Xyphedra Review
Xyphedra’s an interesting beast. It earns a recommendation as a solid contender when set against its comparables.
Xyphedra’s Name
Has absolutely nothing to do with ephedra. It only shares two syllables. Ephedra was banned in 2004 and won’t be coming back. People died. I’ve never really felt it was totally fair that ephedra was banned. People were abusing it. I think we could find a lot of things that should be banned because they pose health risks when consumed to excess (like McDonald’s). But things are the way they are and ephedra’s no longer available so companies look to present alternatives.
It’s important to recognize that diet pill companies, with Xyphedra being no exception, often use popular syllables (phed-ra) to leverage when launching a new diet pill product. You should never judge a diet pill by its name — only by its ingredients — and to an almost-equal extent, the business practices of the company behind it.
Xyphedra contains some very effective ingredients, let’s dig in.
Xyphedra’s Ingredients
- Green Tea – this is an effective diet pill ingredient. Green tea has mounds of research supporting it as an effective metabolic booster with minimal side effects.
- Chocamine – I’m neutral, leaning positive on this ingredient. Cocoa itself is effective for endurance, but Chocamine’s has such a deluge of ingredients inside it, it’s tough to really zero in on effectiveness.
- Phenylethylamine – I’m also neutral, but leaning positive on phenylethylamine. Yes, there’s a bunch of it in chocolate, and some people anecdotally report a “high” when taken in large doses, but I’d like to see some more research before I give it the go-ahead.
- Picamilon – an effective anti-anxiety ingredient, combining Niacin and GABA. Effective dosage needs to be 1mg per kg of bodyweight according to one study — though a lower dosage may provide benefits as well.
- L-Tyrosine – a strong contender with lots of research backing it up mainly in relation to its ability to aid patients under stressful situations and in human performance. Hopefully you’ll recognize the benefits of exercise when supplementing with a diet pill. A pill like Xyphedra will go a long way in motivating you to step it up one or two notches. L-Tyrosine plays a big role in this.
- L-Theanine – also an anti-stress ingredient, there to counteract the possible jitters from Green Tea.
Unfortunately we don’t know how much of these ingredients is included in a single pill of Xyphedra. On their supplemental facts they use a proprietary blend (which a lot of diet pill companies do, to apparently avoid being copied so quickly), but then they don’t disclose how much their proprietary blend is in total. That leaves consumers wondering what exactly they’re getting.
UPDATE 3/15/08: I actually contacted Xyphedra and mentioned that I found it somewhat strange to list the supplement facts but not show even the aggregate amount of the proprietary blend. I ended up speaking with the owner (one advantage of dealing with up and coming companies is that you get this type of attention) and he cited it as an oversight of the web designer and said it would be fixed immediately. You can now see that the Xyphedra proprietary blend is 500 mg.
Needless to say, from that interaction with the owner I’ve become quite the Xyphedra fan. That type of responsiveness is impressive. Most of the time when I deal with diet pill companies it seems they just go down a laundry list of excuses to try and avoid any type of responsibility. My experience certainly allows me to recommend Xyphedra with confidence, knowing they’ll honor their moneyback guarantee.
Is Xyphedra Recommended?
There are two reasons I will happily recommend Xphedra:
- Their responsiveness to an error I pointed out is admirable.
- Their ingredient lineup is strong. They’re not providing anything revolutionary with what they’re offering, but they also didn’t cut any corners.
Xyphedra is geared toward quick fat loss and has certainly has potential. Criticalorie gives it the thumbs up.
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