Couple of Supplements

[CalorieKing]

jsut curious if anyone is taking these and if they are seeing results, Im taking L Carnitine for the first time

L Carnitine---took my first dose before training today and aiya did I ever sweat
Electrolytes--I genuinely feel better when I drink them

[BB]

jsut curious if anyone is taking these and if they are seeing results, Im taking L Carnitine for the first time


Electrolytes--I genuinely feel better when I drink them

Always like to have these around, whether iin a mix, or plain old Gatorade. I keep a ton around during cold and flu season. They just work, and work fast.

[beakdoctor]

One of the best things you can do in the morning is delay consuming caffeine.  Your first drink of the day should be water with salt and electrolytes.

I used to take acetyl L carnitine. I once read something about it increasing testosterone receptor affinity.  I used to take a whole cocktail of supplements and ALCar was a staple. In my mid 40's I would say everything I was taking helped me feel pretty damn good for a "natty."

CLA, ALA, Beta-Alanine, Creatine, fish oil, D/L-Phenylalamine, L-Tyrosine, Tyramine and a few other supplements gave me a boost at a time in my life when I cut out drinking and party drugs. I quit all my vices but felt like shit. Little by little I used various supplements to give myself every advantage to overcome the feeling of coming off all recreational drugs. It was brutal. I figured it would just take a few days to start feeling better. I mean, I assumed quitting drinking and partying would make me feel great. Hahaha lololololol.  Nope. I felt like wet garbage.

Anyway, whether the supplements worked , or it was placebo, or it was just a natural progression of cleaning out, I felt they did actually work. It felt like I was switching from regular to premium, from decaf to full caffeine, if you get what I mean.

[Van_Bilderass]

Regular oral carnitine is probably pretty useless for body comp and performance. The injectable form is wildly popular in bodybuilding circles, just YT it LOL, but it's kind of questionable how much if anything it does, but some rave about it. For example, remembered this:

https://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/index.php?threads/my-fascination-with-inj-l-carnitine.166391/

Acetyl-l-Carn can have its uses, it used to be popular when stacked with lipoic acid, still is. It can be felt "neurally." I use it myself sometimes. You can find studies and info on the combo.

Electrolytes, I use them a lot. Get a good one with not just sodium and potassium. If there's some good salt of magnesium, some calcium, bicarb and so on that is a plus. If I was in the states I would use this:
https://nootropicsdepot.com/infinilyte-optimized-electrolyte-blend/

I'll bore most with my long posts but I have all this info on hydration, so... for best rehydration add a little sugar like dextrose, it makes it much more effective for rehydration. Pedialyte for example contains 25 grams of sugar per liter. Milk rehydrates you better than plain water and it's due to the sugar as well as the sodium and proteins in it. I add some taurine and sometimes glycerol too to my electrolyte water.

Little by little I used various supplements to give myself every advantage to overcome the feeling of coming off all recreational drugs. It was brutal. I figured it would just take a few days to start feeling better. I mean, I assumed quitting drinking and partying would make me feel great. Hahaha lololololol.  Nope. I felt like wet garbage.

There's a research compound called 9-me-bc that's amazing if coming off dopamine boosting compounds, stims most especially. Stacked with some Bromantane I couldn't feel any "lows" coming off a longer stint of stims years back.

[Griffith]

Regular oral carnitine is probably pretty useless for body comp and performance. The injectable form is wildly popular in bodybuilding circles, just YT it LOL, but it's kind of questionable how much if anything it does, but some rave about it. For example, remembered this:

https://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/index.php?threads/my-fascination-with-inj-l-carnitine.166391/

Acetyl-l-Carn can have its uses, it used to be popular when stacked with lipoic acid, still is. It can be felt "neurally." I use it myself sometimes. You can find studies and info on the combo.

Electrolytes, I use them a lot. Get a good one with not just sodium and potassium. If there's some good salt of magnesium, some calcium, bicarb and so on that is a plus.

There's a research compound called 9-me-bc that's amazing if coming off dopamine boosting compounds, stims most especially. Stacked with some Bromantane I couldn't feel any "lows" coming off a longer stint of stims years back.

What are your thoughts on L-Cysteine (NAC) and Alpha Lipoic Acid?

[Van_Bilderass]

What are your thoughts on L-Cysteine (NAC) and Alpha Lipoic Acid?

I try to use NAC all year round and I actually just picked up some ALA. NAC is proven to very effectively raise levels of the body's master antioxidant glutathione as you know. In acetaminophen overdoses it's given so you don't go into liver failure. It's very cheap too.
ALA is also an effective antioxidant.

"AI Overview

Lipoic acid boosts vitamins C and E by acting as a powerful «biological antioxidant» that helps to «recycle» and regenerate them, allowing them to continue their own antioxidant functions. Its ability to work in both water-soluble and fat-soluble environments allows it to enhance the body's overall antioxidant defenses, acting as a «synergistic partner» with other antioxidants.

lipoic acid boosts glutathione levels by directly regenerating it from its oxidized form and by increasing its synthesis, thereby enhancing the body's antioxidant capacity. Lipoic acid achieves this by promoting the regeneration of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) back to its active reduced form (GSH) and through pathways that increase the de novo synthesis of glutathione.

So my antiox cocktail for the moment consists of a gram or two of NAC, maybe 600-800mg ALA and a gram or two of vitamin C; I take this at night. I also take a cap of Astaxanthin a day, supposedly also a very effective antiox with a potentially protective effect on many organ systems, liver, kidney, eyes, skin etc. I've said that antioxidant supplementation is a tricky subject, might sometimes lessen training adaptations for example, but I figure I might need some if bombarding my body with toxic chems, as well as while recovering from illness