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I just want to toss in another bit of info... ECGC has anti-androgenic effects. (Bryan commented on this in an old thread about green tea.) So if a bodybuilder was going to use it for an insulin boost, he/she would have to weight the benefit against this significant downside. Still, it's...

Hey Calkid, just make a run to Steve's Korean BBQ! Otherwise, I say ditto to the peanut butter.

Yeah, HSN proteins are very good. You get micellar casein in Driver and fast-absorbing whey hydrosylate in Primer. They both taste good, which is amazing considering Driver has a little fish oil in it, and Primer contains hydrosylates. (Try Surge -- which is probably the best-tasting pure...

I'm thinking that this might be useful even when you aren't bulking. Just take a green tea supplement (standardized for ECGC -- not really sure how much yet) before your workout. Then when you drink your high-glycemic carb beverage your insulin activity will be elevated at the time when your...

Tea. Actually, it's the ECGC in tea that does it. Very interesting stuff. Tea gives big boost to insulin October 10 BELTSVILLE, Md., Oct 10, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Common tea can be an effective weapon in the fight against diabetes because it boosts insulin activity...

But creatine is probably the cheapest supplement any of us are using, so what's the harm of taking a little every day? Even if just a little is getting to the muscle (because they are already saturated) -- we're talking pennies here. Not to mention I've seen research showing creatine has...

I've never used a pro-steroid. But I oppose this legislation on principle. http://www.house.gov/apps....id.html I just want you guys to know this might be coming, and I urge you all to write your representatives to urge them not to pass this. Below is a letter I wrote my representative, who...

Definitely Steve. I'll tell you how it works, and then you can better decide which route to go. The only side effect I'm concerned with is loss of libido, but it's only 2 weeks. Hopefully it won't be a problem.

Yeah Steve -- I'll be the guinea pig this time around. Hehe. Being perhaps overcautious, I'm going with nordiol. The Nor-ADerm product from Avant Labs. Maybe later I'll experiment with more highly aromatisable substances, but for now I want to play it safe. Just a 2 weeks cycle, following the...

I take it every day. I'm not convinced it's the type of thing one needs to cycle. But I'm open to that possibility if someone has a good argument for it. As for training days only, no, I don't think that's the conclusion one should necessarily draw from Bryan's advice. It's more like if it's...

Thanks Bryan! As my first prohormone cycle is just days away, I seem to have more and more questions.

I read your article on "muscle memory", and mostly considered it in terms of detraining and muscle atrophy. http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/haycock/muscle-memory.htm But what about muscle memory after prohormone use? People tend to make some gains on prohormones, and then they...

Actually, his comments were on the old ThinkMuscle board. Here they are. #6 is the relevant point. http://www.thinkmuscle.com/forums....ID=2631 </span> <span =''>

I think the gist of Bryan's advice is that supplementing pre-workout takes advantage of the increased blood flow to the muscles. I think he even cited a study demonstrating as much. I'm sure this was talked about at length in another thread. I'm not sure what keyword you might search with to...

Interesting idea, I hadn't considered such a subtle difference in tactics. Just seems like everything I take -- especially EC and CLA -- purportedly reduce insulin sensitivity. There are a lot of insulin sensitizers, mimickers and even secretagogues out there (vanadium, ALA, chromium...

I'm bumping this thread... seems relevant given some of the discussion on CLA and insulin (in)sensitivity. I was sort of panicking about developing insulin resistance, but recalled that Lyle once tried to explain that this condition isn't necessarily undesirable. This is from an earlier post...

Bumping an ancient thread... I've been very impressed with the BodyMaster Biceps Curl machine. I've been training on it with my right arm (my left is out of commission for a while), and it seems to have increased in size for the first time in a long while.

On the insulin resistance, Bryan summarized some lit on CLA and one of the findings he pointed out was that CLA increased insulin sensitivity. </span> <span =''> http://musclemonthly.com/article....ork.htm He's talking about Tonalin CLA. I wonder what the isomer profile was of the CLA used in...

Yes, the liver issue is the most worrisome part. Bryan, what's your take on all this? (Also, is there some test for liver enlargement? Besides cutting into me?)

Holy geeze. I wonder how to proceed? Cycle CLA? Stack it with insulin sensitizers (and maybe quit all other insulin desensitizers)? Even if you were able to address the insulin issue, the liver thing is worrisome. Of course, the research is on rats. I also wonder how a pure trans-10 cis-12...