StackedCop
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Its still debatable imo that a lower full spectrum extract provides benefits over super standardized extract or vice versa.
You have a good point. Or it could be TL and mixle pimping... I do not know..
Its still debatable imo that a lower full spectrum extract provides benefits over super standardized extract or vice versa.
You have a good point. Or it could be TL and mixle pimping... I do not know..
Or be silly like I am, stack Ebol and Iforce Ecdy together. Why not get the best of both worlds and end the debate, lol
I can see a LG Sub-ecdy and Iforce ecdy stack working as well.
Its still debatable imo that a lower full spectrum extract provides benefits over super standardized extract or vice versa.
like better and fast recovery?
Rhaponticum Carthamoides is an Adaptogen maybe i will give a try but for only for this properties.
I cannot make a conclusive statement...Im just saying Im not convinced which is better either way 95%, 98%, 99%??? Its not easy to answer. Perhaps they are all unique in their own way.
I think they are all worth trying, and especially stacking which Im currently doing.
Full spectrum you also get some benefits of tannins and resins...but pure 99% extract may have more potent specific effects....dont ask Im still learning, lol
All Im saying is that ecdy kicks ass, and there are multiple effective options to choose from, but it will take more time to pick out whats best which imo a variety formula is also worth exploring/developing to see if there are more pronounced effects.
Haha I'll be stacking all the ecdys!!! Lol looking forward to sub ecdy and ebol been wanting to try both for a while.
Bro, I just checked out the price for Ebol, wow, 64 bux but if it works well then I will buy it for sure. First though, I am going to pick up the substerone. I will run the Ecdy then the substerone. If teh results are good, then Ebol in next in line..Damn bro, def a kid in a candy store..LOL
Staked, you run the ebol before? if so how was it..
SJ
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another question?
What is the effects of Rhaponticum Carthamoides on loss of body fat?
Ecdysteroids curb growth of fat tissue
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yes i see this study. but i can`t find any thats support the use of this on keto
if this is capable like ALA of maintain a stable glycogen levels?
Until you not eat carbs so this means never reach ketosis I’m very susceptible to this.
Easy way to find out...get into ketosis and after a 5-7 days add in ecdy. Use testing strips to gauge results.
Results may vary person to person also...and different extracts, you never know more than your own body and testing. For example, some people have aspartame kick them out of ketosis, and some people not.
This is exactly what I thinking do so I will pick up one of LG and one of iForce and test.
Did you experience a increase in hunger too?
I dont experience increased hunger from ecdy, I do alot of tricks to prevent hunger but I do not feel any additional hunger.
As you know Im a lifestyle low carb guy also, but I havent been pushing keto in a couple of years.
I feel ecdy helps me maintain muscle mass while cutting, improve workout capacity, my muscles feel a bit more swole (from training harder at least), and most importantly I feel like it counters stim fatigue (especially with Ebols formula which has other goodies) which I havent been cycling off in quite a while.
I believe my skin and hair looks better too!
I dose heavily around my workout period, right now it looks like this
7:30 iforce ecdy with protein shake and coffee
8:30-9 Ebol
11:00 iforce ecdy with my Epharm Amp pre-workout and 20grams bcaa's and eaa's before leaving the house 20 minutes later
1pm Ebol with my protein shake
6-7pm iforce ecdy
11pm Ebol
11:30 bed time
I try to take advantage of ecdy's increased protein synthesis where I need it most around my workout time.
Also, I spread out do to ecdy's half life concerns.
Im going to swap the iforce ecdy with sub-sterone and still run Ebol if everything goes as planned.
I dont experience increased hunger from ecdy, I do alot of tricks to prevent hunger but I do not feel any additional hunger.
As you know Im a lifestyle low carb guy also, but I havent been pushing keto in a couple of years.
I feel ecdy helps me maintain muscle mass while cutting, improve workout capacity, my muscles feel a bit more swole (from training harder at least), and most importantly I feel like it counters stim fatigue (especially with Ebols formula which has other goodies) which I havent been cycling off in quite a while.
I believe my skin and hair looks better too!
