Are you attributing the BF loss to PM? I certainly hope not, seeing how you have been taking OEP and A-T2 for 6 weeks. Now, before you run off at the mouth and call me a hater, I am making this statement for the sole purpose of making it very clear that you cannot say PM is doing anything in regards to fat-loss while taking TWO powerful fat-loss agents (together).
But besides that, kudos on dropping the BF! :thumbsup:
Pink Magic leads to fat loss and does it very well. For me Pink Magic is the best fat loss stack that I have ever used. OxyElite to potent for me that it effects my sleep and sleep is very important to my life..
Why does PInk Magic aid in fat loss by it's effect on cAMP.
Nelumbo nucifera (stem and leaves) and Rhamnus nakaharai (stem)
These plants have a wide range of potentially exciting properties...
Certain compounds present in these plants have been shown in animal vitro to inhibit various subtypes of phosphodiesterase, an enzyme (technically, a class of enzymes) which degrades cAMP (cyclic adenosine monophostphae) and cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate), cyclic nucleotide molecules which serve important roles in the human body (2).
By inhibiting these different subtypes of phosphodiesterase, cAMP and cGMP levels can be increased in different tissues...
First, by inhibiting the cAMP-phosphodiesterase in skeletal muscle, it is thought that an anti-catabolic effect can be seen by suppressing calcium and ATP-dependent proteolysis as shown in various animal studies (3-10).
By increasing intracellular cAMP in skeletal muscle and the consequential decrease in calcium and ATP-dependent proteolysis, a net positive protein balance may occur in muscle...
This is a rarely-exploited natural anti-catabolic/anabolic pathway...and a VERY exciting one to say the least...and we aren't even close to being done...
Potentialy Ripped Too?
Furthermore, by increasing cAMP in fat cells, lipolysis (fat breakdown) may also increase...
In fact, animal model studies and traditional Asian medicine have noted this exact thing, demonstrating increased lipolysis and anti-obesity properties (11-13).
That's Not All Folks – More MOA's
Amino & Glucose Transport
In addition to these effects, by inhibiting other subtypes of phosphodiesterase a vasodilatory effect can occur, allowing for increased amino acid and glucose transport to skeletal muscle, as demonstrated in various animal & human studies & review papers (2,14-17).
Pumped To The Gills While Cutting?
In addition, this vasodilatory effect can potentially lead to greater "pumps" and the feeling of fuller muscles, while also potentially increasing lipolysis (2,18).
Keeps Going Like That Bunny
Unlike various nitric oxide (NO) products which can lose their effectiveness over time, these compounds won’t follow in their footsteps.
Synergystic with Nitric Oxide Products?
In fact, as demonstrated in animal models, these compounds may prevent N.O. products from losing their effectiveness in the first place (19-23).
Additionally, these compounds may even increase or potentiate the effects of nitric oxide products(24).
How so, you ask?
Well, to answer that, we must look at how the beloved nitric oxide (N.O.) molecule allows for vasodilation and the subsequent benefits...
N.O. is involved in the NO/guanylyl (guanylate) cyclase/cyclic GMP-dependent cascade...
In effect, it is thought that the N.O. molecule works by binding to and activating soluble guanylyl (guanylate) cyclase, which in turn catalyzes the formation of cGMP from guanosine triphosphate (GTP).
Once the previously mentioned second messenger, cGMP accumulates intracellularly in the given cell/tissue type (in this case smooth muscle), activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase G or PKG) occurs and eventually leads to vasodilation, in this particular case.
So, again, how might these ingredients prevent N.O. products from losing their effectiveness and possibly even potentiate their effects?
Well, it appears that one mechanism behind the reduction of N.O.'s effectiveness is an increase in the activity of cGMP-phosphodiesterase, which as we discussed earlier, is responsible for degrading cGMP...
Since the body can't stop you from ingesting compounds designed to increase N.O., it does the next best thing by increasing the expression of enzymes designed to reduce the downstream effectiveness of N.O....
In effect, it decreases levels of cGMP and thus reduces the level of vasodilation and other potential benefits...
However, since these compounds have demonstrated the ability to inhibit cGMP phosphodiesterase, this can not only work to prevent the decline ineffectiveness of N.O. products, it may even potentiate the effects of them through the same mechanism...
You'll have that N.O. product working to increase cGMP levels, while the key ingredients in Pink Magic prevent the degradation of cGMP, allowing you to maintain and even increase the beneficial effects seen with NO products!
Yet, unlike most N.O. products, these compounds won't succumb to decreased effectiveness through decreased cGMP levels.
Endurance
If this weren't enough, one may also notice an increase in resistance to fatigue as a result of direct effect upon skeletal muscle (i.e., cAMP accumulation in both type I [slow-twitch] and type II [fast-twitch] can result in a resistance or decrease of fatigue) and the diaphragm; furthermore, by increasing cGMP accumulation in other cell types, one can potentially increase blood flow and the contractility of the heart, also resulting in greater resistance to fatigue as demonstrated in specific animal studies (14,25).
Strong Like Bull
As if all that wasn't enough, as shown in animal models by inhibiting one of the phosphodiesterase subtypes, the contractility of skeletal muscles is increased. It is thought that this is accomplished by increasing the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction while also sensitizing it to acetylcholine. (26)
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