I have to admit that I've been drinking the Dara Torres Gold Medal Aminos Kool-aid for almost two years. I have experienced weight loss, enhanced muscular mass, and best of all improved swimming. While allowing for the placebo effect, I believe that the aminos have made a difference.
Now, they have been discontinued, and I'm trying to find a substitute. (Why they have been discontinued, I have no clue. Bad business decisions? Marginal substances?) I've had a close relationship with the people in the office, and one day, they just didn't answer and I don't know what to make of that.
My question is if anyone else has had positive results from BCAA-complex use, and what the alternatives to the "Dara" complex might be. When I read the label, there are a lot of "propriatary" blends, so I don't hope to match it exactly. But surely there might be a close substitute. Anyone????
I had to look up what "BCAA" meant, but I see that it just refers to three particular essential amino acids: leucine, isoleucine and valine. Carnitine is synthesized in the body from the two essential amino acids lysine and methionine. ("Essential" because your body can't make them from other chemicals, but must get them in your diet.) So, in theory, if you get enough lysine and methionine in your diet (or from other supplements), there should be no need to take a Carnitine supplement. However, en.wikipedia.org/.../Carnitine seems to suggest that it might be useful in certain circumstances.
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I had to look up what "BCAA" meant, but I see that it just refers to three particular essential amino acids: leucine, isoleucine and valine. Carnitine is synthesized in the body from the two essential amino acids lysine and methionine. ("Essential" because your body can't make them from other chemicals, but must get them in your diet.) So, in theory, if you get enough lysine and methionine in your diet (or from other supplements), there should be no need to take a Carnitine supplement. However, en.wikipedia.org/.../Carnitine seems to suggest that it might be useful in certain circumstances.
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