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OKG Drink Oliver Starr If you tend to under-eat protein, have recently been ill, have undergone surgery, or are regularly under a great deal of stress, you should consider supplementation of your diet with Ornithine Alpha -ketoglutarate (OKG). Studies with persons experiencing physical stress from the above mentioned conditions have demon strated that supplementation with OKG has significantly reduced muscle wasting (known as catabolism) and resulted in reduced time to complete recovery. Why does OKG have this effect and what is the best way to take it? OKG works in several ways. Studies show that it increases tissue levels of glutamine. Glutamine is a regulator of protein synthesis. If you are injured or overstressed, you will certainly experience lower levels of intramuscular glutamine. This will compromise your ability to build or maintain muscle. OKG has also been demonstrated to have a positive effect on nitrogen retention. If you are in nega tive nitrogen balance, you are losing muscle protein faster than you are building it. This will seri ously curtail your recovery from trauma or reduce to a crawl your ability to gain strength or build new muscle. OKG has also been the subject of intensive nutritional research. OKG has been shown to support the actions of one of the most important growth factors, IGF-1. By improving your nitrogen balance, increasing intramuscular glutamine stores and by promoting proper growth hormone metabolism you can improve your recovery, increase your body's ability to recover from trauma or surgeries, and, in the case of athletes, actually facilitate the synthesis of new muscle protein. Because physiologically active doses of OKG are in amounts of 5 to 10 grams, taking this supple ment in capsule form can be difficult for some people due to the number of capsules required. OKG taken by itself in powder form has a fairly unpleasant taste. To account for these problems, VRP is introducing our new OKG Drink. Each serving contains 5 grams of OKG along with 9 grams of pure crystalline fructose (fruit sugar) and is flavored with freeze-dried strawberries. This pleasant-tasting drink can be mixed with water and can be taken once or twice per day. If your problem is stress, illness, trauma or the inability to build new muscle due to intense exercise, consider OKG as a potent aid to your dietary program. OKG is a powerful asset in a bodybuilder's or athlete's goal of building muscle. The anti-catabolic effect, or prevention of muscle breakdown, has been found with the use of OKG (Ornithine Alpha Ketogluterate). Unlike the standard amino acid, OKG has a unique molecular makeup which has been scientifically proven to assist in the previously mentioned anti-catabolic effect. OKG is a logical alternative to steroids due to similar effects on human muscles. Does anyone know the proper dosage of Creatine to take? Should I start > with a loading dose? Or is taking a loading dose wasting my >hard-earned >money? thanks, Jeff (JP323@aol.com) > You can decide whether you want to load or not. It's not necessary, however. Your muscle cells will saturate either way, it might just take a little longer. Taking 25 grams for 6 days is no better than taking 6 grams for 25 days. Once the cells are saturated they're saturated and can't take any more. > >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:48:17 -0500 >From: TMccull230@aol.com >Subject: Alpha-ketogluterate (OKG) > >Alpha-ketogluterate (OKG) has been around for a few years. However, >while >there are several studies on OKG, I have found no studies relating to >the use >in sports. Several studies have shown OKG to be an excellent >anti-catabolic >agent because it preserves protein synthesis and free glutamine in >skeletal >muscle in post-surgical patients. In another study it was found that >OKG may >also aid in the production and secretion of insulin and human growth >hormone. > > >The only things I have found on its use for athletes are non-scientific >articles. While most of them suggest using 1 gram per 10 kilograms of >body weight in the morning on an empty stomach. Some of them suggest >spreading the dosages out over the day. >My question is: would it not be better to use OKG after a workout when >you want spike insulin in order to drive amino acids into the cell to >aid protein synthesis. Or, perhaps even another dose before bedtime to >further aid in GH production. Any thoughts, ideas or experience with >OKG are appreciated. > >Tom McCullough MS RD CSCS > Tom, You're several steps ahead of me in the education game but my experience with OKG and my opinion might be of value. As a health food store owner I saw an onslaught of buyers when OKG first was released. The burn patients, the burn patients, the burn patients, etc. etc. Well it didn't work for the customers and the repeat sales dropped to nothing. This says a lot to me. I've used it personally with no differences noted. My opinion of studies that are post surgery or with patients in extremely catabolic conditions is one of near worthlessness anymore. With all the products that seem to work well at preserving protein and reducing the breakdown of the same in surgical patients, we don't see the same results with lifters. Sure there's a catabolic response to lifting but it's obviously not anywhere near the same degree of catabolism experienced by surgical patients and burn victims. I find these studies worthless to lifters. > >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 20:46:41 -0500 (EST) >From: Chung Bryan T <3btc@qlink.queensu.ca> >Subject: Muscle and Fitness > >For those of us who haven't read it (Jan 1996) and don't get it and >don't intend on buying it, could you sorta summarize it ?=) I don't >have the cash to spare on magazines, but I'm curious about anything to >do with HDL's.

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