Let's start with the post you quoted:
Vitamin C will not lower cortisol in healthy individuals who are not participating in strenuous endurance activities or facing some sort of strong external stressor (i.e. running a marathon). Vitamin C is a great antioxidant, but not for cortisol control. The conclusion that R-ALA (nevermind that they didn't use Na-RLA) is anabolic is also a poor extrapolation. The improved insulin sensitivity and activity in the mitochondria is once again great, but not for the reasons the author mentions. The terms "recovery", "anti-catabolic," and "anabolism" are thrown around very haphazardly. Here are my edited ingredients:
Recommended Ingredients:
1. Vitamin C - required for connective tissue production and maintenance - 500mg doses (plasma saturation) taken with meals. Not to be taken within 4 hours of training UNLESS using nitrates, in which 500mg should be taken preworkout to inhibit gastric nitrosation.
2. Leucine - Forget BCAAs and HMB. Leucine is a far more efficient way to acquire the desired response on MPS. 0.045g/kg BW taken at once, 2 or more hours postprandially.
4. Na-R-Alpha Lipoic Acid - potent antioxidant, repartitioning agent
5. Refer to my Post in "How to Construct a Basic Stack" and read up on the ACES protocol: http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplements/198135-how-construct-basic.html. FYI, we are posting in the section of the man who made ACES what it is.
The 1 gram of vitamin C postworkout is actually hindering your progress for 2 reasons:
1. It is above the plasma saturation dose and thus a waste.
2. There is a decent body of evidence suggesting that periworkout Vitamin C consumption hinders hypertrophy and long-term performance.