To be clear, I didn’t eat them because I thought they’d do anything for my hair. I ate them because they tasted like Haribo 
But I might have thought twice before taking about 2000 times the RDA,
Yours, Chewbacca
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Bit late but this is a WAAAYYY cheaper option than High 5 tabs or the like. And in the correct %s too.
I also got a bag of Maltodextrin and Dextrose and shove that in a bottle with some squash. Works well and way cheaper than other options.
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I was watching a Ben Parkes clip about AG1 and a comment mentioned this clip, which I found interesting.
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Very expensive placebo! Another reason I don’t follow or watch influencers.
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Baking soda is the new kid on the block!
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That’s been around a while in weight lifting I think. Isnt it supposed to buffer lactic acid or something.
Yes, something like that. Seems to have been around in swimming for a while as well.
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sigh
Lactate
The 80’s want their supplements back 
I remember Joxster talking about how BC made them do it and causing all kinds of explosions from both ends i believe it was popular in rowing circles also.
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I tried it once & once only at the 2009 Anglesey Marathon.
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Everything’s gummys now - I mean ‘everything’
Can’t keep up
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Does anyone take creatine? It’s been getting a bit of good press recently even for general brain health. I suspect it’ll be the same as other things, useful for some people but not others. It does seem to get a lot of positive research though.
I’ve tried it in the past when doing short intervals and weights and tried again the last few weeks.
But, when I take it I also seem to get migraines, probably coincidence and I’ll see if any happen now. Probably had more hassles etc. in the past.
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Its very well researched and dirt cheap. I take it, more for the lifting benefits. Ive never had any side effects.
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Yeah started taking it a while back for the same reason - seemed to be well considered from a cognitive perspective now.
As G said. It’s cheap, so takes away that friction.
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I’m trying creatine at the moment. Thought I’d give it a bash. Not got anything to compare it to, as have only been consistently training for a year, so haven’t noticed any meaningful improvements. Take it whenever I have a post exercise protein shake (should be 6x week)
Started taking it in September. What I did notice was was in the first couple of weeks I put on approx 2kg, and also seemed to get muscle pump in my lower legs when running for a couple of weeks, which then settled. My simplistic mind made me think my muscles had increased in size due to water retention, and the fascia took a bit longer catch up, but I could be talking rubbish.
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Creatine causes muscles to retain water, it needs water to be held in the muscle. He ce the weight gain and the pump.
Oddly I don’t get the weight gain when I start after a period off it.
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Always causes gut ache for me and much more overnight cramping. Maybe not drinking enough but did up water a lot. Tried multiple times, last time was only last year for a few months
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Tried it, didn’t see any benefit, stopped it.
I don’t see a particular need to rapidly regenerate ATP, maybe you are one of those folk who refuse to fuel their training, you might see some benefit. Just my 2p.
Hmm, I’ve had a funny stomach the last few days now you mention that. Maybe I need to take it with more fluids.
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From a training perspective its really only beneficial for heavy weight lifting. For triathlon type training its useless, and counter productive if it causes you to gain weight.
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My thoughts were that even if there are no performance benefits, training 2kg overweight might be a bit like sandbagging, so when it comes to a month before my main events, I’ll stop taking and hopefully the water weight will go. Might be a complete waste of time, but I’ve bought it now, don’t seem to have any adverse effects, so will keep taking it until it runs out.
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