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????
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Grump!
I think that overstates things. I agree that food supplementation is supplementation and can't replace a healthy diet. However, there are times I'm not in the mood for a meatball sub or steak right after workout. Or I can't get somewhere to eat right away. If that's the case, I see nothing at all wrong with whey protein or BCAAs post workout. Since the former doesn't always agree with me and can taste like crap, I'm happy to use BCAAs.
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I think you've made a pretty good case here. I suppose what I really mean to say is that if you're supplementing with something that a good diet provides a ton of, you'd better at least know that's what's you're doing, and why. "Because Dara does it" does not count :)
Grump!
I think that overstates things. I agree that food supplementation is supplementation and can't replace a healthy diet. However, there are times I'm not in the mood for a meatball sub or steak right after workout. Or I can't get somewhere to eat right away. If that's the case, I see nothing at all wrong with whey protein or BCAAs post workout. Since the former doesn't always agree with me and can taste like crap, I'm happy to use BCAAs.
jn.nutrition.org/.../269S.short
I think you've made a pretty good case here. I suppose what I really mean to say is that if you're supplementing with something that a good diet provides a ton of, you'd better at least know that's what's you're doing, and why. "Because Dara does it" does not count :)
