Ingredients to be Cautious With

[kingpole]

Very good work Larger soda is the likely reason why i have type two diabetes. I use to drinnk nothing but Pepsi. It is also in bread.

[TwoMore]

If I may, I'd like to throw my two cents in on things to avoid. Actually it's just me. I've had trouble with Gingko.

I was taking two 150mg capsules daily and after awhile I noticed that my arthritis was really waking up and giving me problems. I'm a lucky bastard too, it's in my right hand and my neck.

I don't think I was taking too much. Of course my arthritis may have just decided to flare up for the past month or so. Either way, I stopped taking two weeks ago it and my joints feel much better. Still a bit sore, but they don't hurt like they did.

[Lazy 8]

Originally Posted by TwoMore

If I may, I'd like to throw my two cents in on things to avoid. Actually it's just me. I've had trouble with Gingko.

I was taking two 150mg capsules daily and after awhile I noticed that my arthritis was really waking up and giving me problems. I'm a lucky bastard too, it's in my right hand and my neck.

I don't think I was taking too much. Of course my arthritis may have just decided to flare up for the past month or so. Either way, I stopped taking two weeks ago it and my joints feel much better. Still a bit sore, but they don't hurt like they did.

That's really interesting, TM. I wonder if anyone else has experienced the same thing. If so, please post your experiences.

[Larger]

Originally Posted by TwoMore

If I may, I'd like to throw my two cents in on things to avoid. Actually it's just me. I've had trouble with Gingko.

I was taking two 150mg capsules daily and after awhile I noticed that my arthritis was really waking up and giving me problems. I'm a lucky bastard too, it's in my right hand and my neck.

I don't think I was taking too much. Of course my arthritis may have just decided to flare up for the past month or so. Either way, I stopped taking two weeks ago it and my joints feel much better. Still a bit sore, but they don't hurt like they did.

I haven't researched Ginkgo extensively yet, however there are known side effects for those who overdose on them, and we each have different metabolism rates, and body mass to determine how much we can, need, and must not take of anything.

If I may, how long was a while? And you took it everyday? I think there should be at least a 1 day break per week--preferably 2--from any extracts, supplements, etc.

I'm going to edit the first post in this thread.

[TwoMore]

Originally Posted by Larger

I haven't researched Ginkgo extensively yet, however there are known side effects for those who overdose on them, and we each have different metabolism rates, and body mass to determine how much we can, need, and must not take of anything.

If I may, how long was a while? And you took it everyday? I think there should be at least a 1 day break per week--preferably 2--from any extracts, supplements, etc.

I'm going to edit the first post in this thread.

I'm 6 foot tall and wiegh 200 and was taking 300mg. Yes I took it every day for about two or three weeks.

[Rip the Jacker]

Originally Posted by Skyx

I can attest to the yohimbe side effects. Its bad stuff! I basically got all the bothersome side effects except the sinus infection from just one pill. The effects lasted for a solid 48 hrs.

I can back this claim. My girlfriend and I did a night stay at the casino a few months ago and I brought some sexual arousal aids with me (before I found this site and all of it's information), planning to do some table games and have intercourse all night long. The pills listed yohimbe as a main ingredient, and it screwed me up. I got a racing heart, bad anxiety, and a sick stomach that wouldn't subside. Really should have read more about what I was taking, considering I take anti-anxiety medication already. Based on my experience and now the facts that I've read about yohimbe side-effects here, I'd stay far, far away from it.

[buttheadyeah]

I love ginkgo and have had only great great GREAT experiences with it.

For example, I have hard full morning woods and easily maintain erections now.

I have great blood flow and get really pumped durings workouts.

I think clearer and am more alert during the day.

Also, I wouldn't compare it to caffeine, it causes no anxiety whatsoever and doesnt make me shaky.

Ginkgo up you guys lol!

[Nacho]

Not a sexual aide but Zicam is dangerous.

FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com

[kingpole]

Originally Posted by Nacho

Not a sexual aide but Zicam is dangerous.

FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com

Yeah i heard about that. Zinc can give you an awful stomache ache taken on an emty stomamche. I can only imagine what it can do to the lining of your nose. Zinc is best taken by mouth after a meal.

[Monkaman]

Well, I am as they say 'wet behind the ears' when it comes to all this stuff; however, I can say a thing or two about high fructose corn syrup and I'll start with suggesting that everybody should stay waaay clear of that stuff.

I'm sensitive to chemicals of any kind, that is to say that I feel their effects way before other people normally do. Even from a young age I noticed that certain meals would put me to sleep and it worried me so much that I started to subtract things from my diet to see what could be causing this sleepiness. Initially I thought it was the size of my meals that was the oproblem but it was not. Then I thought that maybe my carbohydrate intake perhaps was excessive, but all of my other cousins would eat just as much rice and bread if not more. One day, and with much difficulty I decided to eat a normal meal minus the softdrink--boom, no sleepiness. In those days diet sodas were very uncommon, but later in life I learned that high fructose corn syrup is one of the worst sweeteners when it comes to the modification of insulin levels in the blood.

These days there are plenty of diet sodas on the market so its no longer an issue, especially since now many people prefer diet soda due to the current dmonizing of sugar by the health industry. Anyway, do your research on high fructose, what you'll find may surprise you. No other type of sweetner zaps my energy like that one does.