Subject: Why I hate supplements...[rant]
This may come as quite a shock to hear but it's true...I hate supplements.
Now, I do have to qualify that remark, as I don't hate ALL supplements...
I hate the ones
that make people think they can eat horrible nutrition
and train like idiots (or not at all) while still getting
the results they want.
I hate the supplements
that push big glossy magazine ads with (let's face it)
physiques that are unachieveable by natural means at impressionable
young guys
who want to gain muscle but don't know how to do it through
good training and eating.
I hate the supplements
that prey on people who are so desperate to lose
weight that they'll try anything...except for tolerating the
slightest modification
to their horrendous eating habits or getting their butt off
the couch.
And I hate the
supplements that take research studies so completely
out of context that they're completely irrelevant to the
actual people who are
supposed to take the supplements (when you do a study on starving
children in
an orphanage in a third-world country and you give them some
nutrition, shocker...
they're going to build muscle).
I hate the supplements
that distort the research that actually HAS been
done on legitimate populations in order to prove that their
garbage supplement
works (here's a good one...those weight gain forumlas? A study
done on those
showed NO difference in results between taking that and equal
caloric amount
of WHITE SUGAR...not even joking, though I wish I was. They
didn't include
THAT in the magazine ad for it.).
I hate the supplements
that hide behind a "proprietary formula" blend
to disguise the fact that they have almost NONE of the active
ingredient actually
in it (yeah, if a study shows 800 mg of something is required
to have an effect,
I'm sure adding 50 mg of it in along with 750 mg of other junk
will work like a
charm).
Okay, that's enough hating for now...
What I DON'T hate
are supplement companies that stand behind what they put
out...that do everything they can to ensure a high-quality product
that contains
what it's supposed to and has enough active ingredient to actually
DO something.
There ARE companies like that out there, and that's who I buy
my supplements from.
And what I wanted
to show you today is that I put my money
where my mouth is...
This past week, I'm
sure you've seen a lot of emails regarding the new supplement
company BioTrust (run by Joel Marion and Josh Bezoni). I've
sent a few myself.
(here's the link to their online store)
I've known Joel
for the past 5 years and Josh for the past 2 years. They're
stand-up
guys and they've been working hard to ensure the supplements
they're putting
out are research-backed and effective.
The biggest objection I've heard this past week is cost...their
supplements are not cheap.
And believe me, I totally get that.
Here's the thing,
though...would you rather pay a little money for something that
doesn't work or even sets you back...or would you rather pay
a premium for a
very high-quality product that DOES work and actually helps
you?
For me, I use their
protein supplement at very specific times when it's going to
have the biggest impact...I take it only after training. The
rest of the day, I eat
real food. At 30 servings per container, 5 workouts a week,
that's a 6 week supply
of very high quality protein taken when I'm going to get the
most bang for my
buck out of it. And I'm good with that.
Their stuff is
EXTREMELY high quality. And you're not going to get that
for cheap. Let's face facts.
To help get you more
value for your money, they do have a "buy two, get one
free"
offer, which I think is excellent. Yes, still not cheap, but
yes, you do get what you
pay for.
And like I said above,
I want to show you that I put my money where my mouth
is...here's a screenshot of the protein I just bought from them.
When they were getting
ready to launch this stuff, they sent me some free samples
so I could try it out.
Now, though, having
seen the quality, I'm on board and I'm buying this
stuff for myself.
Get
yours here now...the deadline for the free shipping
(to US and Canada -
international is half price), Joel's new "7 Day Rapid Fat
Loss" program, and a free
shaker bottle is TODAY.
Nick
P.S. If you're interested
in reading a bit more about their products, I've posted a
couple of article from Joel on my site, too:
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