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Reductions in muscle and especially serum taurine have indeed also been observed in humans, but the fact that they do not occur in lower dose studies and cannot be observed consistently in studies using higher dosages (6g) suggests that they shouldn't be a problem for the average BA user. Regular SuppVersity  readers will be familiar with the way(s) in which taurine (#TAU) and beta-alanine seem to both complement and antagonize each other. Beta-alanine, in particular, has been found to deplete muscular (and other tissue) taurine stores - a problem, generations of scientists have used to study the ill health effects of taurine-deficiency. While studies have never reported clinical taurine depletion in response to beta-alanine supplements, we have to consider the possibility that ... If it works (no runs + high intensity+volume exercise) bicarbonate is the king of H+buffers: Caffeine + Bicarb Make Champions Bicarb + Asp = Muscle Magic!? NaCHO3 & Leg Days're...

If you belong to the people who simply cannot stay away from HFCS foods and beverages, you may be happy to hear that the equivalent of as little as 10g citrulline or NEAAs in your diet may do much more than "just" fully prevent its negative effects on your liver. You will probably remember from previous articles I wrote that NAFLD, or rather the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is one of the earliest markers of metabolic syndrome and beginning type II diabetes. In the Western obesity societies in North America and Europe, NAFLD is among the most common causes of chronic liver disease and its prevalence is increasing rampantly (Marchesini. 2001). In spite of the fact that its development is most strongly linked to the consumption of a generally unhealthy, energetically dense diet, there are several lines of evidence which suggest that the ingestion of exorbitant amounts of fast-digesting fructose from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) sweetened beverages ...

Histidine as a fat loss adjuvant? Laughable? Not for the obese! For lean folks like her? We'll see... If I had to guesstimate the number of fitness enthusiasts who have ever heard of histidine at all, I would say that 50% probably don't even know what it is, while the majority of the lightened ones will re-iterate what the supplement business has been preaching them "You get more than enough histidine, anyway. So don't worry our superior beta-alanine supplement will work even if you don't take additional histidine." Short term studies confirm this notion. It looks as if we usually have more than enough histidine to have it recombine with beta alanine and form carnosine, but long-term studies are missing and let's be honest: How likely is it that an essential amino acid is nothing but a servant to a non-essential amino acid from the 2nd row? Early results: Histidine modulates feed efficiency Actually we could have known that histidine could have ...

Image 1: If Chris, "the Techician", Aceto's usually well-informed sources are right and the former Mr Olympia Jay Cutler is currently trying to lose muscle (I heard him say that on Heavy Muscle Radio ), Cutler would be ill advised if he ingested ~20g of non-essential amino acids during and / or in-between extended fasts and hours of arduous low-intensity cardio sessions (img  MuscleTech ) Those of you who followed the " Amino Acids for Super Humans " series I did earlier this year on Carl Lanore's Super Human Radio may remember the arginine < > citrulline < > ornitine cycle and how I tried to explain that, from a physiological perspective, arginine's role in ammonia detox is probably as, if not more important than its role in the production of nitric oxide. What most of you will probably have overheard, or, in the respective shownotes, over-read, was my reference to a 2006 study from the University of Paris , which was - at least to my ...

Image 1: Despite its presence in meat, fish and dairy, it is near impossible to achieve supra-physiological and thus ergogenic carnosine levels without supplemental beta alanine . Beta alanine, unlike l-alanine is one of the "beta-amino acids", indicating that it is neither essential nor proteinogenic , i.e. it is not built into proteins or used in the synthesis of major enzymes. Nevertheless, beta alanine plays a major role with regard to health in general and brain health and muscular performance , particular. Taken orally, as a supplement, beta alanine (BA) has a slight sweet taste to it ( the artificial sweetener suosan is derived from BA). It is highly water soluble and the funny tingles, which can be avoided by either taking it with food or by taking smaller servings (e.g. 5x 800mg for a total of 4g, which would be a reasonable amount for carnosine "loading") multiple times a day, aside, it is virtually side effects free (some people also de...