A1 supplement also as it listed for saleSNS should have it they just haven’t listed it for sale yet. Surprised DPS has it listed since the write up isn’t up yet, but they’ve had the page up (but oos) all week.
A1 supplement also as it listed for saleSNS should have it they just haven’t listed it for sale yet. Surprised DPS has it listed since the write up isn’t up yet, but they’ve had the page up (but oos) all week.
Oh sweet then I bet SNS won't be far behind listing it then.A1 supplement also as it listed for sale
Ultimate Focus XT sounds good. Personally I like one scoop and a Monster Zero to get about 300mg of caffeine. I can’t double scoop F XT as it would be a bit too much Choline for me. I also like adding Ginseng to things for mood. That could be a good one to addI'm really glad that you like Sabroxy XT.
I actually had thought about doing an advanced version of Focus XT with Sabroxy and some other things in it, and I may.
We're hoping to have Focus XT back in next month finally and the first priority is getting it back in stock and then releasing a couple new flavors. After that, I had been considering doing a version that would have a few more ingredients - I could make an argument for or against that because I don't want it to confuse people, but definitely is a consideration.
The G70X? That could be kind of sweet standalone or in dedicated formula. It is in a few of their products already.Also, if you knew a way to make a “feel good” ginseng product that would be awesome. We talked about this before, but when you asked what I’d be looking to see, I really don’t know what ginsenodes do what. But if you have something sourceable, or maybe the one from Anabolic XT, could be a cool standalone
Just one data point for you - for how we tend to use Focus XT, I tend to grab (well, tended - I'm looking forward to the restock) the stim version rather than the caffeine-free version. A similar level of caffeine in the Ultimate/Ultra would be good for us.I was thinking Focus XT - Ultimate or Ultra.
But right now the priority is just getting the regular back in stock first. But it would be cool to do an advanced one. But if I do, I'm conflicted on whether to put any stims at all in it or leave it stim free so that people can take it with whatever else they want.
Very simple - they listed it for sale before they were supposed to.How is it I can buy Pepti-Plex from DPS right now, yet it's not even on the SNS site or anything?
Thanks. I've been pretty conflicted on if we do an Ultra version as to whether to put caffeine in it or not. I personally would prefer it in there myself as well.Just one data point for you - for how we tend to use Focus XT, I tend to grab (well, tended - I'm looking forward to the restock) the stim version rather than the caffeine-free version. A similar level of caffeine in the Ultimate/Ultra would be good for us.
+1 here to have the caffeine in the Ultra versionThanks. I've been pretty conflicted on if we do an Ultra version as to whether to put caffeine in it or not. I personally would prefer it in there myself as well.
+2. But a similar amount of caffeine to the regular Focus XT, nothing really high stim...150-200mg would be perfect for me+1 here to have the caffeine in the Ultra version
Agree, normal energy drink level.+2. But a similar amount of caffeine to the regular Focus XT, nothing really high stim...150-200mg would be perfect for me
+1 here to have the caffeine in the Ultra version
+2. But a similar amount of caffeine to the regular Focus XT, nothing really high stim...150-200mg would be perfect for me
I'm leaning towards keeping it the same caffeine content as the original Focus XT.Agree, normal energy drink level.
We have an amino/EAA product coming out under both SNS and CEL and there will be some electrolytes in them.Is there a half decent electrolyte mix on the market? Something to counter liquid IV or the likes of it?
maybe an amino/electrolyte hydration powder? I haven’t seen one in the fitness industry I don’t think.
Almost something to literally just be a drink that’s different than water, you’d have to give it some purpose. Maybe something you can throw easy, cheap daily use supplements into? (Creatine monohydrate is what immediately comes to mind)
I've done that a lot myself with Focus XT.Agreed with the low to moderate amount of caffeine for super focus xt. If more caffeine is needed just pop one vasoforce rush.
Agreed its very overlooked and extremely versatile.I've done that a lot myself with Focus XT.
VasoForce Rush is so overlooked and underrated on here. Great pre-workout and you can take 1 or 2 caps for energy whenever you'd like and its awesome. I like that to me its a very feel good type of energy.
