BCAA's

[#8]

^^ epic fail.

BCAA's are also an excellent source of aminos that add no calories to your diet which makes them perfect for a late night protein source or before bed.

id stick to PCT and dieting when anti catabolics are most important.

[CanadianIron]

What if you dont drink your protein post or pre workout though?

I take BCAA's post workout, because I take my whey in the morning and at night. They arent that expensive either...

[Talo]

I find BCAA's work wonders while on a calorie restricted diet.


L-Valine ( one of the BCAA's) - has been know to help simprovement in insomnia and nervousness ( somepeople have issues sleeping while on lower cal diets ). It is also an effective as an appetite suppressant. Helps with those cravings that you may get between diets.

They are MY diet saver. As I take a flavored brand and drink aprox 20-30g all day long.

[Praetorian]

There are loads of BCAA's in whey isolate. As well if you are eating every three hours and good protein sources there really is no need for BCAA's. Also if you are dieting and eating correctly there is no reason to take them prior to cardio etc...this can actually slow fat loss.
BCAA's were popular back in the 80's prior to decent isolates being available...once isolates hit the market they died off...now they are being remarketed as a muscle retention product and recuperation when dieting...unnecessary.
P

[Praetorian]

^^ epic fail.

BCAA's are also an excellent source of aminos that add no calories to your diet which makes them perfect for a late night protein source or before bed.

id stick to PCT and dieting when anti catabolics are most important.

amino acids =protein=calories....there is no such thing as zero calories from BCAA. If dieting correctly BCAA are unnecessary.
P

[L3]

^^^ i really wanted to snack on bcaa's, but was told NO

[Ritch]

Well there`s experts on both sides of the bcaa discussion. Kind of like anything else... But Milo`s advocates them big time, so like everything else in this game, it`s just something you have to try for yourself to see if it works or not.

But just a thought. It seems the people that are against bcaa`s do at least 500mg of test when dieting. I mean if you have that going for you, then for sure the bcaa`s are a waste...

[natenator]

^^^ i really wanted to snack on bcaa's, but was told NO

[Talo]

But just a thought. It seems the people that are against bcaa`s do at least 500mg of test when dieting. I mean if you have that going for you, then for sure the bcaa`s are a waste...

I agree with what your saying here.

I use them , and I will always use them , have been for the past 1.5 almost daily.

They really help ME while dieting .

I agree with P when he said that they may slow down your weight loss. For me that's fine because I'm a fan of the mirror not the scale , so if I only lose 1lb a week instead of 3 or 4 I'm fine with that as long as my muscle holds on and I acheive what I've set out to do.

Also the stuff i take I would rather take then having 3 or 4 pops a day to crave my sweet tooth

[Ritch]

No way do they slow down weight loss. How does something that`s anti catabolic slow down weight loss? Slow down or hault muslce loss would be a better choice of words.