I dose heavily around my workout period, right now it looks like this
7:30 iforce ecdy with protein shake and coffee
8:30-9 Ebol
11:00 iforce ecdy with my Epharm Amp pre-workout and 20grams bcaa's and eaa's before leaving the house 20 minutes later
1pm Ebol with my protein shake
6-7pm iforce ecdy
11pm Ebol
11:30 bed time
I try to take advantage of ecdy's increased protein synthesis where I need it most around my workout time.
Also, I spread out do to ecdy's half life concerns.
Im going to swap the iforce ecdy with sub-sterone and still run Ebol if everything goes as planned.
This should be the correct panel info. They used a panel from another product (directions) on accident. Will be fixed in the next run...
2 Dropper ~ 1.45 ml
Servings Per Container: 84
Ecdysterone Complex:
HydroxyPropylBeta Cyclodextrin 55mg
20-Hydroxy-ecdysterone 30mg
6-Keto-Diosgenin 15mg
Directions: Adults take 2-4 servings per day for best results. Dispense liquid under the tongue and hold for at least 60 seconds then swish around the mouth and swallow completely.
Ax, you running anything else besides these supps? Also, how long you been running ebol. If you had to guesstimate how much muscle mass you have put on in pounds vs how much fat you have lost in pounds, what would you honestly say?
SJ
Yes, Im running Testforce, Tbol, Ebol and Ecdymorph. Im about to switch to LG Substerone in 1 week or so if all goes planned.
Been on ebol and Testforce for 27 days straight now and Ecdymorph around 21-22. Added Tbol a few days ago.
Its sloppy...I was even keeping quit for a while because I recognize its hard to make any real evaluations the way Im mixing things up. Im very very happy with my cycle right now so that is more important to me than individual evals.
Im not really weighing myself right now or take bodyfat measurments, Im just using the mirror. Ive made some strength gains and slightly leaning out, goal is recomp and its coming out. Muscles are getting harder more defined in the mirror. Better recovery, just feeling a bit younger (Im 34) Another reason Im not logging and debated weather to go public with my stack or not, no #'s or photos or have time to do so at the moment.
I can verify my training has been phenomenal most workouts as of late, Im having a great time and thats whats most important to me. The stack works.
I may add in Erase next week just to make things even sloppier, lol
O, thank you for the response. I used Ecdy products years ago when they first came out and I really did not see what I wanted, but to be honest, I do not think I gave them a fair shot. I am going to def do that now. Furthermore, do youthink there is any benefit to running an ecdy product while using PH/Ds, ie, Beastdrol, etc..Thanks gaian..SJ
Quality is everything when it comes to ecdy, thats why ecdy has been debunked over and over again in the past because companies release crap.
Ecdy is beneficial on and off cycle, including pct. Question is how much of a price tag are you willing to put into your cycle?
If I had to choose, imo Id run Ecdy at least in PCT to help maintain gains.
Well dudes, I just bought 2 bottles of LG Substerone and one bottle of APS T100 from Nutra..
All ready to rock the natty stack..SJ
Now off to N2BM to get my Adderlin and Thiomucase..
I was keen on trying the product, but after seeing the first page of responses I don't even want to bother reading the other two.
It's basic math that two bottles are necessary for a proper cycle, yet a rep tries to make it seem that that is not the case.
I don't know, maybe I'm a little different in my morals, but I think that it is plain rude for a rep to be responding with 'umm actually...'
Is it too much for someone to respond with some respect on here? I appreciate that Blergs realized his mistake.. But one cannot overlook the obvious fact that he answered quite rudely with the 'umm actually..' crap.
LG reps, I'm going to be honest; you guys do not represent LG in a positive manner. I understand that this is a forum and that it doesn't have to be formal, but if I were representing a company of any type I would want to have a positive image.
On other notes it seems to me that LG is at fault for letting such individuals represent their company.
Blergs, if you are being rushed why not take time later to right up a proper response? I also find it odd that you do not take the time to do so, nor know about the product dosing. It made you look stupid, no offense.
I don't mean to put any of the aforementioned individuals on blast, but more of LG for not regulating their 'team'. There are other companies with much more suitable representatives of their company on AM that are actually helpful without coming off as rude or biased.
I don't have a grip against LG, I've used Formadrol and T-911 in the past. Not the greatest products in the world, but not the worst either. I'll be trying iForce's product first.
