beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate

[richietran]

aka HMB.
does anyone who regularly weight trains take this supplement?
positive results? negative results?
thanks :]

[31770]

I don't trust supplements...
According to the Nutrition Business Journal, the supplement industry reached over $13 billion in sales in the year 2006. One-thousand different manufacturers produce about 20,000 different products, which are consumed by 100 million people! With billions at stake, fat-cat supplement companies will tell you just about anything to get you to buy their products. They'll even lie right to your face if they can get away with it. And the fact that the industry is so loosely regulated
allows them to get away with murder.
Most people get their information about supplements from magazines because magazines are generally considered one of the most credible sources for information. But that's not always the case - you can't believe everything you read.
Most bodybuilding and fitness magazine publishers own supplement companies and they use their magazines to promote their products. By putting information about "new supplement breakthroughs" into editorial format, they appear much more
believable. That makes magazines the perfect tools for selling supplements and weight loss products. As a result, many magazines have turned into nothing more than thinly disguised "supplement catalogs" with the single purpose of brainwashing masses of easily-influenced consumers. The same is true for all the websites out there...One day, it dawned on the rest of the publishers that more money could be made selling supplements than selling advertising or subscriptions. Soon, almost everyone had jumped on the bandwagon. This is just as true for online magazines as it is for paper and ink magazines.
Even if a magazine doesn't have a vested interest in a particular line of supplements, you still can't count on them to reveal the whole truth to you because publishers don't want to offend the deep-pocketed companies that are spending big money
to advertise. Publishing is a tough business. Magazine owners depend on advertising revenue to keep themselves afloat.

Supplements are food. Steroids are drugs. There's a huge difference between the two.
Supplements cannot and never will have drug-like effects. Any claims to the contrary are pure marketing hype!
The closest thing to a supplement with drug-like effects is the ephedra-caffeine-aspirin stack. As we now know, this is a powerful central nervous system stimulant, so like all real drugs – it’s not without side effects. In fact, the FDA pulled ephedra from the shelves. Any real drug will always have undesirable side effects.
Supplements will never amount to anything more than food - and all the "best" supplements are really nothing more than powdered food or food derivative.

Real food, weight training and aerobic training - combined properly - are better than drugs because there are no side effects and the results are permanent (as long as you stay on your regimen).

Okay... sorry... i'll take my high horse off the soapbox and put them away now...

[Nocturne]

aka HMB.
does anyone who regularly weight trains take this supplement?
positive results? negative results?
thanks :]

Hi! I tried HMB when I was really into working out (must've been something like 3 years ago since I set foot in a gym :o ) - stacked it with Creatin (and proteins, lots of proteins) and got great results, though, when you're stacking, you don't know what component you're reacting the best to, however, I remember from my research that the combo of Creatine and HMB, with lots and lots of protein (should be a no brainer) should've been the best if you want maximum bang for the buck. Hope it helps!

-n0c-