That was one of the reasons I included it as a giveaway for some of the promos for Pepti-Plex is that I wanted more people to get to try it because I knew that if they did, they would likely love it.Agreed its very overlooked and extremely versatile.
We are going to be doing a mood support product, but I wouldn't describe that as euphoric.Not sure if this has been mentioned or even possible but maybe a feel good or euphoric product. Stimmed or not stimmed. Not sure how many viable compliant ingredients that work are out there. I know you have kannaease and stress and anxiety support but maybe something more
Cholesterol Support XT will hopefully be out within the next 2 months.Amla extract ( Capros) would be cool.
Maybe through in some artichoke extract, red yeast rice ( with the good stuff),
Pantethine and whatever else lowers ldl and apob. Fingers crossed we some of these goodies in the upcoming cholesterol support product your releasing? Any hints on profile and release date lol?
I found it for you.Red Yeast Rice
Red Yeast Rice - Clarifying Some Confusion:
There seems to be a lot of confusion as to the way that the FDA views Red Yeast Rice in the US.
The FDA does not have an issue with companies selling Red Yeast Rice in its natural form.
Their issue is with companies/raw material suppliers intentionally selling Red Yeast Rice products that are manipulated, enhanced, or extracted for monacolin k content &/or illegally adding Lovastatin (a prescription drug).
Monacolin K is structurally similar/identical to the medicine lovastatin.
Here are some things to help clarify some of the confusion:
Context:
- Red Yeast Rice can be legally marketed as a dietary supplement only when it is fermented in the traditional manner of production. Manufacturers and raw material suppliers cannot intentionally try to manipulate the extraction/production process to target or manipulate for the statin content.
- If a company standardizes its product or uses raw materials that are standardized/manipulated for monacolin content, then the FDA considers the product an unapproved drug. The reason for this is that monacolin is structurally identical to Lovastatin, which is a prescription statin drug.
- While it is legal for a company to sell a non-manipulated Red Yeast Rice supplement, it is NOT legal to sell the supplement if promoting it by promoting the monacolin or statin content.
The reason that a lot of people want to use Red Yeast Rice is to try to lower their cholesterol naturally in hopes to avoid having to go on a statin drug like Lovastatin to begin with; so companies intentionally manipulating for monacolin content or adding Lovastatin to their products is not only unsafe for unknowing consumers, but it defeats the purpose that most were using Red Yeast for to begin with. (Because if they wanted a prescription medication for cholesterol, they are easily obtainable from almost any general health practitioner).
I hope this information helps to clarify this issue to anyone interested.
I don’t remember for sure, but this may be the one where the naturally occurring compound is impossible to distinguish from the prescription medication. So basically, if they were to test a batch and find high amounts, there’s not really a way to know if it’s spiked or not. So they end up doing just a blanket ban on all of it. I may have that wrong, but I thought I heard something about that.I found it for you.
Looking forward to trying it when my shipment gets in.I've done that a lot myself with Focus XT.
VasoForce Rush is so overlooked and underrated on here. Great pre-workout and you can take 1 or 2 caps for energy whenever you'd like and its awesome. I like that to me its a very feel good type of energy.
The new Tribulus Aquaticus product is in process. Working on getting the labels finalized now; the hardest part was deciding on a name for it.What is next? The new tribulus product?
I think you'll really like VasoForce Rush.Looking forward to trying it when my shipment gets in.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that.I found it for you.
I broke that down really well in the post that TheMrMuscle found and posted.I don’t remember for sure, but this may be the one where the naturally occurring compound is impossible to distinguish from the prescription medication. So basically, if they were to test a batch and find high amounts, there’s not really a way to know if it’s spiked or not. So they end up doing just a blanket ban on all of it. I may have that wrong, but I thought I heard something about that.
I don’t have much knowledge of this ingredient but is it similar to Apigenin? Anti inflammatory and preserves muscle?I wanted to get opinions on something. I've had some people ask me if we would do an a-Cedrene product, and there were some reservations that I had about that because of the percentage extracts available. I would never do anything that wasn't at least 95%+ a-Cedrene because of it being derived from Cedarwood Oil. (No offense to companies that do offer lower percentage ones; its just not something I would be comfortable with offering personally).
