Nutrient partitioners?

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Reading about ish like Primalog, are they legit?
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to test out for myself once I finish out my first laxo product.
Really it's between Massmax(had great results with Rhanderol before so the rhaponticum in there excites me), or a nutrient partitioner.
I'd like to hear your experience, and your recommendations
 

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PerforMax Labs SlinMax bro! It's tested (scientifically) true consistently against blood glucose monitors and in terms of feel after meals.
I've tried most of the GDA's/NP's over the years and SlinMax has always been the most reliable and the best.
 
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also a big fan of Slinmax

i like predator too
 
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Well, slinmax and MassMax are two totally different products. I have yet to stack them but I will some day soon. I say just find the best deal on each one and whatever is cheaper, go ahead and try. Slinmax is a forum favorite and is great. As is MassMax. Just depends on what your currently goals are but slinmax can be used for any goal.
 
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Well, slinmax and MassMax are two totally different products. I have yet to stack them but I will some day soon. I say just find the best deal on each one and whatever is cheaper, go ahead and try. Slinmax is a forum favorite and is great. As is MassMax. Just depends on what your currently goals are but slinmax can be used for any goal.
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Reading about ish like Primalog, are they legit?
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to test out for myself once I finish out my first laxo product.
Really it's between Massmax(had great results with Rhanderol before so the rhaponticum in there excites me), or a nutrient partitioner.
I'd like to hear your experience, and your recommendations
If your goal is bulking or putting on size, I would definitely give Massmax a try. Nutrient partitioners definitely have their place, but Massmax offers more benefits from a strength and size gain perspective. You could stack Massmax with a GDA as others have mentioned, but I think Massmax is worth running solo to see how it treats you.
 

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All my blood sugar testings ive done.. i've used a ton of gdas.. anabolic pump tests the best.
 

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I read good thinks about glycobol but i never usted, i only use mtest by animal and like it
 
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Reading about ish like Primalog, are they legit?
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to test out for myself once I finish out my first laxo product.
Really it's between Massmax(had great results with Rhanderol before so the rhaponticum in there excites me), or a nutrient partitioner.
I'd like to hear your experience, and your recommendations
Predator by chaosand pain will show you da wei.
 
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How about SLINTENSITY by Evomuse?

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I have a bottle on the supplement auction here: http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplement-auction/299672-slintensity-evomuse.html

Intro
Designed to help drive more nutrients into the muscle cells and away from fat, the idea behind Slintensity Redux is to make every meal more anabolic. Whether you are on a low, medium or high carbohydrate nutrition plan, Slintensity Redux has a place in the arsenal. Here are some thoughts on each:

Low Carb Eater
Typically low carb eaters lean towards a higher fat intake, hence the term “LCHF” for low carb/high fat. The higher fat intake can lead to a degree of insulin resistance and elevated fasting blood glucose in some people (but certainly not all). This is typically not a problem if carbs are continuously kept low, as insulin is less of a player on a LCHF diet, and insulin resistance doesn’t really matter if you’re not using much endogenous insulin.

However, many LCHF eaters still like to have a higher carbohydrate post workout meal to replenish muscle glycogen, and this would be the perfect time to use Slintensity Redux to allow improved insulin sensitivity and insurance of the extra carbohydrate load going where it is wanted. It could also be used before a cheat meal on a ketogenic diet to reduce the time needed to get back into ketosis.

Moderate Carb Eater
For the moderate carb eater, Slintensity Redux is perfect to take before any carb containing meals to help maximally encourage muscle building while minimizing fat storage. You will likely find that you can get away with a higher carb intake than usual, if so desired.

High Carb Eater
For those on a gaining phase, or those that just eat high carbs year round, you will likely notice a much easier time building muscle and losing fat with the addition of Slintensity Redux. If you are the type that is prone to crashing/fogginess/fatigue after meals, you will also likely start to notice feeling quite a bit better once the improved nutrient partitioning takes effect. You may either be able to reduce your carb intake while still enjoying the same rate of muscle growth, or maintain/increase your high carb intake with a lower level of fat spillover and even more muscle growth.

