Posted by Larry Hoover on April 22, 2005, at 7:18:22
In reply to Re: Sources of L-tryptophan? - I like horses, posted by sdb on April 21, 2005, at 13:28:47
> http://www.buygpdirect.com/gpefeed.htm
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> This seems to be a interesting site! I have never seen such dosage/price relation. But I would be interested if the qualitiy is good.
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> Obviously there are not many differences between us and horses and some of "us" need same supplements in a different dosage range.The ultra-pure tryptophan is not completely pure because it has been blended with a bit of dextrose.....presumably to make it more pallatable to the horses. I bought a few of the other things to try them out....the cod liver oil is quite cheap, but it is also not as well distilled as human products. Maybe horses can't taste it, but I sure can. There's a product called Super Subsitute....full of herbal anti-inflammatories and anti-oxidants, at an incredible price per dose. The only down side is, it contains oat hulls (for horse pallatability). Oh, the stuff goes into my smoothies all right, but the texture is a little gritty from the oat hulls. I attempted to sift them out, but the mesh size on my best sifters was still too large.
Anyway, the ultrapure tryptophan is the real deal, and I think the other lesser- quality stuff is just truth in advertising. It probably still contains a small amount of other aminos, too (plus that every-loving dextrose....for the horses).
Lar
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