Many Researchers have proved that Ephedra sinica or we can say herb Ephedra and most commonly called as mahuang, are often responsible for reducing hunger and for increasing your metabolism which is the rate at which the calories are burn and hence is one among the most common weight loss products. Certain studies have shown with results that Ephedra works quite similar to green tea; certain ephedrine alkaloids present in the herbs stimulate the human body to produce and then release certain hormones that boost our metabolism and suppress our appetite and these hormones are generally called as noradrenaline. This ephedrine is generally combined with caffeine to enhance their overall effect.

But this Ephedra is later proved to be controversial and hence banned for certain years after a report was published in the year 2000 in an English journal of medicine that indicates that Ephedra is responsible in about 43 cases of seizures, hypertension, strokes and heart attacks. However in the latest research done at New York research center for obesity and at the Harvard medical school located in Boston have verified the supplement effects of Ephedra on people with a healthy heart and hence found that Ephedra is very effective and safe if it is used as per the recommended dosage.

A six month double blind and placebo controlled study was published in current year in the annual international journal of obesity and it involved total of about 167 overweight people were screened properly to detect and ensure that they don’t have any type of heart related problem. Every individual who took around 90 mg of the ephedrine alkaloids along with 192 mg of caffeine on daily basis experienced a reasonable amount of weight loss with having any significant effect on the heart and these participants can eat whatever they want and also have to do certain moderate exercises.
On an average result you can lose about 1 ½ pounds of your body weight in a month by taking Ephedra regularly.

It is advisable to not to take Ephedra with the consultation of an health care practitioner as the person might have any such heart related problem that has not been diagnosed yet. You must have only that supplement that provides you the combination of both caffeine and ephedrine in ratio of 1 to 10, with 50 to 100 mg of caffeine and about 5 to 10 mg of ephedrine alkaloids once a day with at least consecutive 3 days and if it doesn’t have any such affect on you then add the second dose to your daily dose.