How does Slintensity Redux work?
  • Improved GLUT4 translocation
  • Improved insulin sensitivity, production and signaling
  • Increased nutrient disposal into muscle
  • Decreased nutrient disposal into fat cells
  • And much more…see below
Let’s take a look at each of the ingredients and how they work.
Banaba blend (Corosolic Acid/mixed elaggitannins)
Coming from the banaba leaf, this extract is standardized for a high concentration of corosolic acid and mixed elaggitannins. The first published study dates all the way back to 1940, and is commonly used in folk medicine for diabetes.

Banaba has several powerful effects, the most important ones for our purposes relate to its interaction with blood sugar. It has been shown in numerous studies to decrease serum blood sugar after carbohydrate ingestion by enhancing glucose uptake at the muscle cell (1–8).

Banaba appears to carry out its effects through favorable signaling modulation of PPARa, PPARy, MAPK, and NF-kb, while significantly increasing insulin sensitivity and translocation of GLUT4 receptors to the outside of the cell membrane, giving insulin more places to dock and let the glucose in (1–3,7,9,10). It also appears to be an insulin mimetic, albeit acting in a different way than insulin itself (11).

Multiple studies have also elucidated banaba’s ability to either decrease or inhibit gluconeogenesis, which is the basically the conversion of protein into glucose (1,2,12). This means less protein being wasted, and more available for muscle building.

Good news for blood lipids and other general health markers as well, take a look at these benefits:

Antihyperlipidemic (reduces elevated blood lipids) (1,2)
Reduces serum Triglycerides, FFA’s, and hepatic lipid content (1,2,7,10,13,14)
Decreases blood pressure, oxidative stress, and inflammatory markers like CRP-hs (13)
Reduces HbA1c (which is typically thought of as a window into your last three months of blood sugar levels, however it is also an indicator of the level of Advanced Glycation End Products {AGE’s} in the body) (7).
Increases adiponectin (10).

One group of researchers took genetically obese mice and fed them a fattening diet, and found that the addition of corosolic acid reduced fat gain by 15% over controls (10). And remember, this is in an obese model, where everything related to a functional metabolism is a disaster.

Finally, one last cool thing about banaba; it has been shown to suppress adipocyte differentiation, preventing stem cells from becoming mature fat cells (15).

4OH-Ile (4-hydroxyisoleucine)
4OH-Ile is an atypical branched-chain amino acid derived from fenugreek. Unlike banaba which has insulin like effects without stimulating extra insulin production, 4OH-Ile appears to directly stimulate glucose-induced insulin release from the pancreas. This effect is seen when blood glucose starts to rise above about 118mg/dL, which would be well above a fasting glucose for a healthy person but a pretty easily achieved post-prandial level for even a moderate carbohydrate meal. Also, the more blood glucose rises, the more insulin 4OH-Ile triggers, in a biphasic fashion (16).

Similar to banaba, 4OH-Ile has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in muscle cells, doing so by triggering translocation of GLUT4 receptors through the PI3-kinase/AKT pathway (17–21). However, even though 4OH-Ile stimulates insulin production in response to elevated blood sugar (i.e., carb intake), it also tends to lower fasting insulin levels (17,21).

Once cells become insulin resistant, a cascade of bad things starts to happen in the body. 4OH-Ile has demonstrated the ability to reverse many of these problems. Namely, reducing total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides, TNFa, liver enzymes AST and ALT, and HbA1c, while elevating HDL (15,18,19,21,22).

So basically 4OH-Ile is going to crank up insulin production when it’s beneficial to get more glucose and amino acids into the muscle cells, support normal levels while fasting, and help optimize blood lipids and inflammatory cytokines.

