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EliteFitnessGuy
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Hello,
Since 2012, I have been intrigued by the supposed anabolic and fat-burning properties of ursolic acid
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039332
A subsequent Korean study supported at least the fat-burning properties of ursolic acid, at doses 450 mg/day.
http://synapse.koreamed.org/search.php?where=aview&id=475785&code=0067KJPP&vmode=FULL
In May last year, I ordered 1 kg of 25% ursolic acid extract from loquat from China. Between 1st-22nd May, I was using ca. 900-1000 mg ursolic acid daily (=3.6-4 g of this extract) in three doses, mixed with yoghurt. I thought that because of my body weight (nearly 100 kg), I would need more of this stuff than the Koreans, who weighed only 83 kg on average.
Unfortunately, I did not feel well during this time, I did not exercise much, and eventually I succumbed to cold, so I stopped using it.
The most important thing is that on 5th May, I had 43.1 kg muscle and 20.6 kg fat (measured by the bioimpedance method), and on 1st June, I had 41.2 kg muscle and 21.5 kg fat!
Although I lay in the bed during the last week of May, I would not expect that my muscle mass would drop so much, and certainly, I would not expect that my fat weight would INCREASE!
I was quite disgusted by this experience, but this June, I decided to give it "the last try", because the stuff approached its expiration time. After 4 1/2 weeks on 1500 mg ursolic acid daily, my muscle mass DECREASED by -0.6 kg and my fat weight INCREASED by +0.8 kg! And what is worse, my blood lipid levels are off the charts, with HDL 0.92 mmol/L (the lowest limit of "healthy" HDL is 1.00), LDL 4,20 mmol/L, total cholesterol 5,4 mmol/L, triglycerides 1,64 mmol/L. I am basically a walking cadaver.
The last time I had worse cholesterol levels, it was during my oxandrolone cycles in 2012. And no wonder that my fat weight increased, when I have elevated triglyceride levels (which mirror fat deposition). In July 2015, I had only 1.16 mmol/L! I also have slightly elevated liver enzymes (AST), which can only match my AST values during a cycle with Ostarine in 2012.
I stopped using it immediately and I threw it into a thrash can.
Since 2012, I have been intrigued by the supposed anabolic and fat-burning properties of ursolic acid
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039332
A subsequent Korean study supported at least the fat-burning properties of ursolic acid, at doses 450 mg/day.
http://synapse.koreamed.org/search.php?where=aview&id=475785&code=0067KJPP&vmode=FULL
In May last year, I ordered 1 kg of 25% ursolic acid extract from loquat from China. Between 1st-22nd May, I was using ca. 900-1000 mg ursolic acid daily (=3.6-4 g of this extract) in three doses, mixed with yoghurt. I thought that because of my body weight (nearly 100 kg), I would need more of this stuff than the Koreans, who weighed only 83 kg on average.
Unfortunately, I did not feel well during this time, I did not exercise much, and eventually I succumbed to cold, so I stopped using it.
The most important thing is that on 5th May, I had 43.1 kg muscle and 20.6 kg fat (measured by the bioimpedance method), and on 1st June, I had 41.2 kg muscle and 21.5 kg fat!
Although I lay in the bed during the last week of May, I would not expect that my muscle mass would drop so much, and certainly, I would not expect that my fat weight would INCREASE!
I was quite disgusted by this experience, but this June, I decided to give it "the last try", because the stuff approached its expiration time. After 4 1/2 weeks on 1500 mg ursolic acid daily, my muscle mass DECREASED by -0.6 kg and my fat weight INCREASED by +0.8 kg! And what is worse, my blood lipid levels are off the charts, with HDL 0.92 mmol/L (the lowest limit of "healthy" HDL is 1.00), LDL 4,20 mmol/L, total cholesterol 5,4 mmol/L, triglycerides 1,64 mmol/L. I am basically a walking cadaver.
The last time I had worse cholesterol levels, it was during my oxandrolone cycles in 2012. And no wonder that my fat weight increased, when I have elevated triglyceride levels (which mirror fat deposition). In July 2015, I had only 1.16 mmol/L! I also have slightly elevated liver enzymes (AST), which can only match my AST values during a cycle with Ostarine in 2012.
I stopped using it immediately and I threw it into a thrash can.
