Amino Acids

[SunnyInc.]

I was wondering what foods were good sources of amino acids? What foods should I bet eating to give my body the amino acids it needs? Any pointers would be appreciated.

[POWERJIM]

Eggs have the highest Bioavailability going, other than eggs you can get all you need from dairy products, meats and seafoods, also some beans and nuts have all nine essential amino acids. You can combine those foods that havent got all essential amino acids with those that have to make them more biologically available.

[SunnyInc.]

Cheers.

[mike cp]

I know that you can get your essential amino acids from the daily foods you eat, but I've tried a new powder that you can put in your water before, during, and after you lift. It's called Amino Vital.. I feel more focused in the gym when I use it and have gotten significantly stronger when combining it with my usual whey shakes. It might just be the psychological factor though, I'm not sure.

[POWERJIM]

Casilan 90 has all essential amino acids and can be mixed with just water, i like it because it has no added sugar and no artificial sweeteners, most other powders are laced with artificial sweeteners.

[Merk0135]

Originally Posted by POWERJIM

Casilan 90 has all essential amino acids and can be mixed with just water, i like it because it has no added sugar and no artificial sweeteners, most other powders are laced with artificial sweeteners.

I'm guessing it tastes like arse. I took unflavored BCAAs straight and it made me gag and I can handle most anything.

[ambientdeath]

Originally Posted by Merk0135

I'm guessing it tastes like arse. I took unflavored BCAAs straight and it made me gag and I can handle most anything.

C'mon, I can drink ON BCAA's that are unflavoured without too much trouble. And I mean like, 3 scoops of it with only 250ml of water.

Scivation Watermelon's flavor burns my throat going down, I hate it. Supposed to be known for tasting good. I'll try the green apple next.

[dannyboy9]

Bulk BCAA's taste horrible but hey, what can you do? Especially when you're shooting for 20 grams a day (10g pre/10g pwo). I've made friends with cranberry juice. That seems to get the job done when using it as a chaser. Just dump, chug and go.

[ambientdeath]

If you can drink (any hard alcohol really, whisky being my favourite) straight then you can down unflavoured BCAA's with less than a cup of water. Not everything is roses and butterflies in life but 250ml of nasty flavour is tolerable.

Less water = less to drink and faster it's over. Drink more clean water afterwards to wash it down.

Funny cause I still can't stand fish after all this "put up with it" talk.

[dannyboy9]

Have you ever just tried dumping it and then chasing it with juice AD? I used to use the method you're currently using but not only was it hard to mix, the duration of that horrible taste was far long than just chasing it after you've dumped the BCAA powder into your pie hole. That's just been my experience however.

[POWERJIM]

Originally Posted by Merk0135

I'm guessing it tastes like arse. I took unflavored BCAAs straight and it made me gag and I can handle most anything.

It can be very bitter if you mix it with just water, i usually blend it with frozen fruit to create a BCAA smoothie.

[Renegade68]

Originally Posted by ambientdeath

C'mon, I can drink ON BCAA's that are unflavoured without too much trouble. And I mean like, 3 scoops of it with only 250ml of water.

Scivation Watermelon's flavor burns my throat going down, I hate it. Supposed to be known for tasting good. I'll try the green apple next.

The green apple is very good. I'm on tub #2 of it.

[Rebecca]

ON also makes an amino formula that is great and it's in both comes in a variety of types: caps, liquid, softgels, and tabs which all have 2,222 mg of aminos! I prefer the softgels.