PMD Nitro CM Review

Pro’s

• Citrulline Malate proven to improve muscle pumps
• L-Carnitine shown to reduce fatigue and improve focus

Con’s

• Contains ingredients that cause side effects
• Taurine doesn’t boost energy levels
• Not good value for money

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About The Product

Nitro CM is a nitric oxide boosting supplement made by PMD. It costs $59.99 for 22.5 servings, which is quite expensive.

We’ll be reviewing PMD Nitro CM as a pre-workout supplement, as we don’t have a ‘nitric oxide boosting’ category.

How To Take 

We’re surprised that the bottle of PMD Nitro CM advises you to take 4 capsules per day; usually supplements designed to boost your nitric oxide levels only offer 1 serving (taken 20-30 minutes before your gym session).

Simply put, studies have shown that you don’t need to consume ingredients such as Citrulline Malate 4 times per day (they’ve proven that one serving before a workout is enough).

Anyway, we’ll tell you about the company behind PMD Nitro CM before analyzing each ingredient.

Who are PMD? 

PMD Sports are a supplements company that was founded in 2002. They market a variety of products, which are very popular on GNC.com.

But you’re here to learn about PMD Nitro CM, so let’s see which ingredients are inside this ‘nitric oxide boosting’ supplement. #

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PMD Nitro CM Ingredients Explained

From first glance, we’re not happy with PMD Nitro CM’s ingredient list – it contains 2 proprietary blends, which is something we always try to avoid (we’ll explain what these are below).

Anyway, now you know what proprietary blends are (and why they’re bad) – we’ll take you through each ingredient inside PMD Nitro CM.

Ultimately, after reading this section, you’ll know exactly how effective this pre-workout supplement is.

Here’s Everything You Need To Know:

Agmatine Sulfate (750mg)

All you need to know about this ingredient; it’s extracted from L-Arginine through a chemical process, but hasn’t proven to deliver any benefits in any studies conducted on it.

For this reason, Agmatine Sulfate is an ineffective ingredient inside PMD Nitro CM.

Pump Blend (800mg)

As we mentioned at the start of this section, PMD Nitro CM contains 2 proprietary blends (with this being one of them).

We’ll remind you that no-one knows the exact dosages of the individual ingredients inside here – we’re only given the overall dosage, which is 800mg.

But we’ve seen something for the first time here; this ‘Pump Blend’ contains a proprietary blend inside (making it some sort of strange ‘Inception’ proprietary blend…

Anyway, let’s see what’s inside below.

Arginine Complex (L-Arginine & Arginine AKG) 

This is the inception blend inside the ‘Pump Blend’. It contains L-Arginine and Arginine AKG, but all you need to know is that these ingredients haven’t shown to deliver any benefits at all.

Simply put, L-Arginine has a poor absorption rate, which is why it’s ineffective when orally supplemented. As Arginine AKG is extracted from L-Arginine, is has the same problem.

Ultimately, if you’re looking to experience enhanced muscle pumps, then Citrulline Malate is your best option (we’ll expand on this below).

Citrulline Malate

This is one of the ingredients you can find in pre-workout supplements. Basically, it’s proven to deliver enhanced muscle pumps in the gym – which is great, especially when you’re bicep curling and your biceps pump up!

But there’s a problem here; you need to consume a dosage of at least 6,000mg for Citrulline Malate to work.

As this whole ‘Pump Blend’ only adds up to 800mg, it’s not possible for there to be an optimal dosage of Citrulline Malate in PMD Nitro CM (meaning it’s ineffective here).

Basically, this is a great example of why we don’t like proprietary blends.

Vanadyl Sulfate 

Not much is known about Vanadyl Sulfate, but here’s all you need to know; it’s derived from Vanadium, which is a mineral.

Vandyl Sulfate is naturally found in shellfish, eggs, apples, and mushrooms – and it’s believed to reduce cholesterol levels.

However, no studies have shown that it’s able to improve your gym session (meaning Vanadyl Sulfate is an ineffective ingredient inside PMD Nitro CM).

GlycoCarn 

This is a patented version of L-Carnitine that has many things added to it. We prefer normal L-Carnitine, as it’s shown to reduce fatigue and boost your focus in the gym.

However, GlycoCarn hasn’t been researched much, making it an unreliable ingredient.

