Appetite Suppression

Heavy_Lifter · Sep 21, 2006

Just “discovered” a great, cheap OTC supplement for mood and appetite while cutting down. 5-HTP (5-hydroxy Tryptophan) seems to work great at 100mgs about 20 minutes before a meal to reduce your cravings. You will still have an appetite, but feel full with much less food. Mood seems to be helped as well. If I have insomnia due to hunger, 300mgs knocks me out COLD.

It works by converting to serotonin, but I cannot explain the mechanism any further.

Big Danny · Sep 21, 2006

If this product knocks you out in such a way , I am wondering if it doesn't slow down your metabolism too and have a negative impact on the fat loss.

Heavy_Lifter · Sep 21, 2006

OK, I dug around a bit. Serotonin acts on the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle, not on any aspect of the metabolism. If you follow this further, accounting for the Gh release during sleep, you might actually get fat loss. and improved recovery.

Big A · Sep 22, 2006

Actually, I think Danny is thinking laterally. If an appetite suppressor makes you eat less, and then you sleep more due to the other effects of the drug, you WILL slow down your metabolism. You are eating less often and you are sleeping more. That does slow down the metabolism and as such slow fat loss, which is the aim of using a suppressant in the first place.

However, using a metabolic stimulator at the same time as what you propose to use, should make sure the metabolism doesn't slow down.