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Okay, I've alluded to Susan Kleiner's "Power Eating" on here multiple times, but in the past I've been too lazy to quote it in depth. Chapter 7 of the book is entitled "Muscle Building Products" and discusses at length a number of the current generation of sports supplements (by no means a complete list). She categorizes the supplements into four lists:
1) Definitely Worth It
2) Possibly Useful
3) Wasting Your Time
4) Potentially Harmful
I won't reproduce the entire chapter with explications of the usefulness of each supplement, but I will post the chart. The book's publication date was 2001.
DEFINITELY WORTH IT
Carbohydrate/Protein Sports Drinks
Creatine
Weight Gain Powders
Glucose-electrolyte solutions
Caffeine
POSSIBLY USEFUL
BCAA's
Carnitine
CoEnzyme Q10
Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate
Glutamine
Glycerol
HMB
MCT Oil
Protein Supplements
Ribose
Taurine
Zinc-Magnesium
WASTING YOUR TIME
CLA
Inosine
Pyruvate
Tryptophan
POTENTIALLY HARMFUL
Amino Acids
Bee Pollen
DHEA
DMG
GBL
Plant Sterols
*EDIT*: Amino Acids and Bee Pollen belong in the "Potentially Harmful" category. Sorry, my mistake.
1) Definitely Worth It
2) Possibly Useful
3) Wasting Your Time
4) Potentially Harmful
I won't reproduce the entire chapter with explications of the usefulness of each supplement, but I will post the chart. The book's publication date was 2001.
DEFINITELY WORTH IT
Carbohydrate/Protein Sports Drinks
Creatine
Weight Gain Powders
Glucose-electrolyte solutions
Caffeine
POSSIBLY USEFUL
BCAA's
Carnitine
CoEnzyme Q10
Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate
Glutamine
Glycerol
HMB
MCT Oil
Protein Supplements
Ribose
Taurine
Zinc-Magnesium
WASTING YOUR TIME
CLA
Inosine
Pyruvate
Tryptophan
POTENTIALLY HARMFUL
Amino Acids
Bee Pollen
DHEA
DMG
GBL
Plant Sterols
*EDIT*: Amino Acids and Bee Pollen belong in the "Potentially Harmful" category. Sorry, my mistake.