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????
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.
This is one way L-Carnitine can be useful:
www.livestrong.com/.../
At this point a confirmed diagnosis hasn't been made as to whether I have fibromyalgia or lupus (or both), but I have been given the green light to take L-Carnitine in the meantime. (I head to Emory University Hospital, tomorrow, for an appointment with a rheumatologist, so hopefully, further progress will be made...)
I'm just curious as to how L-Carnitine would compare to BCAA's, as far as it being a benefit for my swimming, as well.
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.
This is one way L-Carnitine can be useful:
www.livestrong.com/.../
At this point a confirmed diagnosis hasn't been made as to whether I have fibromyalgia or lupus (or both), but I have been given the green light to take L-Carnitine in the meantime. (I head to Emory University Hospital, tomorrow, for an appointment with a rheumatologist, so hopefully, further progress will be made...)
I'm just curious as to how L-Carnitine would compare to BCAA's, as far as it being a benefit for my swimming, as well.
