LOL, sounds like a wonder product. Hardness, pumps and gains but no hormonal activity?
Sounds too good to be true - in fact, it sounds impossible.
You could start by telling us what the hell it even is or even outline a basic mechanism of action without giving away your "top secret extraction!". Anyone who knows anything knows its pretty hard to promote anabolism without some hormonal increase or activity. Otherwise, you are splitting hairs and its all semantics in a magical world where eating a whopper is "anabolic."
I'm sorry but the burden of proof is on USP and this "shroud of mystery" isn't cutting it. This industry is really getting out of hand. At least the god damn pro-hormones did something. I just spent 15min looking for some solid answers on just what the hell is even in Prime and I cant find anything besides crazy claims and retarded testimonials. It's a sad day in the supplement industry when hordes of consumers are buying **** that they have no clue about. I was genuinely interested in see what novel compound UPS came up with but that quickly turned to disappointment and disgust when I see threads full of what looks like marketing brochure claims and illogical bs with no science backing it up. What happened to the objective, skeptical anabolic minds I left?
Alpine did you read the writeup on uspl's page??? woulda been the first place Id look for info....
Prime Supplement Facts:
Serving Size: 1 Capsule
Servings Per Container: 120
Amount Per Serving
Prime Blend (Proprietary blend) 600mg
SuperAnabolic (Engineered Extract from Tribulus Aquaticus)
Cellmend (Engineered Extract from Terminalia Chebula)[/quote]
What's In USPlabs Prime™?
USPlabs Prime™ contains two extremely potent, novel ingredients.
* SuperAnabolic™: Our exclusive engineered extract of a species of Tribulus called Tribulus Acquaticus.
* CellMend™: another extract exclusive to USPlabs of a power-herb called Terminella Chebula – potent Anabolic Adaptagen
SuperAnabolic™
As mentioned, SuperAnabolic™ is a rare species of herb in the same family as Tribulus Terrestris. However, once you try USPlabs Prime™ you'll soon realize the comparisons stop there…
Not all members of the same family are created equal. Surely you've heard of Hammerin' Hank Aaron, with 755 career homeruns to his credit…
…But you've probably never heard of his brother, Tommy, who hit only 13 homeruns in his career!
Same "family", but my oh my, one member was many, many times more powerful!
…And this illustration is extremely accurate because the steroidal glycosides contained in USPlabs Prime make the saponins of tribulous terrestris look like the placebo!
Steroidal Gylcosides
Tribulus Aquaticus contains active steroidal components called steroidal glycosides...
However, the components in USPlabs Prime™ are unique to our specific extract of Tribulus Aquaticus and have not been found in any other compound in the world.
These steroidal glycosides are believed to exert their anabolic effects through non androgen receptor-mediated mechanisms, perhaps by possessing anti-glucocorticoid activity similar to pharmaceutical compounds such as methandrostenolone (D-bol).
In any case, it's obvious that these steroidal glycosides allow for a retention of nitrogen and either a decline in the catabolic processes related to skeletal muscle or an improvement in protein synthesis; the end result of which is increased muscle mass.
...Now, remember, it takes a boatload of raw, whole-herb Tribulus Aquaticus to make just one bottle of USPlabs Prime™.
Only USPlabs knows the extract – no one else!
…Also, ALL of the research in this letter has been done using our exclusive engineered extract.
CellMend™ – "King Of Medicines"
In India there has long been a secret compound used by the strongest, most virile men in India.
Day in and day out, these men wake up and perform 12-14 hours of back-breaking physical labor…
In India, these men get paid on a daily basis for the work they do. There are no paychecks. On average, these men get paid $0.75-$1.00 each day in cash. Therefore, days off are few and far between.
…Yet, even though there's a tremendous amount of stress placed upon these men, they are able to look young, stay strong, stay virile and remain sharp mentally.
What's their secret?
The Ayurvedic medicinal system points to a wonder-fruit called terminalia chebula. Its viewed as one of the most potent CNS and body adaptagenic compounds the world has ever seen.
