Thread: Supplements - What work, what dont

you know me im a massive skeptic with supplements but there are some things on that list that are in the wrong places due to lak of knowledge or not being able to find the science or not having used certain products by the creator of that list.
Their certainly is a lot of shit out there that does nothing

melatonin deff works and is well worth it for $2 for 100 tabs but it gives me sides of bad headaches

Why dont we ask the question of our members.
Now this is based on personal experience not science so i dont want people coming in saying nah thats bullshit i've used it and its great stuff and all the science says it works, you can say.

eg:

Originally Posted by member1

creatine never works for me.

Originally Posted by member2

i have used it it works fine for me with xyz brand

So what doesn't work for you?
what did you find in certain products if anything?
Did you feel let down and just didn't feel or see what you were expecting?
did it do anything??

Creatine worked for me early on but lost its effectivness now that I know how to train and eat properly.

I hope milk thistle worked. No evidence either way but time will tell later down the track. I suppose if i need a liver transplant then it didn't work

Fish oil is great for inflimmation reduction I've found, creatine never did anything for me, and melatonin works great.

Nothing else on that list I have bothered to isolate and use really.

Crearine mono works well for me but gives bad bloating.

Currantly trialing creatine tri malete

Also doing milk thistle and will have before and after liver studies i have the before and they are bad so if the after is an improvement then i can post up proof.

Shame tribulis ain't on that list. I'm sure most will agree it's the biggest waste of money.

trib is definitely a waste of money.

Originally Posted by plexus

trib is definitely a waste of money.

x3

i believe in glucosamine and glutamine. creatines good for holding more water when you need it.

but i like the 2 g's, best stuff i reckon.

I agree with Zayd, the two g's work for me also. Creatine, I'm not sure about. I've been using it for awhile and I really can't tell the difference from the days when I use it and the days when I don't.

As far as supps go, It really does depend on what exactly you are using them for as to whether you percieve they work or not...
My list of supps that work and for what purpose are...
Whey - No brainer
Glutamine - Immune boosting, recovery
Beta-alanine - Endurance, focus
Arginine - Pumps
Creatine (mixed results) - slight increase in size/strength, but timing is everything as well as type of diet at the time...
Multi-V - general health
R-ala - Anti-oxidant and mimics insulin
Liv-52 - Liver health

Currently trialling DIM as a form of eastrogen management.... So we will see how it goes...

I'm not sure what works for me.

diet -

Breakfast- eggs, porridge, almonds.
Lunch- salad chicken/red meat.
dinner- salad chicken/remeat.

1 cheat day a week.

supps-

4 protein shakes a day.
1 flax seed oil
1 fish oil
1 purple wraath
1 L-glutamine
1 magnesium
1 creatine
1 Centrum

Started training 2nd week after christmas. I've been training 5 days a week with some 4 dayers there.

30/01/2010 92.9kgs 24% BF
2/03/2010 97.8 15% BF

I'm happy with what I acheive and what I eat and how I train. It's really hard to say whether or not certain supps are working or aren't working for me.