If you kept reading you would find out that they made a mistake on the nutraplanet website so the reps were confused (post #70.) 1 bottle = 1 month. I dont believe any of them even have their hands on the bottles yet. Give them a break, they are just reps, maybe one of them had a bad day if they came across rude to you, just let it go.
R u kim jong il on another forum? Do u work for rod?
Btw i am in love with thermolife..
I rocked the bols when it first came out but i think only cbol worked but cant say for sure
I was keen on trying the product, but after seeing the first page of responses I don't even want to bother reading the other two.
It's basic math that two bottles are necessary for a proper cycle, yet a rep tries to make it seem that that is not the case.
I don't know, maybe I'm a little different in my morals, but I think that it is plain rude for a rep to be responding with 'umm actually...'
Is it too much for someone to respond with some respect on here? I appreciate that Blergs realized his mistake.. But one cannot overlook the obvious fact that he answered quite rudely with the 'umm actually..' crap.
LG reps, I'm going to be honest; you guys do not represent LG in a positive manner. I understand that this is a forum and that it doesn't have to be formal, but if I were representing a company of any type I would want to have a positive image.
On other notes it seems to me that LG is at fault for letting such individuals represent their company.
Blergs, if you are being rushed why not take time later to right up a proper response? I also find it odd that you do not take the time to do so, nor know about the product dosing. It made you look stupid, no offense.
I don't mean to put any of the aforementioned individuals on blast, but more of LG for not regulating their 'team'. There are other companies with much more suitable representatives of their company on AM that are actually helpful without coming off as rude or biased.
I don't have a grip against LG, I've used Formadrol and T-911 in the past. Not the greatest products in the world, but not the worst either. I'll be trying iForce's product first.
My apologies, I didn't read about the recent actions that went down with LG. Best of luck reps.
Its cool, perhaps you had a bad day too, lol
With all the ecdy you're on I highly doubt you have many bad days, lol
With all the ecdy you're on I highly doubt you have many bad days, lol
Reps can email [email protected] for studies and technical questions. Cassie is great at research. Here are some studies to look at...
Steroids. 2010 Oct;75(10):632-7. Epub 2010 Apr 2.
Ecdysteroids elicit a rapid Ca2+ flux leading to Akt activation and increased protein synthesis in skeletal muscle cells.
Gorelick-Feldman J, Cohick W, Raskin I.
Source
Biotech Center, Cook College, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Abstract
Phytoecdysteroids, structurally similar to insect molting hormones, produce a range of effects in mammals, including increasing growth and physical performance. In skeletal muscle cells, phytoecdysteroids increase protein synthesis. In this study we show that in a mouse skeletal muscle cell line, C(2)C(12), 20-hydroxyecdysone (20HE), a common phytoecdysteroid in both insects and plants, elicited a rapid elevation in intracellular calcium, followed by sustained Akt activation and increased protein synthesis. The effect was inhibited by a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) inhibitor, a phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, and a phosphoinositide kinase-3 (PI3K) inhibitor.
J Agric Food Chem. 2008 May 28;56(10):3532-7. Epub 2008 Apr 30.
Phytoecdysteroids increase protein synthesis in skeletal muscle cells.
Gorelick-Feldman J, Maclean D, Ilic N, Poulev A, Lila MA, Cheng D, Raskin I.
Source
Biotech Center, Cook College, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA. [email protected]
Abstract
Phytoecdysteroids, which are structurally similar or identical to insect molting hormones, produce a range of effects in mammals, including increasing growth and physical performance. To study the mechanism of action of phytoecdysteroids in mammalian tissue, an in vitro cellular assay of protein synthesis was developed. In C2C12 murine myotubes and human primary myotubes, phytoecdysteroids increased protein synthesis by up to 20%. In vivo, ecdysteroids increased rat grip strength. Ecdysteroid-containing plant extracts produced similar results. The effect was inhibited by a phosphoinositide kinase-3 inhibitor, which suggests a PI3K-mediated mechanism.
Phytomedicine. 2008 Sep;15(9):691-8. Epub 2008 Jun 26.
20-Hydroxyecdysone increases fiber size in a muscle-specific fashion in rat.
Tóth N, Szabó A, Kacsala P, Héger J, Zádor E.
Source
Department of Pharmacognosy, Szeged, Hungary.