It's proposed that terminalla chebula balances the entire body mentally and physically - placing your body in a perfect state of balance during times of intense stress.
Terminalia Chebula is called the "King of Medicines" by those in India…
It's always listed first in the Ayurvedic meteria medica because of its extraordinary powers of healing.
According to Charak, the most eminent Ayurvedic physician, Terminalia Chebula is the best fruit for rejuvenation and disease cure.
Additional Terminalia Chebula benefits:
* Also contains antioxidant components, which indicates it may increase the life of tissues.
* In Ayurveda, Terminalia Chebula is used for 'Srotoshodhana' or purifying the channels of body
* It's thought to stimulate & protect the liver.
* When taken with meals, it's believed to sharpen the intellect, increases strength, stimulates the senses, expel urine, stool and other waste materials from the body.
* It's used in nervous weakness & irritability. It promotes the receiving power of the five senses.
* Based on its comprehensive properties, it promotes appetite and helps indigestion.
Cellmend™ Research
Oxidative Stress and Lipid Peroxidation are recently being implicated in a wide-range of physiological disorders, due to their damaging effects on cell transcription and homeostasis.
Oxidative Stress is the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) such as peroxides and free radicals, as a result of an imbalance in cellular reduction – that is, as the mitochondria metabolize energy, they undergo cellular respiration; this process produces ‘reactive oxygen', and damaging reactive oxygen species arise when the body cannot readily detoxify the intermediates in this process.
Oxidative Stress then ensues when the body cannot repair the stress from the initial reaction, or as mentioned, readily redox the productive aspect of cellular respiration.
The tangible effects of OS are inhibited DNA and protein transcription, membrane instability, aptosis, or ultimately, necrosis. Such conditions play a prominent role in degradative neural diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Lipid Peroxidation (LP) is a highly similar process, and involves the degradative oxidation of cell plasma membranes (as cell membranes are comprised almost entirely of lipid strains).
Ultimately, LP results in cell membrane instability, and acute cellular damage. It is also implicated in a wide-range of physiological disorders.
…As a result of these damaging processes, much research is being conducted in the field of anti-oxidants – or, compounds which combat the oxidative stresses of cellular respiration and free radical production.
Recent research has revealed Terminalia Chebula (TC) has both potent secondary and direct effects on oxidative stress.
On a study conducted on dermal wounds, TC increased cellular DNA and total protein expression of cells within the wound, as well as significantly decreasing lipid peroxidase and increasing DPPH radical quenching capacity [4].
Further, tensile strength of the wounded tissue was increased 40% post-healing, suggesting that TC significantly increased cellular membrane stability and that post-reactive stress was greatly attenuated [3].
This is very promising data in respects to resistance training, insofar as the increase of tensile strength in TC healed tissue may result in increased fiber density and resistance to load capacity.
In addition to its potent anti-oxidative and healing capacity, TC is also an anti-microbial/anti-bacterial agent; significantly increasing the body's resistance to Staff Infection [3], and E. Coli proliferation [1].
TC has also been shown to mitigate hepatic oxidative stress, via its aforementioned anti-oxidative and membrane stabilizing capacities [2].
Current clinical data suggests TC may be a novel approach to resistance training induced oxidative stress; significantly attenuating membrane degrdatation, ROS production, lipid peroxidation, as well as increasing total cellular DNA and protein levels –direct precursors to cellular repair.
[1] Growth-Inhibiting Activity of Active Component Isolated from Terminalia chebula Fruits against Intestinal Bacteria. Kim, H.G et al. Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 69, Number 9,September 2006 , pp. 2205-2209(5)
[2] Terminalia chebula (fruit) prevents liver toxicity caused by sub-chronic administration of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide in combination. S A Tasduq et al. Division of Pharmacology and Natural Products Chemistry, Regional Research Laboratory, (CSIR).
[3] Influence of Terminalia chebula on dermal wound healing in rats. Lonchin Sugung et al. Department of
Biochemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India. 2002.
