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Beverly International E-Newsletter #17 

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NEW Creatine Supplement Strategy Uncovered!

The announcement of "NEW" never gets old, does it? So what's the newest creatine supplementation strategy for maximizing your lean muscle gains?

That's what BI wanted to know, and thought you might, too. So we asked a real creatine expert, Dr. Darren Candow (PhD), to give us the inside scoop. Candow has published numerous studies on creatine supplementation in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Health Studies at the University of Regina. BI asked Candow if, based on the results of his most recent studies, he could recommend a new strategy of using creatine supplements like our best-seller, CREATINE SELECT.

Candow told us:

"The 'new' strategy is to consume around 0.05 g of creatine/kg (2.2 lb) of body weight immediately before, and again immediately after, resistance exercise. Each dose of creatine should ideally be combined with 30 g of whey/casein protein."

To show you how the new strategy plays out, below we've listed a range of body weights with corresponding doses of creatine and protein. Body weights in the lower range are suitable for women. 

Body Weight

Creatine Dose

(take pre- & post-workout)

Protein Dose

(take pre- and post-workout)

250 lb (114 kg)

5.68 g

 

30 g

 

220 lb (100 kg)

5.00 g

 

30 g

 

200 lb (90.8 kg)

4.54 g

30 g

180 lb (81.8 kg)

4.09 g

30 g

150 lb (68.2 kg)

3.41 g

30 g

130 lb (59.1 kg)

2.95 g

30 g

110 lb (50 kg)

2.50 g

30 g

 

Measuring out your dose of protein will be easy, since there are about 30 g of protein in 1.5 scoops of ULTIMATE MUSCLE PROTEIN or MUSCLE PROVIDER. But what about creatine? Unless you have a high-tech scale, you won't be able to measure CREATINE SELECT down to the tenth or hundredth of a gram. Nor is it really necessary. There's a simpler way.

CREATINE SELECT contains creatine H2O (monohydrate), the most bioavailable and scientifically-proven form of creatine available. This is the same type of creatine used by Dr. Candow and his colleagues in his studies. To determine how much CREATINE SELECT you need to take before and after you train, simply choose the serving size from the chart shown below that most closely matches the creatine dose that corresponds to your body weight in the chart shown above. 

CREATINE SELECT

Amount of Creatine

1 scoop

5 g

3/4 scoop

3.75 g

1/2 scoop

2.5 g

 

For example, if you're a 110-lb woman, then using this new supplement strategy you would take 1/2 scoop of CREATINE SELECT and 1.5 scoops of ULTIMATE MUSCLE PROTEIN or MUSCLE PROVIDER right before you train. You'd then repeat this procedure after you finish your workout.

If you're a male weighing, say, 180 lb, then you would take 3/4 scoop of CREATINE SELECT and 1.5 scoops of ULTIMATE MUSCLE PROTEIN or MUSCLE PROVIDER before and after your workout.

Try out Dr. Candow's new supplement strategy. And as always, please let us know what kind of results it produces for you. We care!

 

Buyer Beware! Protein Supplements 

 If you're a longstanding customer of BI, you know that our protein supplements are consistent from one bottle to the next. They mix up the same and have the same incredible taste. Our endless stream of customer testimonials serve as proof. Why is the quality of our products so consistent? Because BI doesn't switch suppliers every time the price of protein changes, even if it means reducing our profits (something that has happened more than once). In the rare instance that we do change our protein formulas, we let you know in advance. And we only do it to make our products better.

Have you ever bought a protein supplement and enjoyed the taste of it, only to buy a second bottle at a later date and find that it tastes completely different? You probably felt ripped off, didn't you? This scenario is all too common for consumers. Below we reveal how it can happen.

Whey protein is found in just about all popular protein supplements. It's not cheap. In fact, whey protein prices have soared by roughly 30% in the last 3 months. Prices are expected to come down in the fall, but one can never know. With whey prices so high, companies are looking for ways to cut corners. Sometimes this results in you getting a poorer-quality product.

One way to save money when manufacturing a protein supplement is to obtain your whey from a variety of sources. Whichever supplier happens to have the lowest price at a given point in time is the one you purchase from.

Changing suppliers can lead to problems. Here's why. Whey is one of the two major proteins in cow's milk, the other being casein. It is also a by-product of cheese production. Whey suppliers may obtain their whey from the production of any of a number of different cheeses including cheddar, mozzarella and swiss.

Some manufacturers, including ones making protein supplements for some of the largest sports nutrition brands, buy their whey from assortment of suppliers and refine it before putting it into a finished product -a protein powder or weight (mass) gainer, for instance. Depending on what type of cheese the supplier got its whey from, it can have a different taste, texture and mouthfeel. This means that the product you buy in the store can have a different taste, texture and mouthfeel. And there's a good chance that you won't like the change, nor will you know when it's coming! 

 

Buyer Beware! HCG Diets

 

Unless you're living under a rock, it's hard to avoid hearing about the "HCG Diet", which consists of eating a very-low-calorie diet and getting injections of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG), a hormone produced during pregnancy.

Don't fall for the hype. HCG diet plans involve eating no more than 500 calories a day. Man or woman, this is certain to cause weight loss -loss of fat as well as muscle- and may result in severe health complications. In other words, any "success" achieved by these diets is not from the HCG injections, but rather the drastic reduction in caloric intake. As we've discussed before, your caloric intake is by far the single biggest determinant of your body weight.

Of course, you can't eat 500 calories a day forever. Imagine trying to hold your breath underwater for an hour. Eventually you must come up for air -or in this case, food. And once you resume eating a more appropriate number of calories (or inappropriate, should you revert to your old eating habits), the weight will come back with a vengeance.

Also avoid so-called "HCG activators", dietary supplements claimed to "activate" the same fat-burning pathways harnessed by the HCG diet. These products are being marketed by companies hoping to cash in on the HCG diet craze. But they are a waste of your money.

 
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