The legal strength supplement that actually works (not an ad) 

Plenty of papers on creatine, but has anyone looked into the muscle building effects of cayenne?

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Chef John… I’ve been watching you since I was 13. What a legend you are

A liiiiittle bit of cayenne and some cold milk (no lumps) put it in your vessel of choice. Put the top on and give the OoOooOoOoooOoL Shakea-Shakea

I have a love for you deeper than you’ll ever know chef John. God bless

Amen, cant wait

Yeah, I always wonder how whey protein is sourced- is it a cheese byproduct

@@JohnDotBomb yes it is

@@JohnDotBomb Kind of! It's just dried whey, which is the liquid stuff that floats to the top of (non-greek) yogurt. Greek yogurt is just yogurt with the whey drained.

YES PLEASE!

And your day was ruined?

I think you would greatly appreciate Hank green’s “miracle supplement” video about fiber. Very similar style

@@whitneywujkoayala8613 I hadn't seen that video but I did know about it. But yeah, these are the types of videos that just make life easier.

Creatine is like ATP, a source of energy (in the phosphorylated form) and can give you a burst of energy. It is rapidly recycled and should be safe. But excess external consumption can decrease the body's natural synthesis and recycling power. I do not know the exact extent but this is generally true whenever you take supplements on a regular basis. Hence the thing works is true but the long term effects may not be desirable.

This is basic info in the fitness community so yeah, it works + no need for an ad

@@whitneywujkoayala8613 What flour looks like cocaine, though? 😂

Slowly but surely

That form ain't tho

Avoid this product if ever had a gout attack.

MAYBE .. REMEMBER ... 'GRAVITY IS A BITCH' ... BLEW OUT 2 DISCS 30YRS AGO ... BUT HEY, GO AHEAD HERCULES

If he does that, i will unsubscribe. sick and tired of fitness nuts on RU-vid

Thanks for pointing this out, that is a good thing to note

Bravo, friend.

thank you

Same happens if you do intense strength training one or two days before testing btw.

That is not true. Probide source

He's come a long way from screaming into the mic and shaking the cam lmfao Adam is going places

To me he sounds constantly annoyed. A guy in tune with us commenters

Couldn’t agree more.

Check out Hybrid Calisthenics and Movement by David for truly ‘wholesome’ fitness content.

As long as you don't ask him to cook chili the CORRECT WAY( with meat ), his stuff is good.

on the other hand, if you consume a lot, they will burn your body faster. as you age, the metabolism slows down and you feel that. But if you take supplements and keep the metabolism going at the same rate, some parts are going to suffer faster.

@@janami-dharmam yeah. it's a balancing act. getting old sucks.

thats why you eat alot of yummy beef

The replies are very wholesome to this comment

@@janami-dharmam Seems like a lot of longetivity suggestions involving 'living less' - sleeping more, eating less often... It's like we have a limited number of turns 😀

Sounds incredibly bland. Where does the flavor come in

@@KvltKommando un sugared yogurt can be flavorful. But he also mentioned granola, which is quite flavorful

@@enriquegarciacota3914 he said plain yogurt. About as bland as it gets, plain granola also really bland and not really that good for you either

@@KvltKommando That is what I mean. Plain yogurt. Unsugared. It has a clear acid taste. He didn't say plain granola, just granola. As far as I know plain granola does not exist. But it is usually both salty and sweet.

@@enriquegarciacota3914granola has almost no taste hence why most preparations of contain honey. Plain yogurt should include honey anyway it's anabolic and good carbs

fun side effect tho: since your strength increases slightly when taking creatine, you can load your muscles with a higher resistance, which in turn results in a stronger impulse to grow. now i don't know how it scales in relation but it doesn't just make you stronger, it makes you grow faster. and that stays.

Blistering fast 🤣🤣🤣

@@4ndy123 I don't do full body everyday I do push pull legs and I take proper rest times between sets, I just found that the day after I workout I don't feel like I'm paralyzed or something

that's what it's supposed to to. it's supposed to increase recovery time and delay the onset of muscle fatigue. taking creatine if you aren't active , does nothing (except put your kidneys under pressure ) .

Oh yeah I don’t know that I had heard about the 10% strain increase, The reason that I have taken creatine was for faster recovery aswell

I briefly tried creatine and the boost was real but my skin broke out so bad all over my torso the entire time I took it. Wasn't worth it imo.

IDK man, the other channel I see pushing magic spoon does Dungeons and Dragons skits. :)

Magic spoon tastes like a$$. I’m sorry, Adam. I’m really trying to protect people from purchasing a product that is expensive and tastes so bad.

@@Chicky.Treats and why MILK protein

@@Chicky.Treats To each their own. I've tried a few of the flavors and they seem fine to me.

