Reddit reviews XTEND Original BCAA Powder Mango Madness | Sugar Free Post Workout Muscle Recovery Drink with Amino Acids | 7g BCAAs for Men & Women| 30 Servings
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The World's #1 BCAA Brand with 7G of BCAAs Per Serving0 Stimulants, Sugar, Calories, or Carbs2.5g Added Glutamine + ElectrolytesNSF & Informed Choice CertifiedIntra-workout catalystBuild muscleBurn fatRecover fasterZero sugar or carbs; 30 servings
TL;DR: BCAAs are not protein. They're amino acids that are often added to protein powder. You can take BCAAs by themselves, too. If you are eating at a caloric deficit, in my experience, adding BCAAs can significantly help with fatigue. I would suggest slightly more protein, maybe closer to 90, but that's, again, my own experience and I'm 35 pounds heavier than you.
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What I'm about to say here is -strictly- my own experience I am not a doctor. I'm female, 40, 5'7, 178 pounds. I eat at a 300 - 500 calorie deficit per day, having gotten my resting metabolic rate tested and using conservative estimates of energy expenditure. I do cardio to manage my anxiety (helps a lot) and lift fairly heavy 3x a week. According to sports medicine tables, I'm an "intermediate" lifter.
I eat about 90 grams of protein a day, which actually was a recommendation from my psychiatrist to help with my depression. I take drugs, but I also do the diet/exercise thing too. However, I find that supplementing with BCAAs, about 7 grams a day on lift days and 3.5 grams a day on off days, REALLY helps with "the bonk." I have less muscle pain and feel less physically tired. I can complete my lifts better.
My understanding is that when you are eating at a deficit, your body sometimes tries to 'eat' muscle in order to liberate amino acids. Even if you've got a fairly high protein diet, this can happen. Supplementing with BCAAs helps keep your body supplied with aminos. Now, idk how much of that is bro science and I haven't taken the time to investigate, but my own experience is that I feel way better on BCAAs -- fwiw I take the Scivation brand. The "naturally sweetened" variety gives me hellacious gas, so I stick with these.
Other possibly culprits for fatigue and brain fog are low B vitamin levels, easily fixed with supplements, low iron, which again can be supplemented or you can hit the dark leafy greens harder, and low Vitamin D. You can try adding these supplements and seeing what happens, or you can get a blood test. Personally, I'm all about just experimenting with supplements for two weeks ot a month and seeing if I feel better, but it's up to you.
Hope some of this is helpful!
I drink BCAA's in the morning and Mio throughout the day. I got a good flavored BCAA that i really like. I've tried all types of Mio, most are pretty good.
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I find that I actually crave salt on my food now (that is, table salt). I never felt this need before when doing the SAD diet. (Ha, that's a tautology). Sodium has been mis-characterized as the devil in the modern diet because the modern diet seems to adamantly blame our ails on everything but carbs. When, in fact, a high salt intake is not only safe -- but encouraged -- on a low carb diet.
This is one of the many reasons I will happily swap pineapple for ribeye in butter seasoned with sea salt crystals. (;
From what I understand, a ketogenic diet is inherently diuretic, and one can lose their electrolytes. I supplement with this BCAA powder (I sip on it all day) That way I kill two birds with one stone (get my BCAAs in, and my electrolytes) http://www.amazon.com/Scivation-Xtend-Nutritional-Supplement-Nectar/dp/B00EED85VU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396925445&sr=8-1&keywords=scivation+xtend+mango+nectar