I'd like to gauge the level of interest if were able to offer an a-Cedrene 95% at a great price?
My thoughts would be either 500 mg. softgels so people could take 2 to 3 softgels based on their preference, or just going all out and doing a 1,000 mg. softgel for maximum convenience.
I'd love to hear some thoughts, opinions, etc. on this.
No, I wouldn't really say that it is similar to Apigenin at all.I don’t have much knowledge of this ingredient but is it similar to Apigenin? Anti inflammatory and preserves muscle?
Depending on how well that is absorbed or tolerated, i would make a g70x standalone a staple. Indena ginseng phytosome looks really good, but nobody has ever offered it at anywhere near the dosage athletes use it for. I think the highest dosage ive seen was like 30-70mgThe G70X? That could be kind of sweet standalone or in dedicated formula. It is in a few of their products already.
Is a-Cedrene the ingrediente in the new Olympus Labs supplements that upset some people’s gut?I wanted to get opinions on something. I've had some people ask me if we would do an a-Cedrene product, and there were some reservations that I had about that because of the percentage extracts available. I would never do anything that wasn't at least 95%+ a-Cedrene because of it being derived from Cedarwood Oil. (No offense to companies that do offer lower percentage ones; its just not something I would be comfortable with offering personally).
I'd like to gauge the level of interest if were able to offer an a-Cedrene 95% at a great price?
My thoughts would be either 500 mg. softgels so people could take 2 to 3 softgels based on their preference, or just going all out and doing a 1,000 mg. softgel for maximum convenience.
I'd love to hear some thoughts, opinions, etc. on this.
I’m sure Steve could formulate around it but I admittedly wouldn’t try it unless the reviews blew me away.Is a-Cedrene the ingrediente in the new Olympus Labs supplements that upset some people’s gut?
If yes, I had a very bad time with it lol
Ya I am not 100% confident, but I am pretty sure the stomach issues are due to lower percentage extracts. I'd hate to make a poor comparison (but here we go haha), but kind of like how back in the day low extract forskolin wrecked some people yet 95% didn't.*Is a-Cedrene the ingrediente in the new Olympus Labs supplements that upset some people’s gut?
If yes, I had a very bad time with it lol
May give it another try, thenYa I am not 100% confident, but I am pretty sure the stomach issues are due to lower percentage extracts. I'd hate to make a poor comparison (but here we go haha), but kind of like how back in the day low extract forskolin wrecked some people yet 95% didn't.*
*There are other factors just making an easier to understand comparison I guess.
Is a-Cedrene the ingrediente in the new Olympus Labs supplements that upset some people’s gut?
If yes, I had a very bad time with it lol
I’m sure Steve could formulate around it but I admittedly wouldn’t try it unless the reviews blew me away.
Ya I am not 100% confident, but I am pretty sure the stomach issues are due to lower percentage extracts. I'd hate to make a poor comparison (but here we go haha), but kind of like how back in the day low extract forskolin wrecked some people yet 95% didn't.*
*There are other factors just making an easier to understand comparison I guess.
Thank you everyone for the input. I'll reply to all of the above posts together.May give it another try, then
So far the a-Cedrene products I have tried destroyed my gut. Could barely workout after taking them
If a 95%+ extract may solve that problem, I would try it once more. Seems to be a solid ingredient
Its a great ingredient for pumps. May helpI wanted to get opinions on something. I've had some people ask me if we would do an a-Cedrene product, and there were some reservations that I had about that because of the percentage extracts available. I would never do anything that wasn't at least 95%+ a-Cedrene because of it being derived from Cedarwood Oil. (No offense to companies that do offer lower percentage ones; its just not something I would be comfortable with offering personally).
I'd like to gauge the level of interest if were able to offer an a-Cedrene 95% at a great price?
My thoughts would be either 500 mg. softgels so people could take 2 to 3 softgels based on their preference, or just going all out and doing a 1,000 mg. softgel for maximum convenience.
