Nitric Oxide and Caffeine Products

luisfershredd

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hey, was wondering if taking NO products and Green Tea (which contains caffeine) of caffeine containing products will be contradictory because one is supposed to be an hemodilator and the other a vasoconstrictor.

I actually take NO supp and was drinking around 25oz green tea (high concentration) a day but stopped drinking it, but feel the fat burning properties have lowered.

Do you think is contradictory or can you mix them w/o prob?

Thanks
 
FWIW I always do.
 
I take my caffeine 30-45 min before my NO product, it seems to eliminate the contradictory effects. I used to take them simultaneously, and noticed a slight reduction in vasodilation.
 
luisfershredd said:
hey, was wondering if taking NO products and Green Tea (which contains caffeine) of caffeine containing products will be contradictory because one is supposed to be an hemodilator and the other a vasoconstrictor.

I actually take NO supp and was drinking around 25oz green tea (high concentration) a day but stopped drinking it, but feel the fat burning properties have lowered.

Do you think is contradictory or can you mix them w/o prob?

Thanks
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caffeine will actually help potentiate the effects of an NO product, in that it increases cellular cAMP levels, which allows for a potent vasodilatory response in smooth muscle (which makes up blood vessels), and green tea inhibits COMT, which breaks down norepinephrine- so the cumulative effect will actually increase vasodilation, not vasoconstriction
 
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