It does. I can do without whey. It's overrated.

I just started consuming salmon fish oil today also. See how it goes

Whey already blend with BCAA. If you have whey, no need for BCAA.
Like you case, you take BCAA and not whey. it's similar.

I Know a guy who taking BCAA 10g before and 10g after and he ripped as you.

This post has been edited by arekey: Dec 8 2011, 01:49 PM

[quote=darklight79,Nov 26 2011, 01:24 PM]
http://www.livestrong.com/slideshow/550744...ed-supplements/
Weight Gainers

The Claim: L-glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid that has the potential to improve immunity and certain diseases of the digestive tract. It has been heavily marketed toward bodybuilders and strength/power athletes for its supposed ability to enhance muscle size and performance. The Facts: In spite of the hype, glutamine has a consistent track record of failure to enhance training performance or muscle gains [27-30]
L-carnitine

Just to share my thoughts. the above statement if Glutamine is use as a primary goals in enhancing training performance or to gain muscle then probably the above is true. However, if the primary glutamine goal is for muscle recovery then the above statement might be misleading. It feels like presenting "massage" data to support one's perspective. Just my 2 cents.

People body composition and tolrance to subtsance varies greatly due to life-style, environement, placebo effect, etc so what works for 1 does not mean it will work for all. Hence keep an open mind on readings these articles.

Also as a base stack the below is still the best

1. Recovery + build muscle - protein powder
2. General health + recovery - Multi-vitamins-minerals
3. General health - EFA (essential fatty acids)
4. Pre-workout supplements (creatine, Nitric Oxide, etc)

Anything above the 4 will be base on your objective, ie lose fats, gain strength, etc...also how much moolah $$ u got. If you can afford them spend them.

This post has been edited by spamfish: Dec 9 2011, 11:07 AM

Has anyone seen this video? It basically criticizes Casein's utilization by our body as compared to whey.

This post has been edited by RootOfJesse: Apr 3 2012, 05:53 PM