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What is guarana extract?
Guarana extract is prepared from the climbing vine, guarana (scientific name Paullinia cupana).
Sapindaceae, native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. It is mainly cultivated in Yunnan, Hainan provinces in China. The fruits of the guarana plant contain twice to thrice the amount of caffeine present in Coffee Beans (approximately 4 percent), xanthine and tannins. Guarana has many synonyms (other names): Brazilian cocoa, paullinia, cupana, guarana bread, zoom and guarana gum or paste.
Guarana seeds individually have more caffeine in them than coffee beans, making them an efficient way of releasing the stimulant through diet aids. Caffeine, including that found in guarana extract, works to increase alertness and suppress appetite. The International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) reports on a 1996 study that concluded caffeine also enhances physical performance. Researchers from Canada's University of Guelph found that by consuming about 6 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight, athletes experienced increases in muscular endurance during exercise. In non-athletes, lower doses produced similar results, and the greatest effect, says the IFIC, came when participants took caffeine one hour before physical activity.
Benefits of taking guarana extract:
1. promotes mental alertness and reduces fatigue
2. good for weight loss . Guarana extract reduces appetite and cravings for food, while stimulating the body metabolic processes. Hence, it helps in burning the accumulated fats and lipids, as an energy source for the body cells and tissues.
3. Pain Relief : Traditionally, guarana seed extract has been used as a treatment for migraine headache, rheumatism and menstrual pain.