Momordin
Momordin is a titerpenoid saponin extracted from the bitter melon fruit. It is the third ingredient in the Slintensity formula shown to increase GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle cells, thereby encouraging better insulin sensitivity and higher glucose uptake (23). Momordin works, at least in part, through PI3K/MAPK dependent PPAR signaling (24,25). It has also been shown to increase AMPK phosphorylation and reduce the expression of PEPCK. One study looking at overfed mice showed that the addition of momordin caused less visceral fat gain and reduced glucose levels, triglycerides and fatty acid synthase (FAS) (26).

Momordin has also been shown to have a three-pronged attack on preventing fat gain in human fat cells by inhibiting its storage, increasing lipolysis, and inhibiting adipocyte differentiation (27). Finally, it also appears to slow gastric emptying which improves glucose metabolism and insulin signaling (28).

FMOC-L-Leu
FMOC-L-Leu is a derivative of the Amino Acid Leucine, with some highly unique effects. It acts as a ligand for PPARy, binding in a particular way that causes it to only activate the beneficial signaling pathways that we want. Specifically, it potently increases insulin sensitivity without increasing adipogenesis (often when insulin sensitivity is increased, it happens at both muscle and fat cells encouraging heightened uptake at both places, which is not ideal in a non-pathological state) (29).
Phellodendri Cortex 20:1

Extracted from the bark of the Phellodendron tree, Phellodendri Cortex contains two major compounds relevant to Slintensity, obacunone and berberine (30).

Obacunone does several beneficial things, let’s take a look.

Arginase Inhibition
Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) competes with arginase for available L-arginine. Too much arginase, and the L-arginine substrate pool becomes depleted, leaving little left over for NOS to produce NO with. More NO allows us to take advantage of post meal vasodilation, encouraging enhanced delivery of nutrients to the cells. Obacunone has been demonstrated to be an arginase inhibitor, and subsequently boost NO production. It was even able to attenuate the effect of a vasoconstrictor (31).

TRG5 agonism
This is a protein that serves as a cell surface bile acid receptor. The activation of this receptor triggers intracellular cAMP production and MAPk signaling, demonstrating involvement in energy homeostasis. Interestingly, when this receptor is agonized it activates enzymes that convert the minimally active thyroid hormone T4 into the potent hormone T3. The ineffective conversion of T4 to T3 is quite common in people with suboptimal thyroid function, which can throw a wrench into fat loss and muscle gain, among other things.

TRG5 agonism, which obacunone has demonstrated capability for, has been shown to prevent elevated blood sugar and obesity in mice overfed a high fat diet (32,33).

P-gp (P-glycoprotein) inhibition
This glycoprotein carries several things through intra and extra-cellular membranes, and it can reduce the bioavailability of many pharmaceuticals and supplements. The intestinal barrier cells use P-gp to resist absorption of berberine, which likely accounts for reports of GI distress when users consume high doses of the compound. Obacunone has demonstrated significant P-gp inhibition capabilities, allowing for better bioavailability of berberine and other ingredients (30).

In addition to the above, obacunone also acts as an anti-aromatase, reduces inflammatory markers like NF-kB & COX2, activates the p38/MAPK pathway, and prevents glutamate induced neurotoxicity (34,35).

As for Berberine, a ton of research has been done on this compound assessing its beneficial effect on blood sugar, insulin and diabetes management, so we will avoid going through all of that for the sake of brevity and just look at a few interesting points.

In a recent randomized double blind placebo study, 24 subjects with metabolic syndrome participated; half were given berberine three times per day before meals. Those that received berberine compared to controls, saw reduced blood pressure, triglycerides, reduced AUC for glucose and insulin, increased insulin sensitivity, and an improvement in the Matsuda index (an index looking at the response to an oral glucose tolerance test) (36).

Berberine has also been shown to donwregulate lipogenetic genes and upregulate energy expenditure genes in adipose and muscle cells (37). It also appears to increase insulin sensitivity in a novel way, by having a somewhat dichotomous effect on mitochondria. It activates AMPK, then inhibits mitochondrial function, then when the berberine clears the extra AMPK enhances mitochondrial function, and the end result is enhanced glucose and FFA oxidation with improved insulin sensitivity (38).