Abstract
20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) is an ecdysteroid hormone that regulates moulting in insects. Interestingly, 20E is also found most abundantly in plant species and has anabolic effects in vertebrates, i.e. increasing muscle size without androgen influence. The effect of 20E on slow and fast fiber types of skeletal muscle has not been reported yet. Here we present that 20E affects the size (cross-sectional area, CSA) of the different fiber types in a muscle-specific manner. The effect on fiber size was modified by the distance from the site of the treatment and the presence of a regenerating soleus muscle in the animal. Besides the fiber size, 20E also increased the myonuclear number in the fibers of normal and regenerating muscles, suggesting the activation of satellite cells. According to our results 20E may provide an alternative for substitution of anabolic-androgenic steroids in therapeutic treatments against muscle atrophy.
Ukr Biokhim Zh. 1997 May-Jun;69(3):3-9.
[Effect of vitamin D3 and 20-hydroxyecdysone on the content of ATP, creatine phosphate, carnosine and Ca2+ in skeletal muscles].
[Article in Russian]
Kholodova IuD, Tugaĭ VA, Zimina VP.
Source
A.V. Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv.
Abstract
The effect of vitamin D3, 20-hydroxyecdysone and extract from Serratula coronata containing 20-hydroxyecdysone on the level of basic metabolites in the skeletal muscles of rats has been studied. It was shown that development of D-hypovitaminosis is accompanied by the decrease in content of ATP, creatine phosphate, carnosine, and by the increase of Ca2+ content. Against the background of D-hypovitaminosis the 20-hydroxyecdysone and the extract from Serratula coronata which contains 20-hydroxyecdysone promote the increase of the amount of these metabolites up to the control of one and normalize Ca2+ content in them.
Farmakol Toksikol. 1988 Nov-Dec;51(6):57-60.
[The action of methandrostenolone and ecdysterone on the physical endurance of animals and on protein metabolism in the skeletal muscles].
[Article in Russian]
Chermnykh NS, Shimanovskiĭ NL, Shutko GV, Syrov VN.
Abstract
The results of the comparative study on the myotropic activity of methandrostenolone and ecdysterone and their effects on physical endurance of animals suggested that ecdysterone possessing a wider spectrum of the anabolic action on the contractile proteins of the skeletal muscles exerts a more pronounced influence on physical endurance of animals without their preliminary training.
Nauchnye Doki Vyss Shkoly Biol Nauki. 1984;(11):16-20.
[Mechanism of the anabolic action of phytoecdisteroids in mammals].
[Article in Russian]
Syrov VN.
Abstract
In experiments with white mice it has been established that phytoecdisteroides turkesteron, ecdisteron and 2-desoxy-alpha-ecdison in the dose of 5 mg on 1 kg of body mass stimulate the protein synthesis. Using the model of protein synthesis from mice liver it has been shown that the action of phytoecdisteroides is connected with the rise of poliribosome functional activity and rate increase of protein macromolecules formation. Preliminary administration of actinomycin D does not prevent the effect of protein synthesis stimulation. It has been concluded that the anabolic effect of phytoecdisteroides in mammals organism is connected not with induction of RNA synthesis but with the acceleration of translocation processes.
If I miss out I miss out, but i will not be buying an ecdy product until there are more logs with before and after pics or some research that i have access to.
Thank you all for your help.
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If im reading this correctly at my weight of 180 i would need 409 mg per dose correct?
(180lbs/2.2) * 5mg= 409mg
Dose calculation for mice and rats are different than a human:
Here's how it works:
Take the mg/kg in mice or rats and multiply by 80 (average kilos for a male)
So, if the dose in a mouse was 5mg/kg you would multiply by 80 = 400mg
However mouse and rat metabolism is different from humans. For a mouse you take that total and divide by 12.3 and a rat is 6.2.
Mouse to Human For 5mg/kg: 400mg / 12.3 So the Human Equivilent Dose for a human is roughly 32.5mg to get roughly the same effect.
Make sense? Here's the issue though, I bet they injected most of these animals which leads to MUCH greater bioavailability than oral, so hence the sublingual is the way to go. Studies have shown that about the max you can handle at any one time is 20-30mg under the tongue and maybe another 10-15mg in the cheek. So, that's why we have you hold it under your tongue and swish it around your cheeks. This would get much closer to the doses that were shown in the animal studies.