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HMB Supplementation: Pre- or Pre- and Post-Workout? Anti- or Pro-Inflammatory? MA Thesis Offers Food for Thought

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Supplement facts: "Is as potent as the weak androgen Oxmethalone aka Anavar !" If that's how you advertise an expensive dietary supplement that tastes like poison, you better make sure your product delivers. For HMB the supplement companies must have overlooked that their clientele is in no way similar to the elderly subjects from their references with their protein deficient diets... the result? An epic fail for both the consumers who felt ripped off and the producers who probably expected this to be a long-term investment! HMB was once hailed to be as effective as a "weak" androgen such as Anavar . No wonder that dozens of consumers were pretty  disappointed, when they added it on top of their already protein and, at that times more or less coincidentally, leucine-laden diets and saw... nothing. Well, at least no gains that would even remotely remind anyone of Oxymetholone . With no costumer being interest to pay the extra bucks for the (at that time stil...

High and Low Dose BCAA Supplementation Have Minimal, Non-Significant Effects on Markers of Muscle Damage 24h and 48h Post Heavy Resistance Training

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Image 1: Cover of the September issue of the International Journal of Wrestling Science - don't tell me you don't have a subscription, yet! I don't know about you, but I feel that it's quite interesting to look at the highly heterogeneous dosage suggestions on the labels of the ever-increasing number of BCAA supplements on the market. Interestingly, almost every producer claims in his "non FDA-approved" statements that his supplement contains "scientifically supported" or "clinically validated" amounts of branch-chained amino acids in the "optimal" (whatever that may be) ratio of 2:1:1, 3:1:1, 4:1:1, 8:1:1, ... and all the other variations that appear to be limited only by the patent applications and lawyers of the financially more potent players in the business. From a scientific perspective, however, this "optimal" amount has still to be elucidated - at least to my knowledge, no respectable scientist has yet claim...
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