Ultimate Nutrition Iso Mass Xtreme Gainer?

Nutrition
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I’ve been using this to get some extra calories, generally 1 serving a day after workouts. What do people think of it? The price is great for the number of servings, but nutritionally is there anything I should be concerned about?

Supplement Facts:

Serving Size 3 Scoops (153g)
Servings per Container 30

Amount Per Serving with Water:
Calories 650
Calories from fat 60
Total Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 30mg 10%
Sodium 200mg 8%
Total Carbohydrate 80g 27%
Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 5g
Protein 65g 130%
Vitamin A 33%
Vitamin C 33%
Vitamin D 33%
Vitamin E 33%
Thiamine 33%
Riboflavin 33%
Niacin 33%
Vitamin B6 33%
Folic Acid 33%
Vitamin B12 33%
Biotin 33%
Pantothenic Acid 33%
Calcium 33%
Iron 33%
Phosphorus 33%
Iodine 33%
Magnesium 33%
Zinc 33%
Copper 33%
Chromium 83%

ISO MASS 72g
Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate, Egg Protein Isolate, Micellar Alpha and
Beta Caseins and Caseinates, Lactoferrin

CARBO MASS 60g
5 DE Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Oat Fiber

CREA MASS 7g
Creatine Monohydrate, Tricreatine Malate, Kre-Alkalyn, Creatine Orotate,
Creatine Alpha Ketoglutarate, Creatine Ethyl Ester, Creatine Pyruvate

OMEGA MASS 6.5g
Enzyme Modified Sunflower Oil Powder, Medium Chain Triglyceride Powder,
Borage Oil Powder (Seed), Flax Seed Oil Powder, Conjugated Linoleic Acid
Powder (CLA), Canola Oil and Omega 3

VITA MASS 3.22g
Vitamin A Acetate, Cholecalciferol, D-alpha Tocopherol Acetate, Ascorbic Acid, Folate,
Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride,
Cyanocobalamin, Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Dicalcium Phosphate,
Potassium Iodide, Potassium Chloride, Ferrous Fumarate, Magnesium Oxide, Copper Gluconate, Zinc Oxide, Chromium Nicotinate

GLUTA MASS 2.2g
Glutapure Glutamine, Glutamine Alpha Ketoglutarate, Glutamine Ethyl Ester,
N-Acetyl L-Glutamine
N.O. MASS 500mg
Arginine Alpha Ketoglutarate, Arginine Ethyl Ester Di-HCL, Citrulline Ethyl Ester
Malate, L-Norvaline
BCAA MASS 550mg
L-Valine, L-Valine Ethyl Ester, L-Leucine, L-Leucine Ethyl Ester, L-Isoleucine,
L-Isoleucine Ethyl Ester
CP MASS 500mg
Betaine, Glycocyamine

ENZYME MASS 250mg
Protease, Lactase

Other Ingredients: Natural & Artificial Flavors, Soy Lecithin,
Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, and Neotame.
Contains Milk, Soy, Egg and Fish (herring, anchovy, mackerel, sardine, salmon).

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Doesn’t strike me as something good for PWO as it has a fair amount of fat in it.

Plus all that NO crap is just jacking up the price.

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Good point, arginine leading to NO being is pretty much BS, and the extra glutamine is probably unnecessary.

7g fat doesn’t strike me as that much, if I remember right you should aim for <10g for meals not specifically including it.

That said, the price is pretty good for a mass gainer- 30 servings for about $60, I buy it with a GNC gold card making it $48, then BOGO half off. So in the end the price isn’t all that bad.

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My mistake, I didn’t notice it was only 7g of fat. But also, in terms of PWO, the fiber doesn’t help much. If it’s something you like and is within your price range then stick to it. I’d recommend reading up on peri workout nutrition though, which can be found here: Forums - T Nation - The World's Trusted Community for Elite Fitness

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Will do.

What about as a carb+protein meal at some other point in the day?

6

garbage, eat 2lbs of lean meat everyday.

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[quote]dka1344 wrote:
Good point, arginine leading to NO being is pretty much BS, and the extra glutamine is probably unnecessary.[/quote]

It’s a kitchen sink formula which is a great way to make something sound “cutting edge” without actually being useful or worthwhile. The “vita mass” is pointless - a gratuitous cover-all just to say it contains vitamins and minerals, the “crea mass” is a conglomerate of every form of creatine known to man (Geez, great idea), the glutamine and NO formulas are useless as explained before, the BCAA formula is a fucking joke at 550mg. Need I go on?

Two bottles of Metabolic Drive Complete would be 30 servings for $44 (three bottles would be 45 servings for $66), there’s free shipping in the US, and it provides a comparable macro breakdown, with higher quality protein sources than Iso Mass, when mixed in milk.

Not to mention you wouldn’t be forced to take 10 different specialized “mass formulas” that sound uber-fancy but contribute piss-all to an actually effective mass-building supplement.

The Iso Mass would technically be better than nothing, but for reasons stated, it would definitely not be a first choice.

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Great insights Chris, that’s exactly what I was looking for.

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I was impressed to see Micellar Casein in the “Iso Mass” part, but you’re right with the whole ‘kitchen sink’ strategy they’ve got going on