@@Chicky.Treats I like how magic spoon tastes personally or at the very least don't mind it. However, I really dislike the texture. It just gets caught in my teeth and stuff and never has like that real crisp crunch that cereal I like has. I got one order of 4 boxes from them and while I didn't hate it I wouldn't get it again between cost and texture and stuff.

USADA already did when they started testing UFC fighters. Apparently the only supplements that work are the ones illegally tainted with steroids lol. They found a LOT of them. IT doesn't tell you on the label but sometimes it's in there!!! So be wary..........

Being able to accept when you're wrong, and adjust your opinion based on new information, is a very good trait to have.

This is one of my favorite RU-vid comment's

@@confederatetearsaredelicious Being stupid enough to hold an uninformed opinion that requires someone to 'geek out' before you end up changing your mind is a very bad trait to have.

@@blahbleh5671 I've held plenty of uninformed opinions. No one can know absolutely everything. It's about how you respond to new information.

@@blahbleh5671 Being humble in your self and your knowledge is a trait you should probably learn to cultivate more of.

True, Ragussy makes some good videos.

Ironically, his history is in journalism and music. He never intended to become a food youtuber but here we are.

Although it's not really amateur any more. He makes a decent living from these videos. He did a podcast episode where he went into some of the details of the economics, without giving out all his numbers.

Jesus Christ died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him. True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

When you trust in God and cast your cares (worries, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts) upon him, they will be NO MORE! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! The world is wicked, evil, and of the devil. I too, was a wicked sinner of the world before I opened my heart to God. I am living proof of God's work and fruitfulness! He is an active God who hears the prayers of his! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous. The devil is a liar that comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy; that includes your relationship with God.

Thanks for sharing this!

I think the issue with a lot of supplements like creatine is that it help people that are already strong get stronger rather than people that struggle. There's a reason strong people are hyper responders to everything like that

Doesn't creatine accelerate balding?

@@jaffacalling53 most likely not

@@jaffacalling53 Nah there was one study that actually found a correlation with the two but the men taking it took 20g a day (more than 4 times the daily does) and was taking it over a few weeks

@@jaffacalling53 That's steroids.

I know people prone to nephrosis and can’t have creatine

I drink 5 liters of water every gym session, how much water have you drank per session?

@@dramir5953 that's an insane amount of water, how long are your sessions?

@@dramir5953 5 liters?!

@@Demoniodg Do your gym sessions last all day there?

at what temperature?

​@@quarkraven as low as 239°F (115°C). The specific amount of creatine that breaks down into creatinine due to heat varies based on the cooking duration and heat above 115°C. Cooking methods like frying may result in more break down of creatine due to the high heat when compared to other cooking methods such as boiling.

@@erikb4407 a medium steak is about 135 degrees. no break down except on the surface.

I was totally expecting Adam to fake us out and say it was flour, too.

I thought salt 😂

If you don’t notice any affect don’t bother continuing. This thing is disgusting and annoying to take.

I thought sugar!

I saw "Cr" and thought it was gonna be chromium (the element), lol.

It's more like Google's mind reading recommendation system works in mysterious ways

It def does retain water, its nice but your better just getting the amount you need from red meat and fish.

@@GavinLawrence747 Unfortunately some of us have medical conditions that mean we need to limit our intake of red meat and fish.

@@GavinLawrence747 you would have to eat 2 pounds of beef a day for the recommended dose of creatine, which for some people isn't even enough

@@GavinLawrence747 That works for a professional who can afford to eat all day long.

@@GavinLawrence747 I'm vegan, because I want decrease animal suffering and protect the environment. This means I can't get my vitamin B12 from meat, but I get it in my fortified soy milk. I'm totally fine with adding synthetic creatine to my diet, it sounds great!

Creatine and kidney stones are more of a correlation rather than a causation. Regular Creatine supplementation means you need to drink a LOT more water. Without more water, it will increase the risk of kidney stones. So creatine =/= kidney stones, but Creatine without enough water = kidney stones. Especially if you took too much, it can definitely dehydrate you. You should really just be taking around 5g per day, maybe up to 10g for a single week to load if you want the effects quicker. TLDR: Like most things, drinking water will help.

I don't think it's just creatine , it does help but genetic factors pay a big role. Some people lose muscles when they start working out, some gain them at an insane right. Not only that, you're born with a genetic limit on how much bigger you can get, no matter the PEDs . Start creatine but don't expect crazy results, for one it needs to be saturated in the muscles over time, you can also try creatine loading

That's interesting, i have a thirst problem as well most of the time, sometimes i have to wake up and take a drink because my mouth is parched. How is glycerin usually ingested?

