Quote (cseitz71690 @ Jan 4 2010 02:03pm)
The other day, about 2 weeks ago I took a bronkaid (spelling) and then I looked yesterday at the banned substance list for my show. Ephedra is in bronkaids. I asked my trainer and he told me to stop taking them, I figured I'd ask for your input though.
It didn't even do anything for me, or at least didn't seem like it did (guess I need to take caffeine with it or something) :idk:
But yeah, just curious about it. Can't have ephedra in my system within 6 months of the show and the show is May 15th...
They test for Ephedra???? that is the strangest thing I've ever heard. If you can't have it in your system, then go off it...but ephedra when taken in recommended dosages is NOT unsafe. Only taking 5-10x as much of the recommended dose or people with severe heart problems or massive obesity taking too much ephedra are at risk of anything.
If you need to purge it from your system, I'm pretty sure ephedra disappears within a few days of taking it - as it is a stimulant and diuretic. But to play it safe, make sure to drink lots of distilled water prior to the contest to purge your body of impurities.
Personally I like ephedra, it got a bad rap because of some stupid people taking too much and not heeding the warnings.