Berberine also inhibits preadipocyte differentiation, and encourages the gut microbiota to shift towards the type that produce the extremely beneficial Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA’s) (39,40).

Green Curry Leaf Extract
GCLE is exactly what it sounds like, also known as Murraya Koenigii. GCLE has been shown in numerous studies to have a glucose lowering effect, fasting and in response to a meal. It appears to do so by the familiar mechanism of increasing GLUT4 translocation causing enhanced glucose uptake at the muscle cell, as well as being another ingredient that actually stimulates insulin synthesis and secretion (41–46).

In addition, GLCE has also been shown to lower total cholesterol, triglycerides, reduce oxidative stress and pancreatic cell damage, inhibit glycation, and boost glutathione (41,43,46–49).

Conclusion
As you can see, we have combined several potent and exciting ingredients into Slintensity Redux that should have a profound effect on muscle gain and fat loss. Optimal dosing will take experimenting depending on your carbohydrate intake, so start with label directions and go from there.



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MassMax and SlinMax stacked would be great. MassMax will help you eat more food and put the protein to good use. SlinMax will ensure proper amino acid intake and keep fat gain minimal.

Plus the pumps will be ridiculous!!
 
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Since this is a first time thing for experimenting I'm just gonna do whats on sale; currently in between Massmax and Enhanced Athlete's Slin, anyone try Slin?
 
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Reading about ish like Primalog, are they legit?
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to test out for myself once I finish out my first laxo product.
Really it's between Massmax(had great results with Rhanderol before so the rhaponticum in there excites me), or a nutrient partitioner.
I'd like to hear your experience, and your recommendations
What is your goal? A bulk, recomp, or cut. If you are cutting or even going for a recomp, I would go with Slinmax over MassMax XT. SlinMax will help utilize the carbs and nutrients and while it can be used on a bulk, I like it slightly better for a cut or recomp, especially if you are considering Massmax XT.

MassMax XT shines during a bulk. It will increase your hunger, increase muscle fullness and increase strength. Users report a greater scale weight, but a more favorable body composition which is great.


Since this is a first time thing for experimenting I'm just gonna do whats on sale; currently in between Massmax and Enhanced Athlete's Slin, anyone try Slin?
I have not, can you post the label?
 
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have you heard about follidrone 2.0? lots of nutrient partitioning happening with its use.. tons of great logs out there
 
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have you heard about follidrone 2.0? lots of nutrient partitioning happening with its use.. tons of great logs out there
Read a lot about Follidrone, seen a lot of logs, and I see your affiliated so no offense here, but I've got a rule about prop blends.
Unless I see it on an alright sale I can't jump on that.
 
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Read a lot about Follidrone, seen a lot of logs, and I see your affiliated so no offense here, but I've got a rule about prop blends. Unless I see it on an alright sale I can't jump on that.
I'm normally on the same side as you with prop blends as in the case with products like Pre Workouts. I'm not a fan of products lumping several areas of "stim / focus / etc." with proprietary areas describing the ingredients. The same with "Fat Burners", but when it comes to something such as Follidrone 2.0 there is a good reason for the prop blend. The ingredients are clearly shown and there is no concern about how much of what is in it because nothing there will cause an issue. (i.e., stimulants) or under dosing.

Follidrone 2.0 has the best absorption package and delivers the most Epicatichen of anything on the market. Yes, I am affiliated with BLR but I was a customer first and my opinions and reviews are prior to my affiliation as with xR1pp3Rx and others. We were, and are customers first.

I recomped on Follidrone 2.0 and it gave me fantastic results. The nutrient partitioning effects are a bonus to the
natural anabolic.

You will not be disappointed.

