cgoode
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just thought about my previous post and ppl will probably say
" well this product has clinical trials on it ....ie multis or fishoil at GN*"
ppl have to realize that even supplements that do have clinical trials associated with them...if they are legit clinical trials then read them carefully....
most companies that have clinical trials will show the trial of a SINGLE ingredient in the formulation....ie arginine or something similar.....
Take a close look at the trial, the amount of that ingredient is often much higher in the trial then the formulation, or even just a single part of the formulation....... sooooooo most clinical trials on supplements are not really worth their weight......
in addition, MANY supplements have different reports on their effectiveness.....
the biggest one i can think of is arginine.....
There were studies produced that were used by several companies that showed arginine doesn't increase NO levels in the body....Closer inspection of these articles calls into questions the test subjects (some were people with epithelial injuries with impairs NO production)
but most ppl understand how well arginine works for them if they have used it...
CEE...u can find articles both ways but its pretty much been debunked due to consumption of actual consumers....
I have always felt that careful examination by intelligent consumers is the best insight about how well a supplement works
PS just found out the other day that ontop of Arginine's ability to promote GH (medically used to stimulate GH in medical diagnostic studies)....its also reported to have anti-tumor effects.....
So pretty much clinicals seem nice, but often they are either to costly(passed on to you) , or representative of a single ingreedient which is often a different concentration then found in a formula so in general not very important for most consumers
" well this product has clinical trials on it ....ie multis or fishoil at GN*"
ppl have to realize that even supplements that do have clinical trials associated with them...if they are legit clinical trials then read them carefully....
most companies that have clinical trials will show the trial of a SINGLE ingredient in the formulation....ie arginine or something similar.....
Take a close look at the trial, the amount of that ingredient is often much higher in the trial then the formulation, or even just a single part of the formulation....... sooooooo most clinical trials on supplements are not really worth their weight......
in addition, MANY supplements have different reports on their effectiveness.....
the biggest one i can think of is arginine.....
There were studies produced that were used by several companies that showed arginine doesn't increase NO levels in the body....Closer inspection of these articles calls into questions the test subjects (some were people with epithelial injuries with impairs NO production)
but most ppl understand how well arginine works for them if they have used it...
CEE...u can find articles both ways but its pretty much been debunked due to consumption of actual consumers....
I have always felt that careful examination by intelligent consumers is the best insight about how well a supplement works
PS just found out the other day that ontop of Arginine's ability to promote GH (medically used to stimulate GH in medical diagnostic studies)....its also reported to have anti-tumor effects.....
So pretty much clinicals seem nice, but often they are either to costly(passed on to you) , or representative of a single ingreedient which is often a different concentration then found in a formula so in general not very important for most consumers
