefit from taking them!

          Save the money to put towards buying new (smaller) clothes
          Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
          Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



          Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





          F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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