@@fowad27 Well, the way I used it is basically as a sweetener. I would just add it to my drinks. Make sure that you get food grade glycerol, by the way. If you buy food grade glycerol, you'll often get these tiny bottles that are for stabilizing egg foams, which is really expensive for such a basic ingredient. Instead, I went on the prowl for a chemistry shop and I found one where I live in the Netherlands. I also bought a special tooth paste and mouth wash that is supposed to help; The one I bought I bought at the apothecary. It won't help with your body's first, but it might help keep your mouth from parching up like mine did. I should also note; One day, my parched mouth just kind of stopped. I don't know what I changed and the answer might be anything from walking that little bit more to eating that little bit differently. It used to be that sleeping with any minute amount of draft would make my mornings hell, but I've recently slept in a foreign country buildings built to draft and I had absolutely no symptoms. That's not the glycerol, something just changed. But when I did have it, the glycerol was nice.

It'd make sense for glycerin to help with retaining water. To oversimplify, it has 3 oxygens bound directly to 3 hydrogens, much like the bonds in water, and thanks to that similarity, it binds water. To make it less oversimplified: glycerin has 3 hydroxyl-groups (-OH), which have the capability to create hydrogen bonds; the same bonds that water molecules create amongst themselves. These bonds are very strong - an order of magnitude stronger than even the bonds found in polar substances. (This is why water can stay liquid, despite its molecular weight being lower than a lot of gases.) Glycerin likewise binds to water, and to itself, making it very good at retaining water, and also very viscous, since there are more of these bonds per molecule than in water. Also, fermented foods and higher glycerin make sense for the same reason you might feel it tastes foul. Glycerin is made when fats are broken down. Most fats are some sort of glycerides - fatty acids bound to glycerin. Triglycerides (glycerin + 3 fatty acids) are generally what are in dietary fats. If those fats break down before you eat them, it's probably because of some bacteria getting to it and digesting it before you. That happens in fermentation, but more noticably (and far earlier) in spoiled food, which is why our body has, over time, developed our taste buds to detect free glycerin as something to avoid, and therefore, make it taste foul. t. medical student who got a C on his biochemistry finals. Take everything I said with a handful of salt and please don't make decisions based off a RU-vid comment.

@@hamham_6411 That makes sense. It is best to use a very small amount of this stuff. Some athletes apparently try to saturate themselves with glycerol. I tried that for a week and boy; The flavor was easy enough in small volumes, but if you start drinking it in higher concentrations, it does take on a character of punishment that made me avoid it for years afterwards. I am still curious about it, though. So yeah, don't do what I did and try to copy an athlete's plan with glycerol for the lolz. It's not a good time.

@@dvklaveren Use it at night so it doesn't conk you out. Lol. Glycine is a soporific.

Honestly lmao

First grade YTP material

Just butting in but (and i encourage you to do your own research on the topic) BCAA's are pretty much a waste of money, unless you are vegetarian or have some weird dietary restrictions. They won't hurt you, but they probably are just empty calories for you.

losing

@@elmaster65 litterally no calories. litterally just amino acids for the body to take up when it needs it most. Little substantial research bave been made on the subject, but nowhere has any research said it does nothing. It is amino acids the body needs. Any extra the body cant take up is excreted. There is no downside, and it cost me $8 for a years supply.

@@Shoob__ come again?

@@jrep year supply of bcaa's for 8 bucks? Do what? I can't even get a years supply of salt for 8 bucks

This has been exactly my experience, as well.

Does that not kind of imply you could have done more weight in the same rep range if you’re getting more reps at your normal loads?

Thing is, creatine is essentially a fuel source. Taking creatine just means having more of that fuel available. In fact, outside of this video, I've always seen it described as a way to increase your stamina rather than strength. That said, someone's creatine level could be low enough to hinder their strength, and the supplement would be overcoming that deficit.

creatine barely does anything lmfao. U wont notice a difference when u take it

@@ThatsLifeDude I notice a huge difference. Plus my arms swell into cannons

@@GModBMXer have u been lifting only 1 year? the placebo is strong w u. its just creatine its not hard steroids

@@ThatsLifeDude are you slow?

@@ThatsLifeDude grow up

Fill my baabaa 🍼 with *muscle milk* Papa - Us (probably)

I like that he chose to spoon feed us with a fork

Note: for normal healthy people. The metabolism of creatine is creatinine, which then take kidney to dispose. If someone have kidney problem, it is not wise to use it. As Adam repeatedly said in the video, you shall ask your doctor before start taking it. Kidney problem usually doesn't occur immediately, it only occur when the person is in terminal phase, but doctor can test your blood to determine whether your kidney is still up to it.

Cooking and fitness go hand in hand, and we need more easy to listen to and digestible information about it.

i started working out in january too! cheers to progress brother

Only if you drop weights or a not used to being barefoot. Otherwise it will strengthen your feet and give you a more stable lift. Just don’t drop the weights.

