What Guarana is All About?
Posted on March 25, 2009
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Guarana is a soft core crawling shrub. It is native to the dense rain forest of Venezuela and Amazonial basin of Brazil. The fruits of the Guarana plant are round, small, red to brown colored and contain black colored seeds. Guarana is widely used in these parts of the world as a dietary supplement and as an ingredient of energy drinks. Guarana contains high amount of caffeine, almost four times as much as the coffee beans. As caffeine is highly bitter in taste is its purest form, this elevated amount of caffeine helps to keep off the intruders.
Guarana is also rich in tannin and some xanthine alkaloids like theophylline and theobromine. Theoplylline is also used in medicine in patients suffering from respiratory distress. Thus, Guarana energy drink really helps people in case if tiredness and anxiety.
Cola based energy drinks made from guarana is highly popular in Brazil. Recently is has made its entry to the North America and some European countries.
Guarana is extremely rich in caffeine and caffeine is a good appetite suppressant and gives instant energy. Using guarana alone for weight loss will not bring satisfactory result, but combined with other dietary supplements guarana can bring exceptional reduction in shedding those extra pounds.
Caffeine can also boost the immune system and has the potentiality to keep of somnolence. Activities in cognition are another subject is discussion as caffeine is known for its action to increase memory retention power.
Guarana extract has antimicrobial properties. Is laboratory studies, it was notices that injection of guarana extract was successful to contain the multiplication of influenza virus.
Guarana also has antioxidant properties. In laboratory animal study, to was noticed that guarana can effective reduce the amount of fat cells.
However, in a phase I clinical trial, it was observed that guarana extract can reduce the platelet aggregation. It may produce bleeding disorders if taken for a long time.
Slowly but surely guarana is becoming popular around the world. Its potentiality as instant energy giver will soon make it talk of the town.
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