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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Product Review: UN Ultra Whey Pro



Here's Universal Nutrition's answer for a whey protein product. No doubt that they have a very extensive range covering every different type of protein whether its soy, milk, egg or even just pure whey isolates; this one however is the regular bread and butter if you're not looking for specialty.

Packing 75 servings with 22 grams of protein from 3 main sources, i.e. whey concentrates, isolates and hydrolyzed whey, this gives a wider spectrum of nutrition for the body. The powder is very fine and mixability is quite good with a shaker though it still loses out to ON 100% Whey Gold Standard. But the plus side is that WheyPro doesn't taste as watered down as the latter.

The taste is actually quite unique because it is somewhat a little bitter like dark chocolate. This is however, for the chocolate flavour and I don't know what the vanilla or strawberry would taste like.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Supplement Guide: Caffeine

A versatile stimulant, but one that may lead to addiction as many coffee lovers profess.


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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Product Review: Axis Labs Muscle Delight


This is a good tasting protein.

Yeap, sometimes after a hard day's workout, you just wanna look forward to that protein shake and rest in the thought of getting your nutrition down to pat. And wouldn't it help tremendously if that protein shake in wait tastes spectacular?

Life is about experience and while it's the long and hard road most of the time for the iron warrior, one must never forget to take a step back and appreciate the finer things in life once in a while.

Axis Labs Muscle Delight is not just about good taste, it is also a fundamentally solid protein product. It provides 32 grams of protein, 5 grams creatine, 6 grams glutamine and about 7 grams of BCAAs among other nutrients.

The drawback is of course, it only packs 15 servings a tub and the 300 or so calories each serving will whip out. Definitely not for the calorie-watchers.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Product Review: Dr. CarbRite Diet Bars



This here's a protein bar. Packin' 21 grams of protein and about 2 grams of impact carbs makes it a sweeter deal than most of the other choices available out there.

While it checks out in nutrition profile both quantitatively and qualitatively, what remains as a deal maker or breaker is taste. Unless of course you're the kind of person that can mentally block out the emetic center of the brain and down anything.

Anyway, UN's Dr. Carbrite Diet Bar tastes pretty good. Somewhat very rich though may be a little dry. Nibbling is the best way to savour the flavour as biting off a chuck may overwhelm the senses.




That brings us to the next point: flavours. There are 11 different flavours to choose from. Blueberry cheesecake, cookie dough, s'mores, frosted cinnamon bun, chocolate brownie, chocolate mint cookie, toasted coconut, chocolate banana nut with soy nuts, lemon meringue and raspberry chocolate truffle. You can always tell a product's strength from the number of flavours it has and UN has really trumped this one. Ain't your regular choc and vanilla variety you see everywhere else. The toasted coconut one actually has real coconut fibres in it.

Though sometimes I think they should know when to stop. Chocolate banana nut with soy nuts? Man, a little too funky.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Anabolic Halo



Key terms,

-cryogenic chamber
-anabolic driver
-sub-zero
-supercool
-crystal lattice integrity
-thermal mechanically altered driver
-advanced modification process
-particle-to-particle
-pharmaceutical
-thermomolecularly enhanced cryoanabolic compounds
-infiltration mechanism
-synergistically
-WTFOMGBBQ

Muscletech, Muscletech... what's next?

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards 2008

With the closure of the Olympia 2008, Bodybuilding.com has released the results for its inaugural Supplement Awards 2008.

There's little change, if any at all from the winners of 2007. In a nutshell,

Overall Supplement Of The Year - Optimum 100% Whey
Brand Of The Year - BSN
Muscle Builder Of The Year - BSN NO-Xplode
Fat Loss Product Of The Year - Nutrex Lipo 6
Protein Powder Of The Year - Optimum 100% Whey
Creatine Product Of The Year - BSN CellMass
Protein Bar Of The Year - Next Detour Bars
New Product Of The Year - MuscleTech Anabolic Halo
New Brand Of The Year - MAP
Nitric Oxide Product Of The Year - BSN NO-Xplode
Glutamine Product Of The Year - SciVation Xtend
Multi-Vitamin Of The Year - Universal Animal Pak
Joint Supplement Of The Year - Universal Animal Flex
Energy Supplement Of The Year - BSN Atro-Phex
Best Labels Of The Year - Universal
Best Ads Of The Year - Gaspari
Tanning Product Of The Year - Pro Tan Instant (hey.. this is no supplement)
Breakout Brand Of The Year - VPX
Weight Gainer Of The Year - BSN True-Mass
RTD Of The Year - CytoSport Muscle Milk RTD


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