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Endura-Antioxidant Blend (880mg)

Right, so we analyzed the first ‘Pump Blend’ for you. And this ‘Endura Antioxidant Blend’ is the second blend inside PMD Nitro CM pre-workout.

So we’ll quickly take you through each ingredient in here too below…

Betaine Anhydrous 

This is the worst start we’ve ever seen here; Betaine hasn’t shown to deliver any benefits to improve your workout at all.

But here’s the worst news – Betaine has shown to cause your breath and sweat to smell fishy…

Ultimately, this makes Betaine a useless ingredient that causes a side effect (you can see why we don’t like this ingredient).

Taurine 

Taurine is an organic acid containing sulfur (and isn’t bull urine, like some people think).

It’s also not shown to boost your energy levels either – many believe it does, as it’s inside energy drinks, but studies have shown otherwise).

But it’s not completely useless; Taurine has shown to reduce cramping in the gym…however cramping can also be avoided by keeping yourself hydrated.

For this reason, Taurine isn’t a key ingredient in any pre-workout supplement.

Alpha Lipoic Acid 

Also known simply as ALA, the main benefit of consuming this ingredient is to reduce blood sugar levels (which is good for diebetics).

However, it’s not shown to deliver any benefits to improve your gym session enough to make it reliable; basically, it’s shown to improve blood flow in 2 studies, but this isn’t enough evidence for us.

Ultimately, this makes ALA an unreliable ingredient. PMD Sports should have simply increased the dosage of Citrulline Malate to 6,000mg if they wanted to enhance your blood flow and muscle pumps…

CoQ10 

Also known as Coenyme Q10, it’s an important molecule for your body (but as it’s already produced by body, studies have shown that supplementing it doesn’t provide any further benefits).

In fact, CoQ10 hasn’t proven to deliver any benefits to make it useful in a pre-workout; this makes it an ineffective ingredient in PMD Nitro CM.

Grape Seed Extract 

You must have eaten grapes at some point in your life. Well, the seeds are what’s inside PMD Nitro CM here.

But it’s more beneficial than you think; Grape Seed Extract has shown promising results in studies, to improve your blood flow.

However, there hasn’t been enough evidence to make it reliable. It’s more commonly used to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol levels (where it’s shown to be great in studies).

Ultimately, Grape Seed Extract hasn’t shown to be reliable in pre-workout supplements. But if you’re aiming to reduce your blood pressure, then it might get the job done.

Phosphatidyl Serine 

Also known simply as PS, this is a compound that’s believed to improve your cognition.

As there’s no caffeine in PMD Nitro CM, this might be beneficial at enhancing your focus in the gym. However, we’d rather consume an optimal dosage of Caffeine (under 200mg per serving) rather than consume Phosphatidyl Serine.

Pine Bark Extract 

Pine Bark Extract has shown promising signs of being able to improve your blood flow; but there’s been no studies to prove whether it’s able to enhance your muscle pumps in the gym.

Not only that, all of the studies we found were paid for by a company, making them bias (and unreliable).

Resveratrol 

This is the molecule that’s found in wine; it’s responsible for the belief that wine is able to prolong your life.

But studies have shown that it’s not a miracle molecule able to make you live longer…However, it’s shown to improve your general health.

Ultimately, Resveratrol isn’t a key pre-workout ingredient.

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Side Effects

There’s 1 ingredient in PMD Nitro CM that’s shown to cause a side effect – Betaine.

As we mentioned in the ingredients section, Betaine causes your breath and sweat to smell fishy. Personally, we don’t want to smell like fish in the gym, so we try to avoid this ingredient (especially as it hasn’t shown to improve your workout).

Here’s the side effects from taking PMD Nitro CM: 

• Fishy smells in your breath and sweat (Betaine)

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PMD Nitro CM Review Conclusion

We don’t understand why companies create supplements containing over 10 ingredients; every product we’ve reviewed that contains this amount of ingredients has shown to be ineffective.

Why? Answer: most ingredients are usually underdosed to make space for other ingredients.

For this reason, we prefer quality over quantity (pre-workouts that contain between 5-8 ingredients are usually the best products that we’ve reviewed.

Remember that if an ingredient hasn’t been dosed properly, then it won’t work. It’s as simple as that – so it’s important to check the dosages of each ingredient inside a pre-workout.

Unfortunately, as PMD Nitro CM contains 2 proprietary blends, the dosages of each ingredient have been hidden from you – which is why you should avoid supplements containing proprietary blends.

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