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EvoMuse Presents: Slintensity (writeup)

As you may or may not know, I designed the original Slin Sane product, which pioneered the use of Arginase Inhibitors in a Glucose Disposal product to enhance peripheral blood flow, improving nutrient delivery.

Drawing on my original concept, I'm proud to introduce Slintensity. You will notice several new angles on a fantastic product category, that is also a perfect fit to combine with Defuse, my Fat Gain Inibitor. Grow muscles, not Fat.

Slintensity Redux Write-Up
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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So for anyone looking for the best GDA on the market this is it, got nothing invested in saying that but after about 6-7 bottles of the Slintensity V1 I was a believer, it's a big step above OG SS so with that being said it's an awesome recomp product.

Looking forward to this Matt, is it the same % of 4-OH that was in the previous Slintensity ? That made smell like a bottle of aunt jemima at times.
 
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I've been (impatiently lol) waiting for this for a while. Stocked up on v1 as much as I could and have been itching for this for as long as Matt has talked about it. Such an awesome product.
 
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Haven't heard anything new, but I believe this is next in our pipeline.
 
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Hopefully I can get a bottle to use prior to Thanksgiving :) and Christmas :)
 
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Sounds like some good stuff :) on keto and this could be great for carb up days
 
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Looks like it will be the week after thanksgiving, due to some delays at Customs. This is actually going to take a giant bite out of my revenue for November, but more than that I'm going to miss out on using it for my Gluttonous Orgy....errr, smartly prepared and controlled refeed.
 
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Looks like it will be the week after thanksgiving, due to some delays at Customs. This is actually going to take a giant bite out of my revenue for November, but more than that I'm going to miss out on using it for my Gluttonous Orgy....errr, smartly prepared and controlled refeed.
Damn!
 

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How's this coming along?? Last I heard was mid-week.
 
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They have finished up capping, and will be bottling on Monday. I should hopefully have them by Thursday or Friday.
 
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Should be a nice Christmas present to myself :)
 
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Any info on forskolin + berberine? In another thread it's being said to not take them together/near eachother..? dsade
 
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IMO it's a moot point when it comes to cAMP stimulated lipolysis as the product is intended to be used pre meal in which lipolysis is blunted due to insulin

However if used fasted, it's another story
Correct. When used as directed (pre carb heavy meal) lipolysis is our least concern.
 

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Right, so taking forskolin with a meal basically eliminates the lypolytic effect, but u still get the test boosting effects..?

So for example when just taking forskolin, I do 50mg forskolin with my thermos 2x daily far away from meals....

When using ABE, I take berberine pre workout and a dose of ABE pre workout.. So this is where an issue may arise for me personally. I guess ill have to be more conscious of when I dose each. Luckily I'm off forskolin for the month of December so this is a good time to learn lol
 
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Right, so taking forskolin with a meal basically eliminates the lypolytic effect, but u still get the test boosting effects..? So for example when just taking forskolin, I do 50mg forskolin with my thermos 2x daily far away from meals.... When using ABE, I take berberine pre workout and a dose of ABE pre workout.. So this is where an issue may arise for me personally. I guess ill have to be more conscious of when I dose each. Luckily I'm off forskolin for the month of December so this is a good time to learn lol
Berberine alone may enhance lipolysis

But will block the MOA of forskolins lipolytic affect


Use them at seperate times man for example berb pre workout meal I highly doubt it'll affect the forskolin 2 hours later


But I only foresee this issue in fasted training
 
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Let me just clarify

That study posted above shows that berberine may make beta agonists not work as well same as dnp will block beta agonist rise in lipolysis
 
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I have tried the new Slintensity and I'm loving it so far. Bring on the bottles!
 
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I have tried the new Slintensity and I'm loving it so far. Bring on the bottles!
How did you dose it (how many carbs) and what you noticing?
 
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I haven't counted the carbs yet, but let's just say a damn lot lol. Didn't get the carb crash at all and have woken up looking leaner with the two night big carb meals. It's too early to have any real concrete assessments yet as I have only had a few doses. So far so good though. I thought the original was top notch and I can't wait to put these through more rigorous tests.
 
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I haven't counted the carbs yet, but let's just say a damn lot lol. Didn't get the carb crash at all and have woken up looking leaner with the two night big carb meals. It's too early to have any real concrete assessments yet as I have only had a few doses. So far so good though. I thought the original was top notch and I can't wait to put these through more rigorous tests.
Fair enough. I'm excited to give this a try and compare to others as well.
 
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Awesome! So...just waiting for the release...
 
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Orders began shipping last week. Retailers will have stock tomorrow.
Got mine stuff is super potent. The label says 60grams but I'm thinking more like 70-90.

Awesome product Matt.
 
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Got mine stuff is super potent. The label says 60grams but I'm thinking more like 70-90.

Awesome product Matt.
My shrimp tacos will be here in 10 minutes, about 55g carbs.

I'll let you know how it goes.
 
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My shrimp tacos will be here in 10 minutes, about 55g carbs.

I'll let you know how it goes.
I think I'm gonna do the same exact thing in about 2 hours since I live a block away from 2 Taqueria's.
 

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Got mine stuff is super potent. The label says 60grams but I'm thinking more like 70-90.

Awesome product Matt.
Sounds awesome

My shrimp tacos will be here in 10 minutes, about 55g carbs.

I'll let you know how it goes.
Looking forward to it.

I've been looking into blood sugar control for my girlfriend. She is skinny and muscular but has abnormally high blood sugar for someone so thin... Thinking type 2 diabetes may be a factor. She has chronic yeast infections as well. She really limits sugar, gluten, and yeast, but lacks the discipline to cut it all out entirely (including beer/wine) :smacks forehead: I'm thinking getting her a bottle of this --- if she actually remembers to take it daily--- may help eliminate the excess blood sugar and thus relieve her chronic yeast infections. Any opinion on this?

I will Also pick up a bottle for myself and give a shot as a change of pace from AP
 
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got mine yesterday, felt like I was going hypo when i took too long to eat. Strong stuff!

Will be trying out today with some chipotle
 
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Sounds awesome Looking forward to it. I've been looking into blood sugar control for my girlfriend. She is skinny and muscular but has abnormally high blood sugar for someone so thin... Thinking type 2 diabetes may be a factor. She has chronic yeast infections as well. She really limits sugar, gluten, and yeast, but lacks the discipline to cut it all out entirely (including beer/wine) :smacks forehead: I'm thinking getting her a bottle of this --- if she actually remembers to take it daily--- may help eliminate the excess blood sugar and thus relieve her chronic yeast infections. Any opinion on this? I will Also pick up a bottle for myself and give a shot as a change of pace from AP
Id try cortisol control as well

The banaba in slintensity can help blunt gluconeogenisis as well
 
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You guys wants a AMMO/Slin deal real quick?
 
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You guys wants a AMMO/Slin deal real quick?
I love ammo.

Question dsade? On the bottle it says 4 weeks on 3 off? Can I take it 8 weeks straight?
 
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Generally long term cortisol suppression is counter-productive, but luckily your body communicates with you very well.

That's just a generalized guide.

How's $40 for the set?
 

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Generally long term cortisol suppression is counter-productive, but luckily your body communicates with you very well.

That's just a generalized guide.

How's $40 for the set?
I had to pounce on this offer, hope to get it soon
 
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dsade, Do you sell to europe?. Any site here?. I heard for predator but I dont know when they will have stock slintensity.
Regards.
 
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Just got my bottles of Slintensity! Took one cap and about to eat a homemade tacos!
 

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dsade do you send out tracking info with orders?
 

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