Recent content by Shaved Ape

Don't hold your breath. The genes associated with many diseases have been known for years and yet there are still millions of people suffering from these conditions with no effective treatment, much less a cure. While it is a long road from drug development to FDA approval, the road from...

good luck with the cycle and pre-contest diet. Just a heads-up -- You may find that you need to re-adjust your expectations regarding your competition bodyweight. Although you may be one of the few that can gain significant muscle on a cutting cycle, you will need to drop at least 30lbs of fat...

Bump for more from Fonz or others

OK I'll stop with the study abstracts and throw in my 2 cents: 1) Dozens of published manuscripts demonstrate the ability of oral glutamine administration to elevate plasma glutamine levels 2) Oral glutamine treatment can benefit select groups of clinical patients, such as those with...

Am J Surg 2002 Apr;183(4):471-9 Related Articles, Links Reversal of cancer-related wasting using oral supplementation with a combination of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, arginine, and glutamine. May PE, Barber A, D'Olimpio JT, Hourihane A, Abumrad NN. Department of Surgery/112...

1: J Cell Mol Med 2002 Jul-Sep;6(3):377-82 Related Articles, Links Effects of oral supplement of L-glutamine on diverted colon wall. Paulo FL. Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [email protected] Diverted...

Am J Clin Nutr 1995 May;61(5):1058-61 Related Articles, Links Increased plasma bicarbonate and growth hormone after an oral glutamine load. Welbourne TC. Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University College of Medicine, Shreveport 71130, USA. An oral glutamine load was...

Am J Clin Nutr 1998 Apr;67(4):660-3 Related Articles, Links An oral glutamine load enhances renal acid secretion and function. Welbourne T, Claville W, Langford M. Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130, USA. [email protected] In a recent...

1: Int J Sports Med 2000 Jan;21(1):25-30 Related Articles, Links The effect of free glutamine and peptide ingestion on the rate of muscle glycogen resynthesis in man. van Hall G, Saris WH, van de Schoor PA, Wagenmakers AJ. Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, The...

Nutrition 2002 May;18(5):367-70 Related Articles, Links Impact of oral L-glutamine on glutathione, glutamine, and glutamate blood levels in volunteers. Valencia E, Marin A, Hardy G. Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University...

Impressive numbers cbeaks -- 5'10" 252lbs at 6.5%! Are you on your precontest diet now?

gsxr is right, despite the fact that he rides only the 2nd best 1000 in production behind the R1 (just kidding bro! dont start with how badly you would outrun me now)

I have had hypoglycemic attacks for years, and it has little to do with my diet or supplements. My non-fasting blood glucose level is 40, where normal is more like 70-130. I eat every hour or two so it doesn't drop that often, but my problem is that I have a narrow window within which my blood...

definitely, as long as the pin is on a narrow slin-type barrel.

I was 24 years old, 6'0, 225 at the start of my first cycle and kept it very short and simple -- 5 weeks of 500mg sust a week. Went from 225 to 249 (no anti-ests) and maintained mid 240s post-cycle. The only thing I did post-cycle was keep my calories very high and lower my training volume, I...