Lol I also found that funny. I don't know a single person who went to their doctor before starting creatine haha.

@@Tomiply I have a kidney filtration disorder that I was hospitalized for a few months before starting creatine and I wanted to be safe.

I’ve heard that those who don’t respond may either produce enough or are resistant to low doses, but I’m not completely sure. It’s not that big of a deal though the effects are certainly over hyped.

Just wondering but does your body respond to caffeine

Isn't that just separation?

@@penguindrum264 maybe, but why isn't it there when you fist open the package then?

It’s whey, it’s intended to be strained out of Greek yogurts. Also hi Rob, big fan

I also believe it's just separation. I normally drink it.

@@TheHookUp the water will reabsorb with time. The reason it isn't there is simply because of the time it takes for the yogurt to reach your house from production. Source: Thixotropy is a property of yogurt. Sorta like some types of honey.

absorption rates basically don't vary. Especially when considering the additional food mass from other meals. Some might not sit well with you but that's generally an individual response. Some manufacturers also include flavoring and artificial sweeteners to make it taste better that could also be responsible for gastrointestinal discomfort.

It's less palatable but I was able to tolerate goat whey because it contains A2 Casein milk protein which is more bioavailable. I can't handle the pea/legume ones personally.

As far as I understand, the saying goes protien shakes go in and come out the same consistency most of the time. Seeing that they're water soluble you're likely absorbing the peak amounts your body needs and the excess is being passed as waste carried by the excess water (you should be drinking). You can experiment with different brands, flavorings or lack thereof, and different blends or kinds that may omit something you think could also be an issue. They tend to give me some bubble guts if I drink em prior to eating a meal, or as a replacement if I'm short on time to make food and eat but not so much if I drink em about an hour or so afterward once digestion has already kicked off a bit. The shakes will also make me feel bound up and cramped should I not drink adequate amounts of water, I'm sure you know how sticky this stuff is with just less than enough water. Maybe play around with your food and water intake just a smidge, as well as when you have a shake. When I was homeless I used to just buy the premixed body fortress 80g protien shakes and they honestly didn't mess with my stomach at all from what I recall. They really helped me in the winter riding my bicycle everywhere, from the cold and riding up and down hills I could feel the burn in minutes if I didn't have one of them about half an hour before riding out. They're a bit more expensive than the equivalent amount of powder, but are convenient and of course optimally blended from the factory with no chunks or undissolved solids.

Me too.. never found benefits but like you I do low reps due to having fibromyalgia

I took Creatine back in college Track and field. Did nothing for me either, and I was a Decathlete. I did every fast twitch movement under the sun. I transferred into Powerlifting after college but never bothered with creatine. Great to hear you're still lifting.

Yeah unfortunately there's a small percentage of people that are non-responders to creatine

I'm not sure it's quite as high as 10% I've never seen studies claiming that but creatine does work it requires regular usage, just using it occasionally has minimal benefit.

there may be a genetic angle; everybody cannot process the stuff equally well.

It does effect how you handle sugar, it has an effect on glut 4 (whatever that is )as far as I know and makes you better at handling sugar

Take citrulline instead.

I had the same experience

High testosterone is linked with hair loss, right? And working out increases your testosterone levels, I believe...

Wait really? I have hella fatigue issues, dont work out besides very mildly, would this stuff make my qol better just by virtue?

@@user-qd3rz7fb1t I've had general problems with fatigue and I've found that it helps somewhat. Not a magic pill solution but it makes things less severe

@@user-qd3rz7fb1t it will supplement what you're missing in a way thats a bit above my head, but ultimately you should perhaps consult with a doctor or psychiatrist to diagnose the cause of your fatigue and formulate a treatment plan that may still or may not include creatine supplements. A lot of my fatigue issues stem from mental health issues, lack of sleep, lack of appetite, nausea, muscle atrophy due to reduced exercise, and aren't necessarily physical aside from a few spinal issues. But being able identify and diagnose those problems has helped more so than creatine, granted it does give me a bit of a boost when used in conjunction with proper diet and fluid intake.

...Making a note particularly of that second half, as someone who does have ADHD. I was already contemplating trying out creatine after this video, since I *do* work a somewhat physically intensive job, but now I'm *really* considering it.

@@Hexagonaldonut I would encourage anyone to try it out for six months or so. More cellular energy is always a good thing. Energy makes the old feel young, the sick feel well, and the tired... You get the idea.

Creatine doesn't really do anything for DOMS because DOMS is a necessary part of building muscle. You're better off just taking Tylenol for DOMS. It's good for power, not endurance.

I can't link to it but the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition had a paper on this and basically said that one study showed a link, but it was not of very high quality. Direct quote : "In summary, the current body of evidence does not indicate that creatine supplementation increases total testosterone, free testosterone, DHT or causes hair loss/baldness."