Kola Nut is the seed kernel of a large African tree grown commercially around the world. It's chief constituents are caffeine, theobromine, tannins and phenolics, kolatin, and kolanin. Kola nut has thermogenic and stimulant properties. Guarana and kola nut enjoy great popularity in their native lands because they are also rich in caffeine, which serves as a stimulant. FREE Diet Rx Bottle.

Varieties of kola nut herb
Varieties of kola nuts - Cola nitida alba, Cola nitida rubra A. Chev, and Cola acuminata Schott & Endl - are found in  Nigerian and West African countries.

Kola nut weight loss
Herbal ephedra caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial.
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2002 May. Boozer CN, Daly PA, Homel P, Solomon JL, Blanchard D, Nasser JA, Strauss R, Meredith T. New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York 10025, USA.
To examine long-term safety and efficacy for weight loss of an herbal Ma Huang and Kola nut supplement (90/192 mg/day ephedrine alkaloids/caffeine). A total of 167 overweight subjects randomized to placebo or herbal treatment (at two outpatient weight control research units. Herbal treatment produced small changes in blood pressure variables, and increased heart rate, but cardiac arrhythmias were not increased. By self-report, dry mouth, heartburn, and insomnia were increased and diarrhea decreased. Irritability, nausea, chest pain and palpitations did not differ, nor did numbers of subjects who withdrew. In this 6-month placebo-controlled trial, herbal ephedra and kola nut supplement promoted body weight and body fat reduction and improved blood lipids without significant adverse events.

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