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Octacosanol - the main ingredient in Energe-Activator!
Studies indicate that octacosanol allows for the efficient conversion of food and storage fuels into biological energy, resulting in increased muscle strength, endurance, vigor, quicker reaction and faster recovery times. Octacosanol contains sterols, phosphatides, stearins, long chain alcohols, waxes, and other substances from the unrefined portion of wheat germ oil. It is possible to extract octacosanol from wheat but it would take over 10 pounds of wheat to get a tiny 1000 micrograms of octacosanol.
Octacosanol has been clinically proven to increase oxygen utilization during exercise or workouts. It also improves glycogen storage in your body's muscles. The results of octacosanol supplementation are it increases stamina, increases endurance, reduces high altitude stress, improves your reaction time, and helps get oxygen to your body tissue. Some people also use octacosanol to increase muscle size or mass.
Octacosanol also has the additional benefit that it helps lower blood cholesterol levels.
Octacosanol can also benefit those people who get muscle pain after workout or other exercise. It can help with other neuromuscular disorders as well.
Octacosanol
What does it do? Octacosanol is a waxy substance naturally present in some plant oils and is the primary component of sugarcane extract called policosanol. In several well-controlled studies from Cuba, policosanol, at 10 to 20 mg per day has been reported to lower LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) levels 21%-29% while raising HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol) levels 8%-15%, although it does not affect triglyceride levels. Smaller amounts (5 mg per day) have produced similar effects on LDL but no effect on HDL. Policosanol appears to work primarily by inhibiting the liver's production of cholesterol. In addition, policosanol may help atherosclerosis that affects arteries of the neck.
Octacosanol-containing wheat germ oil was investigated long ago as an ergogenic (exercise performance-promoting) agent. These preliminary studies found that octacosanol had promising effects on endurance, reaction time, and other measures of exercise capacity.10 In a more recent controlled trial, 1,000 mcg per day of octacosanol for eight weeks was found to improve grip strength and visual reaction time, but had no effect on chest strength, auditory reaction time, or endurance.
Where is it found?
Octacosanol is a waxy substance found in vegetable
oils and sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Another compound, called policosanol,
contains several similar compounds, including a large proportion of octacosanol.
Who is likely to be deficient?
Because octacosanol is not an essential
bodily constituent, deficiencies do not occur.
How much is usually taken?
When octacosanol is taken as part of policosanol,
5-10 mg of policosanol is taken twice each day with meals. For exercise
performance, 1 mg per day of octacosanol has been used.
Are there any side effects or interactions?
Long-term human studies
using doses up to twice the typical therapeutic dose (that is, 20 mg each
day) have not shown any negative effects.
At the time of writing, there were no well-known drug interactions with octacosanol.
Nutritional Function
The research of Dr. Cureton from the University of Illinois, U.S.A. has reported on the usefulness of natural vegetable waxes. Additional research has been conducted in Cuba and elsewhere, establishing the usefulness of Octacosanol (Policosanol) in the human diet. The key discoveries relating to the beneficial effects of ingesting natural vegetable wax and the waxy alcohols contained within the wax are as follows::
- Help to lower cholesterol levels in the blood
- Helps improve sexual activity/performance
- Helps inhibit lipid peroxidation
- Help improve endurance, increase vitality, & promote physical strength
- Improve and sharpen the muscle reflexes
- Improve the human body's resistance to stress
- Stimulate the production of sex hormones and prevent muscle spasms
- Improve the function of the heart muscle (myocardium)
- Lessen vascular constriction & help lower blood pressure
- Help to elevate the basal metabolism
- Help to increase the hypotensivef effect of beta-blockers
- Help to protect endothelial cells
Energe-Activator is beneficial to bodybuilders, providing that extra edge needed to get through that heavy workout, keeping you energized before, during and after working outs. The all natural ergogenic components in Energe-Activator can increase muscular work capacity and some aspect of athletic performance.
Energe-Activator supplies 4 erogogenic components in an easy-to-swallow capsule.
Each Bottle contains 60 capsules.
Each capsule contains Erogogenic Components:
Octacosanol......5,000 mcg.
Triacontanol......6,250 mcg.
Tetracosanol.....2,500 mcg.
Hexacosanol.....1,250 mcg.
Suggested Usage:
Adults take 1 capsule daily or as directed by physician