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It's not that great. Berberine is great, but the rest of it is meh or underdosed for the ingredients I like. I would either save up for SlinMax, Slintensity, etc.
My bad thats the old formula
I went ahead and ordered I trust the company and Dr Tony Huge tbh
After this I may try follidrone who knows
 
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EA's Arachidonic Acid is the **** too fam
In all honesty I only know about that company bc at one point I was looking in to SARMs, until I learned about the suppression they actually cause that some people insist they don't cause
One day there will be a gr8 anabolic that doesn't need PCT mark my words
 
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Reading about ish like Primalog, are they legit?
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to test out for myself once I finish out my first laxo product.
Really it's between Massmax(had great results with Rhanderol before so the rhaponticum in there excites me), or a nutrient partitioner.
I'd like to hear your experience, and your recommendations
Back in the day, I pretty much tried almost everything. Hands down, the best nutrient repartitioner I have ever used (and the one supplement out of any that if had a choice would not ever be without) is Recompadrol. Although discontinued a couple of years ago, it was actually recently released under a new name and different company as GlycoShield. Have a few bottles on their way to me right now and cannot wait to have this again (especially since I have not really used many supplements in years and this will be the only one I will have and be using for the next couple of months back home)!
 
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Back in the day, I pretty much tried almost everything. Hands down, the best nutrient repartitioner I have ever used (and the one supplement out of any that if had a choice would not ever be without) is Recompadrol. Although discontinued a couple of years ago, it was actually recently released under a new name and different company as GlycoShield. Have a few bottles on their way to me right now and cannot wait to have this again (especially since I have not really used many supplements in years and this will be the only one I will have and be using for the next couple of months back home)!
This.... Recompadrol was the absolute best, so GlycoShield now takes the throne, read any log on recompadrol and expect the same experience....
 
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Back in the day, I pretty much tried almost everything. Hands down, the best nutrient repartitioner I have ever used (and the one supplement out of any that if had a choice would not ever be without) is Recompadrol. Although discontinued a couple of years ago, it was actually recently released under a new name and different company as GlycoShield. Have a few bottles on their way to me right now and cannot wait to have this again (especially since I have not really used many supplements in years and this will be the only one I will have and be using for the next couple of months back home)!
Rosie in the house?!?! Is this like an AnabolicMinds OG reunion?
 

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What are people's thoughts on taking GDA's before bed?
I've read that it can help increase overall insulin sensitevity, fat burning and lower fasting blood glucose levels long term.
 
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My bad thats the old formula
I went ahead and ordered I trust the company and Dr Tony Huge tbh
After this I may try follidrone who knows
What product is this? name?
 
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All my blood sugar testings ive done.. i've used a ton of gdas.. anabolic pump tests the best.
Really? I use it PWO mainly and honestly felt like it leaned me man. 90 capsules made it last forever, or better dosing.

It's not available anymore is it? #found 60 capsules for 19 bucks#
 
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Really? I use it PWO mainly and honestly felt like it leaned me man. 90 capsules made it last forever, or better dosing.

It's not available anymore is it? #found 60 capsules for 19 bucks#
where at
 
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Man, there are so many options out there... It really depends exactly what you want and how much you want to spend on them.

Strongest I would say goes to Glycoshield or Predator

Best for the budget goes to SNS Glycophase (almost always the cheapest on the market)

and the myriad of options in between. personally, slinmax wasn't the best for me (especially for the price), AP (RIP) was teh best for just general pumps, and glcobol just made my poo green ha.
 
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What are people's thoughts on taking GDA's before bed?
I've read that it can help increase overall insulin sensitevity, fat burning and lower fasting blood glucose levels long term.
When I had Recompadrol, I always used to dose 2-4 caps pre-bed (dose dependent on nutrition that day). Reduced any potential discomfort from excessive calories (especially from carbs, given that I have at least 400 grams a day and still often have >4,000 calories in a single meal), and if none of that, helps in maintaining leaner body composition and eliminating water weight from high starchy carbohydrates. I started doing at the recommendation of Zach, Recompadrol's formulator (and will be doing with GlycoShield once that arrives - hoping in the next week).
 
