Organic Compounds in Food supplements & 'Pre - Workouts'

               As we know, the meaning of ''food supplement'' is needed elements that can be taken from any of the vitamins or whatever other natural ,organic or chemical food supplement. Famous types of food supplements are the 'Pre-Workouts' used in body building.

Pre-workout:

Pre-workouts are touted as they are the source that gives you energy and makes you be able to get your incredible pumps. They claim to give you focus and drive to finish the most intense workouts as well .They’ve also been reported to cause dangerous side-effects, These news reports discussed a chemical called 1-3 dimethylamylamine or DMAA. Methylhexanamine, also known as 1,3-dimethylamylamine , geranamine  or DMAA, is an organic chemical compound manufactured as a synthetic powder.

This is a form of amphetamine that releases norepinephrine in the central of nervous system and may also act as a direct agonist on 5-HT receptors (serotonin) and at higher doses may also release serotonin. What does this mean? Well it means your brain gets overloaded with a whole bunch of neurostimulants and you feel like talking 1000 words per second, running 3 minute miles and otherwise doing anything and everything in a focused and speedy manner.

The good news is that the companies that were making these supplements were ordered by the FDA to stop and destroy them, but just in case here is a list of other names that DMAA goes by:

 1,3-DMAA.
 1,3-Dimethylamylamine.
 1,3-Dimethylpentylamine.
 2-Amino-4-methylhexane.
 2-Hexanamine, 4-methyl- (9CI).
 4-Methyl-2-hexanamine.
 4-Methyl-2-hexylamine.
 Dimethylamylamine.
 Geranamine.
 Methylhexanamine.
 Methylhexanenamine.
 InChIKey=YAHRDLICUYEDAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N.
 Pelargonium graveolens extract.
 Geranium extract

          Most of ''Pre-Workouts'' contain l-arginine or l-citrulline. These are amino acids which help to increase the production of (NO) or nitric oxide. (NO) is what is responsible about vasodilation which means that it opens up the blood vessels to allow more blood flow into the muscles.

          Some drugs such as nitroglycerin, used for angina, use this principle to open up vessels in the cardiac muscle to relieve chest pain. Because the muscles are able to receive more blood they become engorged and feel inflated or pumped. And then it feels as if though the muscles are super tight and huge. It is a pretty cool feeling if I do say so myself.

Some study looked at men doing leg extensions with or without a tourniquet. Increasing in growth hormone were seen as well as norepinephrine and lactate over controls. While this study doesn’t show strength increases because it was just one round it does suggest that the proper hormones are in place to increase strength such as growth hormone and norepinephrine and lactate.

And this was to show how much our life is full of organic chemistry even in the simplest stuff in life, and this is why I love organic chemistry, and I would like to thank it that it made me understand a lot in life.