BulkSupplements Pure L-Isoleucine Powder (250 grammes)

Good quality product. No fillers or additives.

I've become very interested in MAP. (Master Amino acid Pattern.) I want to give it a good try to rebuild and tone my muscles which have turned kind of flabby the last few years. Only problem is, MAP is VERY expensive. So, I found the formula and buying the bulk amino acids to make my own and encapsulate them. Also, after reading "The Diet Cure" which explains how our hormones and neurotransmitters depend upon amino acids for their production and use, which is supposed to stop food, drug, and alcohol cravings. Particularly sugar cravings, which I battle and suffer from. I also felt that I need these amino for that too! This seems to be a viable way for me to experiment with the products. I found this product at a good price and they guarantee no fillers. Nice and clean with excellent packaging. I am pleased with my purchase, and will be even more please when I start seeing results.

Smells and tastes god awful. Which must mean it’s good for me but it makes it extremely unappealing to add to drinks. I’ve found I must add it to just my strongest protein isolate and do a half scoop to be able to tolerate this. I’m not one to shy away from not great flavors, I eat extremely clean so I’m use to supplements but this one is beyond my tolerance. The working class men I know say it smells like deaths farts.

In addition to being a ketogenic amino acid L-isoleucine is also classified as glucogenic. This means that it is functionally necessary to help produce glucose from non-carbohydrate substances in the body. Without this glucogenic synthesis, glucose levels in the blood would fall to dangerously low levels. This is of special concern during periods of strenuous exercise where energy sources are being used up much more quickly than normal. According to some in the industry L-isoleucine is most effective as a supplement in terms of boosting energy and increasing endurance. This makes sense when you consider that the synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrates would accomplish both of those things. That said, there's no clear understanding of how much L-isoleucine is needed before it results in a measurable benefit. It is known that a lack of this amino acid can result in a condition known as hypoglycemia, among other things. Lastly, researchers and industry experts believe L-isoleucine helps to promote the rebuilding and repair of muscle tissue in the hours immediately after a workout. However, L-isoleucine's catabolic properties mean that it should work in just the opposite way. Nonetheless, supplement makers stand by it as an affective amino acid for muscle rebuilding.

I have included this in my protein shakes for a boost in this amino profile, however it makes the shakes taste worse. More importantly I've been having a lot of stomach pain after injecting the product.