Riled Over Rilose
Yesterday, a member of the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum asked a question about Rilose… specifically, whether it was “worth the money” or not. At this point, a lot of you might be wondering: what the heck is Rilose? So before I go on, let me explain… For the non-lifting public: it’s typical for serious lifters to suck down some fast-digesting carbs and protein before/during/after workouts, as...
“Clown Car” Supplements
I’m currently wrapping up a review on Muscle Asylum Project’s “Freak Fix Muscle Whey.” For those of you who don’t already know, MAP is owned by Iovate Health Sciences – the parent company of Muscletech. Now MAP is a separate label, but it’s really a distinction without a difference. The way the MAP stuff is designed and marketed, it might as well BE Muscletech. Now, Muscletech’s stuff...
From the Mailbag: Thoughts on NO-Xplode
Paul forwarded a reader comment to me yesterday, and I thought the subject was worth exploring in depth: I’m curious to know your opinion on the negative effects of Rutaecarpine? There are a lot of reliable (!?) anecdotal reports of liver enzyme issues. A quick search finds multiple studies, including human, of this compound inhibiting liver microsomes. Rutaecarpine is in products like BSN No Xplode (which many of the anecdotal...
Simple Questions Don’t Always Have Simple Answers
A case in point popped up on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum recently… “What is the best multivitamin?” That’s a pretty, simple question… but I’ll be damned if I know the answer. I’m not sure what “best” even means, when it comes to multivitamins. To be perfectly honest, there are very few objective standards for evaluating a multi. The few that come to my mind are:...
Who the Hell is Rick Gray???
Had an IM chat this morning w/Simon, the admin for the forums I mod, about Rick Gray. I hadn’t finished my coffee yet, and wasn’t quite awake…so when Si asked me if I’d ever heard of the guy, I momentarily confused him with the author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” A quick Google search revealed the error, however (the “Mars/Venus” author is JOHN Gray, not Rick), so my...
The List Keeps Getting Longer…
The FDA list of fat loss supps adulterated with pharmaceuticals keeps growing. Initially, it was 28. Then it grew to 69…now it’s 72 – enough to trigger a new alert message. On Dec. 22, 2008, the FDA warned consumers not to purchase or consume 28 different products marketed for weight loss. On Jan. 8, 2009, the FDA expanded the list of tainted weight loss products to include 41 additional tainted products. The FDA...
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