Anyone try taking supplements like Forskolin ? or Garcinia Cambogia ?

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  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    edited January 2015
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    Do you think maybe keeping a record of what you eat and exercising helped you more than the Garcinia?

    And for what it's worth... I'm a nurse too and I say avoid "miricle cures" ;)
  • MorganMoreaux
    MorganMoreaux Posts: 691 Member
    The only reason I clicked on this post was to see if anyone commented on reading read forskolin wrong like I did. Glad I'm not the only one!

    Lol - I was expecting to see something about Viagra and weight loss.
  • trina1049
    trina1049 Posts: 593 Member
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    Just no.
  • nam985
    nam985 Posts: 140 Member
    trina1049 wrote: »
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    Just no.

    So. Much. No.
  • GingerbreadCandy
    GingerbreadCandy Posts: 403 Member
    nam985 wrote: »
    trina1049 wrote: »
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    Just no.

    So. Much. No.

    My boyfriend is a doctor. His professional opinion is… No.
  • taramc1970
    taramc1970 Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks for the input -
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    edited January 2015
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    Ah, you lost weight, because you were in a deficit. You lost money because you wasted it on magic pills.

  • quickcrx702
    quickcrx702 Posts: 46 Member
    ...If you're not sensitive to caffeine you're probably better off just drinking black coffee, but I mix it up to limit my caffeine consumption....

    You take caffeine to limit your caffeine intake
    You seem to have misunderstood. Like many Americans, my baseline caffeine level was not zero, as you are assuming. I consumed an obscene amount of caffeine for years. I don't drink 3 energy drinks, or a ridiculous amount of black coffee, like I used to do in one day. I was very highly caffeinated, like many people in the IT industry. Yes, there is caffeine in the supplements, but it is much less than what I would drink if that were my only method of caffeine consumption. It's kind of like using a nicotine patch to limit nicotine consumption if you stopped smoking 2 packs per day. Yes there is nicotine, but much less than if you smoked a ton. Since I've drastically reduced my caffeine consumption, I try to limit caffeine to a reasonable level by not drinking too much of it. Hopefully that's clear.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    I'm surprised a health care professional would recommend this. ..
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    I'm surprised a health care professional would recommend this. ..

    Me too, although I guess I shouldn't be because Dr. Oz.

    I've also got a friend who is a nurse but who buys into every diet fad there is, so I guess a good education isn't necessarily a defense.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    I have been using Garcinia Cambogia note for about 5 months. Taking it, along with keeping a daily journal of what I eat, taking time for exercise daily, I went from 328 to 264. The Garcinia Cambogia eats fat cells before they are ever stored.. As I understand it. I am a Nurse.. I recommend to try it. It can, unfortunately, may have adverse reactions with prescribed medications and results from taking it vary.

    I'm surprised a health care professional would recommend this. ..

    Me too, although I guess I shouldn't be because Dr. Oz.

    I've also got a friend who is a nurse but who buys into every diet fad there is, so I guess a good education isn't necessarily a defense.

    Well in all fairness, most healthcare professionals have zero education in this area. So i always struggle when people try to throw that credential around. Heck, my friend is a pediatric cardiologist and i know a hell of a lot more than her when it comes to nutrition issues.

  • newport3158
    newport3158 Posts: 75 Member
    nam985 wrote: »
    I've used forskolin in the lab, it's an adenylyl cyclase activator. We use it in tissue culture experiments when we want to elevate cAMP levels within the cells. cAMP is what's known as a second messenger, and is necessary for the activation of a variety of signaling pathways.

    This. I use it.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
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    Oh it's the thread title that keeps on giving. Srsly.
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