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The bottom line with DNP is this stuff can Kill you. No ifs or buts - If you fuck up your dosage you will be cooked from the inside out like a Microwaved Sausage. Be warned - Use DNP with respect and build in your own safety margins.
The good news is that if used properly this substance can relatively safely allow you to loose between 5lbs and 8lbs of fat in 7 days on a normal 3000 calorie diet. The results are unreal. This means that a 100kg man at 15% BF can reduce to 8% BF in around 4 weeks. Ever wonder how the pros loose 25Kg fat in 8 weeks? Now you know. DNP can raise your Metabolic base rate by 50%. Compare that to ECA for a 3% increase or even the Clenbuterol / T3 combination which is unlikely to realise an 8% increase in BMR and you will understand.

First the side affects in order of severity.

1 - Heat. You will sweat day and night and its not nice. It tends to interfere with sleeping.

2- Fatigue. After a week on DNP you will feel exhausted and achy.

3 - Stains. DNP is a very strong Dye. Not everyone suffers this equally but all your bodily fluids will be turned Yellow. Urine, Semen and Sweat.

4 - Carb Craving is commonly reported. Do not over eat carbs. They essentially serve to "Feed the fire" and will increase your temperature. Use a little will power old chap.

How it works ( In laymans terms )

DNP is an ATP uncoupler. In essence this means that it gets involved in one of your metabolic processed between used to release the stored energy in food or fat. It makes the process release energy as heat.

Think of it this way..... Your car has a fuel tank ( Fat or Food ), an engine (your Muscles) and a pipe between the two to transfer fuel (your metabolism). What DNP does is insert into the fuel pipe a tap which releases fuel to be burned off in the passenger compartment. The more DNP you take - the wider this tap opens and the hotter things get in the passenger compartment. This wasted fuel makes your car far less efficient. Good news if you want to waste fuel or Fat...... But take too much and you will burn your car.

How to dose

The commonly agreed dose for DNP is between 3mg and 7mg per KG of body weight. Not lean body mass but total body weight. If you were well over 25% BF you should cut back a little on the dose. Therefore a 100kg user would typically use 300mg to 700mg per day. For a 1st cycle 200mg to 400mg per day is about right. 200mg will be very mild but should still see you loosing 3lb-5lb. Try this for 7 days and if you feel up to in you can go to 400mg 9 days later. Some people use in excess of 1000mg per day but do not do this.

The typical DNP cycle lasts 7 to 9 days. with 7+ clean days before the next cycle. The dose is best taken before bed but doses over 400 mg should be split by a few hours ( Like 200mg at 5 pm, 200mg at 7pm and 200mg at 10pm)

The half life ( Length of time for half the substance from a single dose to be used within the body ) of DNP is 36 Hrs. Therefore you don't get the full DNP experience until well into the 3rd day of the cycle and the side affects carry on for 2 days after finishing. The important point here is that if you don't feel to hot on day 2 do not increase your dose. You have not yet reached full dosage.

Precautions / Supplements

Drink Water. Not coffee or Diet Coke. 10 pints plus per day please. More if you can.

Take 1500mg per day Vitamin C plus A and E. ( Anti Oxidents )

3 Tblsp Glycerol per day in split doses ( Hydrates muscles and relieves aching )

Diet

Use a 3000 cal diet of 50% Protein, 30% Carb, 20% Fat. Its not nearly as crucial as when on a weight loss diet. However - Willpower will help. Don't think that DNP replaces self control. It does not.

Steroids

Any anti catabolic will not hurt but is actually not needed as DNP has a fairly muscle sparing effect.

Training

See how you feel. Train lightly days 1 and 2 when you will feel strong still. Do what you can manage comfortably the rest of the week.

I am considering using DNP for fat loss, and this was a great article that cleared up a lot of questions.

M18