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2006/11/30, 06:02 PM
Hello.
I need to find out about supplements and how effective they are. (Note: I know that supplements aren't a replacement for diet and exercise, nor am I looking for them to be. I'm using them as supplements.) For example, Andro Pump is supposed to be a breakthrough in muscle building. Now, of course all things claim to be a breakthrough, but this supplement has apparently been cited by Bodybuilder.com, although I don't know if that's a good thing or not as I don't know much about the site or its reputation.
I do know that it's designed by USPlabs, which produced Camp, C2 etc., which recieved rave reviews on this site. So, I'm trying to figure out where to find out which supplements are respectable.
Can anyone offer some help on how to tell?
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2006/12/20, 04:19 PM
The most important thing to keep in mind is that these companies are out for one thing..profit and a large margin to boot. Note how many times a supplement comes out and it is really pricey, and in a few weeks/months all of a sudden it is so cheap you feel like it is a no brainer to run out and buy it. Usually the reason behind this is most folks have found out it really does little or nowhere near lives up to the hype behind it, and it stops selling. If it can be sold for the latter cheap price, shows the markup in most cases.
So, when it comes to diet or mass, think to yourself one thing. Most diet products do not work as advertised, why would a mass product be any different?
Both gaining mass and losing fat are a byproduct of one thing, and that is diet. You/we are all limited by genetics. Noone gets to look like Ronnie Coleman withouth massive amounts of drugs to alter hormonal profiles. If a supplement does not do this, it cannot put mass on you. Anything that does do this, is illegal.
Now, so who do you trust? I am fond of smaller companies, ones that do not have tons of TV ads, GNC ads, etc. These are profit making companies, they have to have high profit margins to justify this type of exposure.
A rule of thumb with supplements even from the 'little' guys, sounds too good to be true, surely it is. Stick with the basics....proven to work(and this is relative), protein, creatine, BCAA's are probably a good bet when heavy dieting, and the research is still unclear at besst on them. Some papers say the help, others say they do nothing.
It truly is a buyer beware market.
Maybe as far as a 'bit larger' company, I would go with Beverly International. They have been in the protein, no nonsense supplements since the 60's. They refuse to sell crap like NO, and the like.
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