Does anyone have a favourite brand?
I've been taking GNC's on and off for over a year. And I can't stand their pills. I call them horse pills. It's not the size... I take bigger vitC pills. It's just the surface of them that makes me want to gag.
Furthermore, does anyone have any tips for getting over stomach discomfort from BA? Or know why I may be getting it?
I never had problems with BA the first time I took it back in 2008. Took it for months. Tingle wore off within a couple weeks. I remember sort of liking the tingle.
But I stopped for a while, and since this summer, I've been trying to get back into taking it.... and it just makes me feel uncomfortable. Maybe it's a side-effect of taking it with my protein shake and feeling bloated? Maybe a side effect of taking it soon/with creatine?
It just makes me feel uncomfortable. Once I took it before bed (and also creatine) and I had extreme gastrol discomfort.
I don't think it's just the creatine... I take creatine 2x a day basically every day without any side effects like that. I know creatine can give a bit of gastrol discomfort, but never like I experienced from the beta alanine.
Anyone, basically, I'm just curious if anyone else has found that there are other supplements which you should not take within an hour of taking beta alanine because they result is uncomfortable side effects? Or when and with what you prefer taking it? And, lastly, if there are other brands which anyone likes more than these GNC horse pills?
I'm not sure if I've noticed a difference from them.... I did find myself with better surges when I started to get fatigued (or feel ready for excercise sooner), but since I stopped taking BA regularly, I started taking L-Glutamine. So it may be that... or just overall performance improves unrelated to supps... or just a sort of placebo effect, even.
Thanks! Any tips, I'd welcome.
//EDIT
"The "nausea" description from the previous page 12 sort of fits, too. I usually try to take at night... Maybe I'll just switch my creatine to morning and afternoon, and then take 3 BA pills evening, 3 before bed. And, for the next 2 weeks, just do 2/2.... When I take 1-2, it seems to be OK. GNC says 6 per day (and I remember meausring the dosage to be similar to what I read on Sherdog last year). But I'll try work myself back up to that. Even 1/1 a day at first, maybe.
Still, any thoughts on my pre-edit post are welcome