Nitric Oxide Scam

Does the Muscle Building Supplement Nitric Oxide Really Work?

I'm sure you've heard all the news about Nitric Oxide in the supplement industry lately. Let's take a close look and see what everyone is talking about.

What exactly is Nitric Oxide?

Nitric Oxide is a naturally occuring gas found in your body and is composed of one nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom. Nitric Oxide is produced, along with the amino acid citrulline, when L-Arginine and a group on enzymes called Nitric Oxide Synthase or NOS make contact with each other.

Nitric Oxide, in supplement form, is made of a synthetic NOS subtance and a great deal of L-Arginine.

How and where does it occur naturally?

Nitric Oxide is produced in flat cell walls that line the inside of blood vessels. The cell is stimulated when your muscles contract (when you exercise) which releases the key ingredients to produce Nitric Oxide. Then the Nitric Oxide is absorbed in the smooth muscle tissue of blood vessels, which makes them relax and widen. This is what is called vasodilation which results in a blood flow increase to the stimulated muscle, which produces a pump.

Which leads to the pump, should you care about having a pump?

A pump occurs when the body senses that working muscles are in need of more nutrients. Naturally occuring nitric oxide is produced, which expads the blood vessels within the working muscles. This expansion is visible as "a pump." The body creates this pump in order to send more nutrients like amino acids, water, and oxygen to the needy muscles. So yes, a pump is a very good thing, that occurs naturally in working muscles.

So is there a downside?

The NO supplement is supposed to expand your veins and arteries to carry more blood and oxygen to your muscles. This is great because they will get more blood and nutrients. This is obviously a good thing, since they need blood, oxygen, water and amino acids.

If this is the result of taking Nitric Oxide supplements, what is the point? Your body already performs this function, right? Doesn't it already fill your muscles with blood and all the vital nutrients? Yes! If Nitric Oxide supplements do what they claim, it will actually force more blood than normal into your muscles.

Does that seem right? Is it a good idea?

I'm not an MD, so I'll put this in simple terms. Your blood vessel walls are lined with smooth muscles called visceral muscle. It keeps the size and structure of your vessels intact. NO supplements claim to widen and relax them.

Imagine a water hose with water running through it. It is like your veins having blood flow through them with your heart as the pump. As long as it maintains it's shape, the pump (heart) has no problem working. If you stretch the hose like NO supplements would do, the heart will have a hard time keeping up the flow. To me this doesn't seem like a very great idea.

Of course there are side effects, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness and low blood pressure.

Are there any success stories?

This is a quote from a bodybuilding forum:

"It does work and will produce some results provided you have a well laid down eating plan and steady lifting habits. Just remember, you have to be on it for at least 8 weeks to see any sort of results."

Does that seem reliable to you? You know that by training over eight weeks you will see results from using no supplements by just training naturally.

Any success story you see for a supplement is usually accompanied by a solid training and eating program. The credit should only be given to the individual, not the supplement they were taking.

Who knows if Nitric Oxide supplements will help you gain muscle. Since the sequence and timing have to be just right, they might not do anything at all. How do we know if the supplements will combine at the exact right moment to make anything beneficial happen? What if it doesn't combine correctly and something else happens? I don't want to take that chance.

Natural is always the best way to go. If you really want to try a supplement, use protein shakes and creatine, but only if you know the correct time and way to use them.

Like I always say, stick to a solid training and eating program and you will see great results. Save the time, money and potentially your health and go natural.

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