I had very elevated liver enzymes at my last physical, and had no idea why. My doctor asked if I had drank a lot of alcohol the night before, but I had not had alcohol in months.

5 weeks later I read this stuff on the internet about NO Explode and liver enzyme levels, and I make the connection — the exact same thing happened to me. I am going to stop taking NO Explode.

You can count me as an additional anecdotal case.

I am convinced that NO Explode resulted in my off-the-chart liver enzyme levels at my last physical.

I will not be taking it any more.

The military is vehemently anti-supplement, and military docs can be quite close-minded on the subject…I once did a job for Will (Brink) related to the supp he designed for Shawn Phillips: Full Force. The ingredients are totally innocuous: Zn, Mg, Vitamins C/E, L-Tyrosine and Caffeine. They wanted to have it approved as a sort of pick-me-up for military use, but the doc who reviewed it absolutely slammed it. Will sent me his write up: unbelievable…it was as if Will and Shawn were trying to peddle rat poison (the only ingredient the major approved of was the caffeine – lol). I drafted the response…which wasn’t hard, as you could drive a truck through the holes in the guy’s logic.

In fairness, military doctors have a tough job, and perhaps it’s natural for them to be suspicious of ANYTHING their troops might be doing that could interfere w/their health and combat readiness. But the Lt. Col.’s account contained some pretty obvious evidence of anti-supplement bias. For example, he implied the ingredients in NO-Xplode were “hidden”, which is nonsense: they’re listed clearly on the label. Likewise, he flatly states (farther down) that ephedrine was the “cause” of Steve Bechler’s death. Not so: Bechler died of heat stroke. There were multiple factors that contributed to his death, of which Xenadrine (which contained more than ephedra) was only one. He also states that Clenbuterol is “on the market” – even though he later contradicts himself by pointing out it’s “illegal.” Sorry doc, but you can’t find fault with the supp industry for the availability of black market prescription drugs. But the association of (legal) NO-Xplode and (illegal) Clenbuterol makes the former seem more sinister…which I suspect was the intention.

The man’s supposed to be a professional. Therefore, I expect to see a little more info and a little less hysteria. Convince me with data, not “I’m a doctor, therefore my (spittle-flecked) opinion should be good enough for you.” That doesn’t fly with me: I’ve known too many professionals who couldn’t pour water out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel. What he wrote is a diatribe, not an objective account.

I am not particularly “pro” NO-Xplode or BSN (still waiting to see how the class action suit against them will be resolved, lol). There are legitimate questions, to be sure, and the industry needs to be more accountable, but it should be done fairly – not by relying on unreliable information.

I know for a fact that weight lifting will cause AST and ALT readings to be elevated. I had a blood test done 1 year ago when I had a physical. I did’nt know lifting could cause a high reading. I worked out right up to the test and even the morning of the test.

Of course my ALT and AST readings were high. The Dr. was very concerned. I had discussed with her the fact that I did lift weights, but she did’nt seem to think that would cause a high reading.

I had not been using No-xplode at all.

Stopped working out for 1 week. Had the test redone. Results were back down within the normal range.

This just tells me if the Dr. does not take all the information into account, then they can’t reach a correct conclusion.