I've been using a new product for the last couple of months, initially to lose a little beer belly weight, and amp up my workouts. However, after two months of usage I noticed that the apparent benefits of this supplement seemed to go well beyond simple baseline metabolic lift, and did that metabolic lifting without the unpleasant side effects I always seem to encounter with the usage of any other energy boosting supplement. Most surprisingly of all, some of the benefits from using this product have continued well after I stopped using it. As someone who has no choice but to take certain medications for a nuerological disorder, it was very common for me to have to take a nap in mid-afternoon, sometimes even if I did have a late afternoon cup of coffee. I have quite simply ceased doing so since taking HOT-ROX, and again, have not picked up the habit since ceasing to take the product. I find this remarkable in that in my experience, most energy products tend to decrease in effectiveness over time and/or have the unwanted side effects increase. I'm pretty sure if I ever took ephedra again I'd just about freak out. The energy level with HOT-ROX is not the jittery nervous energy that is really quite useless nootropically. I've never tried Piracetam or some of the other chemicals, and I'd be very interested to learn how people would compare it to those substances. A big benefit to ROX is its easy availability, it has only been on the market now for two months, but is getting a big push from GNC. It ain't cheap, almost a dollar a pill, but I think it's worth it, especially if (as I subjectively report) the effects are more permanent than transient.
Initially, I was attracted to ROX because they put out a 6 page spread in the GNC magazine whihc in addition to the usual hype, carefully explained the chemistry of how the products in ROX worked separately and individually. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find that description again, and the ROX website is pathetic. What I'll do here is to list what I remember of that description, and the ingredients in ROX. Maybe some of you chemists can point out what is supposed to happen. Any mistakes in the description of the chemical activity is my fault. Here goes:
ROX inhibits the hormone that causes the body to take calories from the bloodstream and deposit them in fat cells.
ROX stimulates the release of fats from storage sites.
ROX is thermogenic, causing some calories to be burned as heat energy
Hemodilation speeds the delivery of nutrients to muscle tissue, and helps to wash lactic acid from the muscles, reducing fatigue and supporting calorie burning muscle. ROX does not stimulate the heart, and may even reduce blood pressure through this hemodilation.
Those are the basic point. Here are the ingredients.
Thiamin 20mg
Niacin 20mg\
Pantothenic Acid 20mg
Pyridoxal-5-phosphate 50mg
B12 (methylcobalamin) 995mcg
The following is listed as the Thermogenic formula
totalling 950mg
N-acetyl-L-tyrosine
MDX complex (3,17-dihydrox-delta-5-etiocholane-7-one-diethylcarbonate)
Sclaremax (a proprietary Salvia sclerea extract)
guggulsterone-Z
guggulsteron-E
caffeine
5-hydroxl-L-tryptophan
I personally vouch for this product's safety and effectiveness. The first time I took this, I did a huge weight lifting regime, and then spent 5 hours doing statistical clustering analysis of four digit lottery numbers by hand FOR FUN! I'd really be interested in hearing other people's reaction to this product.