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When I had Recompadrol, I always used to dose 2-4 caps pre-bed (dose dependent on nutrition that day). Reduced any potential discomfort from excessive calories (especially from carbs, given that I have at least 400 grams a day and still often have >4,000 calories in a single meal), and if none of that, helps in maintaining leaner body composition and eliminating water weight from high starchy carbohydrates. I started doing at the recommendation of Zach, Recompadrol's formulator (and will be doing with GlycoShield once that arrives - hoping in the next week).
Good to know. I’ve never tried it before I sleep. Will keep that in mind.
 
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Good to know. I’ve never tried it before I sleep. Will keep that in mind.
I've always done that with it. And now get to again - GlycoShield arrived today (gave me a huge smile)! Happy to have my "gold" back again :)
 

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I've always done that with it. And now get to again - GlycoShield arrived today (gave me a huge smile)! Happy to have my "gold" back again :)
Are you going to log or review your GlycoSheild?
 
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Are you going to log or review your GlycoSheild?
Hadn't planned on it (since have pretty much used the formulation on and off for years and already know how it affects me).
 

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This.... Recompadrol was the absolute best, so GlycoShield now takes the throne, read any log on recompadrol and expect the same experience....
Back in the day, I pretty much tried almost everything. Hands down, the best nutrient repartitioner I have ever used (and the one supplement out of any that if had a choice would not ever be without) is Recompadrol. Although discontinued a couple of years ago, it was actually recently released under a new name and different company as GlycoShield. Have a few bottles on their way to me right now and cannot wait to have this again (especially since I have not really used many supplements in years and this will be the only one I will have and be using for the next couple of months back home)!
Thanks for the love and support!
 
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Back in the day, I pretty much tried almost everything. Hands down, the best nutrient repartitioner I have ever used (and the one supplement out of any that if had a choice would not ever be without) is Recompadrol. Although discontinued a couple of years ago, it was actually recently released under a new name and different company as GlycoShield. Have a few bottles on their way to me right now and cannot wait to have this again (especially since I have not really used many supplements in years and this will be the only one I will have and be using for the next couple of months back home)!
And how much do you love the update and improvement in Glycoshield? Saw they made it to you not to long ago. how many capsules per day are you using now?
 

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Hadn't planned on it (since have pretty much used the formulation on and off for years and already know how it affects me).
A review from someone with the formula experience, such as yourself, would be the best person to review the new finalised product.
 
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GlycoSheild has a solid profile, great price and lots of servings. I used it for my carb up on Wed with approx 500+gms (normally I eat under 30gms a day). Being that I have been doing this for ages, it is hard for me to really say good/bad but as usual I was leaner when I woke up the next day. (no green shi*ts like OG Recompadrol lol).....I do like the profile and will keep it as a stable in my GDA arsenal.
 

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GlycoSheild has a solid profile, great price and lots of servings. I used it for my carb up on Wed with approx 500+gms (normally I eat under 30gms a day). Being that I have been doing this for ages, it is hard for me to really say good/bad but as usual I was leaner when I woke up the next day. (no green shi*ts like OG Recompadrol lol).....I do like the profile and will keep it as a stable in my GDA arsenal.
Oh my goodness 500g. So that’s your secret! We both eat the same Keto style expect I haven’t eaten 500g carbs probably in the last two years combined sounds like I’m well overdue for a carb up.... I’m assuming you limit fat intake during this? Mind sharing what a typical carb up is like? And how many caps did you use for the 500g?
 
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Oh my goodness 500g. So that’s your secret! We both eat the same Keto style expect I haven’t eaten 500g carbs probably in the last two years combined sounds like I’m well overdue for a carb up.... I’m assuming you limit fat intake during this? Mind sharing what a typical carb up is like? And how many caps did you use for the 500g?
Yeah im interested too!!
 

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