Muscle Milk - Are the claims true?

Gee Paul, taking Muscle Milk now are we? Are you not the most outspoken one on The Race Club forums against "supplements" as you call them? And why not take Collegiate Muslce Milk, which is allowed by the NCAA? Here is what the NCAA has to say about regular Muscle Milk... "The NCAA position on dietary supplement is one of caution. It is a “buyer beware market.” Purity and contamination should always be a concern. Keep in mind, the FDA does not strictly regulate dietary supplements. Therefore, the information on the labels may not be correct. Just because a product does not list any NCAA banned substances does not guarantee there are not any present." You aren't safe over here any longer, and I will be carefully watching your every post here and at The Race Club to make sure you aren't changing your viewpoints from site to site... I could have sworn with your attitude at The Race Club concerning supplements that surely Muscle Milk would not make your list of approved substances... Heck with your attitude over there I would have thought you didn't take any supplements, and surely I would have thought that even if you did take them Collegiate Muscle Milk would have won out over regular Muscle Milk as CMM is approved by the NCAA and regular Muscle Milk comes with a caution...

Just hope there are no anabolic steroids hidden in muscle milk. May be human growth hormones???

Just hope there are no anabolic steroids hidden in muscle milk. May be human growth hormones??? What in the entire history of anything would make you think that a common protein mix contains GH?

What in the entire history of anything would make you think that a common protein mix contains GH? Not to mention it's impossible.

:doh: Stick with unprocessed wholesome food and you'd be fine. :D I agree that unprocessed wholesome food is the best, but the reality is that there are times when it isn't available. I really only wanted protein and glucose in a shake as a filler before working out. I thought about trying the muscle milk for after long workouts, but I didn't like the fact that it contained artificial sweeteners. I ended up finding a place online that does custom protein powder blends. So now I use a mix of whey and egg white protein and no fake sugar. I can keep the powder in a shaker in my gym bag and mix it with shelf-stable chocolate milk when I need it. In reality I could probably just go with the chocolate milk according to some articles.

I swim early in the mornings and I CANNOT eat anything and keep it down before 8:00am earliest, and I was running out of 'gas' during my 5:30am workouts. A nutritionist suggested I take 4-5 Spirulina tablets (500mg each) and it seems to get me thru the workouts. Here are a couple of links I found on this supplement... www.naturalways.com/spirul1.htm and www.umm.edu/.../spirulina-000327.htm Trader Joe's sells spirulina for like $3.50 for 100 tablets......

Hey I just starting taking that (didnt' realise there was a big to-do over it) More for a sustaining drink b/c I don't get time to digest a meal before practice. I'll let you know if I see anything dramatic occur. There are hazards to everything if you think about it. This stuff gives me gas...does that count? Don't mix it with water...it's gross. Stud, are you still taking it then? Anything dramatic occur? Apart from the gas that is. :D Spare us the gas details! Is recovery really better after a strenuous workout? Syd

Stud, are you still taking it then? Anything dramatic occur? Apart from the gas that is. :D Spare us the gas details! Is recovery really better after a strenuous workout? Syd I did feel less tapped out the next day but sometimes the placebo effect can do a lot...who is to say for sure.

Hopefully, this post will go through. I had a problem when I first tried. If you have even slight gastric problems, Creatine is going to screw you up. I know many GIs who say that in time taking extra creatine is going to do a terrible number of your intestines. I have had a Colectomy. I used to have pretty bad colitis. I still have problems. After my surgery, I took some creatine and about killed myself. My surgeon and my GI were really freaked at me. A side effect of taking in extra creatine is diarrhea. I waddle like to know if anyone who doesn't have gut problems has had problems taking creatine?

Hopefully, this post will go through. I had a problem when I first tried. If you have even slight gastric problems, Creatine is going to screw you up. I know many GIs who say that in time taking extra creatine is going to do a terrible number of your intestines. I have had a Colectomy. I used to have pretty bad colitis. I still have problems. After my surgery, I took some creatine and about killed myself. My surgeon and my GI were really freaked at me. A side effect of taking in extra creatine is diarrhea. I waddle like to know if anyone who doesn't have gut problems has had problems taking creatine? Interesting Craig...I thought it was just a reaction...I've been ok the last few days but I'll try another shake tomorrow and see how that affects me. If I get the gas again I may nix the rest of the stuff.