I'd love to hear some thoughts, opinions, etc. on this.
now this is exciting. OL trashed my gut for sure when they went balls deep with that extract for three releases straight. I managed to tolerate it for two weeks max when taking anabolic effect, and cannot tolerate it at all without it (im guessing due to rehmannia, though i havent been able to replicate the results using a 10:1 rehmannia extract). During the time i was on it my pumps and desire to flex improved. Toward the end i felt great in the gym for a workout or two before having to halt it. I probably would have noticed more benefits, but im always on forskolin anyway and i couldnt give the 70% enough timeThank you everyone for the input. I'll reply to all of the above posts together.
a-Cedrene is included in the new OL products, but they use a 70% version. The 70% part is why I was never willing to do one when I had people asking me to to begin with, because it is derived from Cedarwood Oil. So the 70% a-Cedrene wasn't what worried me, its what the other 30% was.
And no offense to OL, but I called it before they ever launched back when they were hyping it that it was going to destroy people's stomachs. Nothing against them, its just that the 30% remaining components from Cedarwood Oil I expected to be brutal on people's stomachs and that's what seemed to happen to some people.
It's important now to take a look at the actual studies on a-Cedrene. Nowhere in the studies did I find any mention of a standardization like 70%; therefore, it would be reasonable to conclude that the studies would have been done on a 95%+ and notably, there didn't appear to be issues with stomach upset.
Now, let's look at possible causes of stomach upset with a-Cedrene.
And @Resolve10, great comparison to the issues with Forskolin and that comparison applies in more ways than one here.
There could be two different reasons for the stomach upset with a-Cedrene at a lower %:
The digestive disturbance aspect related to Cedarwood Oil we can fix that part by going with a higher percentage, which would be between 95% and 99%.
- 70% a-Cedrene is of course 70% a-Cedrene; the worry wouldn't be the 70% a-Cedrene, it would be what the remaining 30% is and being that its derived from Cedarwood Oil, and Cedarwood Oil would cause all sorts of stomach upset and digestive disturbances.
- cAMP - one of the methods of action of a-Cedrene is that it increases cAMP; and one of the side effects of increasing cAMP in the body is digestive disturbances; so there is always a possibility that anything that increases cAMP may bother some people's stomachs.
The individual by individual person's response to whether cAMP bothers their stomachs or not, there's nothing that can be done about that part because that would honestly just mean that its working, but that your body had to get adjusted to it.
This has obviously never been specifically studied as to what % is what, but I very strongly think that most of the digestive disturbance issues related to a-Cedrene 70% were related to what the remaining 30% is, rather than the cAMP aspects.
I hope that all makes sense.
The study on a-Cedrene equates to 1,000 to 1,500 mg. a-Cedrene per day in humans.Supposedly though there is additional benefit for someone who consumes the amount of cedrene in all three products of the alpha series, which would set you back $180/mo. A solo of that would open the door to explore that
I was thinking that they only had it in two products, but I honestly don't pay a lot of attention to OL does. Nothing against them, I just focus on what the companies I'm involved with are doing, not what others are, most of the time.Its a great ingredient for pumps. May help
now this is exciting. OL trashed my gut for sure when they went balls deep with that extract for three releases straight. I managed to tolerate it for two weeks max when taking anabolic effect, and cannot tolerate it at all without it (im guessing due to rehmannia, though i havent been able to replicate the results using a 10:1 rehmannia extract). During the time i was on it my pumps and desire to flex improved. Toward the end i felt great in the gym for a workout or two before having to halt it. I probably would have noticed more benefits, but im always on forskolin anyway and i couldnt give the 70% enough time
You remember correctly.That makes sense. I was kind of alluding to the fact cAMP would mean it might be kind of inevitable and the fact that there were probably also just some crappy Forskolin raws peope were using (I seemed to not have as big of issues with 10% if it was also from Sabinsa if I remember back then correctly).
how much are they mega dosing at?You remember correctly.
There are going to be some people that are so sensitive to anything that increases cAMP that they're going to have some stomach issues on anything that effects cAMP, but most of it was related to what you're thinking.
When Sabinsa first released Forslean, it was in a 10% extract and later a 20%. You never ever saw any feedback about them bothering anyone's stomach. But then, as the generic material came to market, that's when the reports of stomach upset started.
With Forskolin XT, we use the Forslean 95%. I know people that mega dose that that have no issues with it that can't even take 1 capsule per day of a generic without it wrecking their stomach.