The last week or so I’ve been having some, er, gastric issues. My diet is mostly green veg, some rice and animals, but I’ve started adding some BCAA powder to my pre and post workout shakes. Just wondering if this might be the culprit. Possible?
Is there any additives to the powder? The BCAA’s themselves shouldn’t cause any GI distress from what I know.
Several years ago a attempted to add L-Luecine, Creatine, Glutamine and Taurine to my diet all at once. The results were not good, my stomach was torn up. I had to stop altogether and slowly introduce the Aminos to my system. Now I handle large amounts of AA with no problem. Try to taper up the dose and let your stomach adapt.
Veggies and meat are also pretty hard on your gut, you might want to add a complete enzyme formula. I take one 1-2 times per day with my bigger meals and it works very well for me. More efficient breakdown and use of nutrients? Why not.
[quote]buck mulligan wrote:
The last week or so I’ve been having some, er, gastric issues. My diet is mostly green veg, some rice and animals, but I’ve started adding some BCAA powder to my pre and post workout shakes. Just wondering if this might be the culprit. Possible? [/quote]
I started adding 5g of BCAA’s to two daily protein pulses last week, and I started to have digestive issues. I dropped the BCAA’s and am just using leucine now, and the problem has stopped. I think there’s a good chance they are causing the distress. Weird thing for me is I used to take in 15g during my workouts with no issues, so as another poster mentioned, start low and taper your amount up, and you should be good.