Nitric Oxide

[Ouriço]

I saw this today and thought it sounded pretty bizarre. Thoughts?

http://www.johnsmusclebuilding.com/?t202id=51402&t202kw=


There are all sorts of outrageous claims I could quote from that page, things like nitric oxide helps to heal wounds, increase sexual performance, build muscle, etc. I wonder who has tested this.

[andyzzle]

man, it's GOTTA have huge negative side-effects on the body...

like when you fart and fire is coming out of your ass..

haha, try picturing that! xD

[Ouriço]

I don't think that would be considered a negative side-effect.

[andyzzle]

http://www.whoredoeuvre.com/uploadedfiles/Fart_Lighting.jpg
http://www.timw.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/fart-fire.jpg

wahahaha! you're right actually! just imagine what you could do with those powers...

[540Ninja]

Have you never heard of N.O. Explode?

[Ouriço]

I have, but I never researched it or anything.

[JordanW]

All it does is pretty much give you more energy in your workout and give you a huge pump. It's a good synergist for Creatine.

[andyzzle]

so no known negative side effects?

[JordanW]

Nah. It's not a wonder supplement that's going to make you big at all. It just expands the size of your blood vessels so more energy can be supplied to your muscles so it gives you a huge pump too. It's naturally occuring withing the body, just as Creatine is.

[Stas.]

If these supplements don't fuck you up it will fuck up your children...

[JordanW]

If these supplements don't fuck you up it will fuck up your children...

I hope you don't genuinely believe that...

[540Ninja]

Yeah, he obviously hasn't done much research.

[Ouriço]

Stas may be right, if you pumped nitric oxide into every part of your body, your children would definitely come out 50% human and 50% hot gas.

[The_Mayor]

N.O.-Xplode gave me heart palpitations and extreme dizziness. To be fair, the dizziness came after I took WAY more than I should have (about 4x more). Thankfully, I rode the bus to school that day instead of my motorcycle, because it was a challenge just to walk.

I got off it for a while and took what I was supposed to take, but the heart palpitations returned. Supposedly, they're nothing bad or life threatening, but are, nevertheless, quite unpleasant.

I don't take it anymore, but I still get vertigo occasionally. I'm not sure if that is related or not. I never really had random dizziness before I took it, but I do have hearing problems in my right ear, so it might be Ménière's disease causing it too.

[Stas.]

Yeah, he obviously hasn't done much research.

If that research is from the internet then i can just laugh...a lot of shit is on the internet that is all lies...and my coaches were against supplements when i asked about them...

[540Ninja]

Good god... There are reliable sources on the internet. Just because your sports coaches said all supplements are bad doesn't mean it's true.

You need to get your head out of your ass and stop being so gullible.

[andyzzle]

and i always thought cockfights stay in the publicus...:eh:

however, i'm placing my bets on 540ninja! :tongue:

[Stas.]

Could you show me those reliable sources?

[540Ninja]

Shut yourned mouth.

You are the poster child for every ignorant son of a bitch high school kid.

[Stas.]

pathetic.

[Lobo]

Nitric oxide products are another of the many scams in the supplement industry, and have negligible to zero effects.

[Karlnold]

When will you boneheads get that there are NO products out there that will do actual shit for you. SHIT.

Not even steroids would do much for a lot of you.

[Dave C]

to that end, when will you boneheads realize there's a difference between NiTRIC Oxide and NiTROUS Oxide?

[Tricia...]

N.O.-Xplode gave me heart palpitations and extreme dizziness. To be fair, the dizziness came after I took WAY more than I should have (about 4x more). Thankfully, I rode the bus to school that day instead of my motorcycle, because it was a challenge just to walk.

I got off it for a while and took what I was supposed to take, but the heart palpitations returned. Supposedly, they're nothing bad or life threatening, but are, nevertheless, quite unpleasant.

I don't take it anymore, but I still get vertigo occasionally. I'm not sure if that is related or not. I never really had random dizziness before I took it, but I do have hearing problems in my right ear, so it might be Ménière's disease causing it too.

If it gives you vasodilation without the actual increase in blood volume, you're just going to get low blood pressure. So the dizziness and heart palpitations make perfect sense.

How often were you working out with it? This product sounds okay in little amounts... or if you just work out enough to get enough formation of red blood cells to fill out the extra space when those veins get bigger.

One of my exes tried a supplement his dad would take to improve the bloodflow to his heart. He said it made his penis bigger. hahaha

[Ryu Sujin]

to that end, when will you boneheads realize there's a difference between NiTRIC Oxide and NiTROUS Oxide?

Haha I was thinking exactly this as I was reading through the posts. Anyway, nitric oxide in supplements vasodilates to pretty much a negligible degree, but most supplement companies try to hype it up by posting pictures of bodybuilders who are just shredded and have their vascularity emphasized as a result. I guess they're trying to say "HAY GUYZ IF YOU BUY THIS YOU'LL LOOK LIKE THIS AND LOOK/BECOME AS STRONG AS THIS GUY IS!"

So it's not exactly a scam when they say it vasodilates blood vessels, but it's to such a small degree that it's ridiculous. I don't have a source to cite for this, but orally ingested NO is very unlikely do to much for anyone. If anything, it would be absorbed and be mainly localized to the gastrointestinal tract, as NO has a very small diffusion distance and mainly acts on smooth muscle. Very little would end up where you need it, i.e. the vessels leading from your heart to your arms/legs/wherever you're training. Most NO products, I'm betting, contain Arginine, which is a precursor to make endogenous (made by your body) NO. I guess this could help by attempting to overcome a deficit of Arginine and thereby increase NO product, but again, it wouldn't be enough to really see anything spectacular.

Take home message: It's probably other stuff in the supplement (ex. creatine, caffeine, nootropics, etc) that makes you feel awesome/is responsible for the popularity of a given NO product. Huzzah.

[The_Mayor]

If it gives you vasodilation without the actual increase in blood volume, you're just going to get low blood pressure. So the dizziness and heart palpitations make perfect sense.

How often were you working out with it? This product sounds okay in little amounts... or if you just work out enough to get enough formation of red blood cells to fill out the extra space when those veins get bigger.

One of my exes tried a supplement his dad would take to improve the bloodflow to his heart. He said it made his penis bigger. hahaha

It was about the third time I used it when I started experiencing that. However, I was taking two full scoops when I should have only been taking half a scoop. :dead: Aside from the bouncing-off-the-walls energy rush, helping me to improve my squats greatly, my veins definitely stood out more than normal. Now, I just take vitamin B12 supplements for energy.

haha My friend bought one of those bloodflow supplements just for that purpose. He said it was larger when flaccid, but there was no improvement when erect. Did you get before and after pics of your ex's penis? :wink: