I have been reading a lot lately. Here are a few links.
http://www.ironmanmagazine.com/ironman/nutrition/fatburning_firestorm.htm (look under Jul 1998 Q&A)
http://www.anabolicextreme.com/anabolic/archives/anex_archives_issue1_dnpinsulin1.htm
http://www.stacksandweights.com/page9.html
DNP was originally made as a replacement detenating compound in TNT. When used in humans, however, DNP will raise body tempeture by interfering with
mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The way that this is accomplished in the body is that DNP diverts fatty acids away from ATP production and throws
them off as heat instead. Aspirin, clenbuterol, and ephedrine all do the same thing but to a much lower extent. This is why you feel your body tempeture rising
when using these compounds. DNP was used as a fat loss diet drug in the 1930's. There was a 1% incidence of users developing cataracts though and since
DNP was not listed as one of the ingredients in these dieting drugs, they were pulled from the market. The thing that makes DNP so alluring to most
bodybuilders is that it will boost your metabolism like no other drug out there. With even a low dosage, in the area of 3-5 mg/kg of bodyweight a day, it will
rate your metabolic rate 30%. If this dosage is continued daily, it will raise your metabolism by 50%. At this rate you can burn about 1 lb. of fat a day. This
product is very dangerous to use though. An overdose of only 4 times the recommended one will kill you. As far as this product raising your body tempeture,
it can raise it indefinitely as well. You can die or suffer brain damage after your body tempeture goes over 104 degrees. DNP can raise your tempeture much
higher than that as well. If brain damage and death are not bad enough side effects to you, you can also suffer irreversible liver damage and/or kidney damage
as well without even an overdose while using this product if you stay on it for too long. DNP is known for cutting down on T4 to T3 conversion in the liver.
For a person that is highly active and on a calorie restricted diet, DNP will deplete ATP within a matter of days. When this happens your body tempeture will
go back to normal. The only thing you can do at this point is supplement with Cytomel in the dosage area of about 150 mcg/day. This product is only sold as a
research chemical. DNP can be used as an insecticide so that can be a reason for purchasing it if someone asks you.