NOW Foods Sports Nutrition, L-Arginine Powder, Nitric Oxide Precursor, Amino Acids, 2.2-Pound

If you want the good effects of L Arginine look no further than this NOW brand powder product . First few days i used this i was so turned off by its rotten egg taste and smell that i gave up the powdered form for capsules. But i found the problem with capsules is, even though you may take it with water, by the time the capsule dissolves all the water had been already absorbed. So to facilitate arginine absorption you need to drink water continuously, that's my feeling. NOW Arginine tablets and Twin lab arginine capsules failed for me. The twin lab ones even gave me diarhhea at less than 2G doses. The effects of capsule arginine will kick in only after 2-3 hours, but with this powdered form you can feel a rise in Nitric Oxide, increased blood flow all over and that good feeling in the crotch within 30 minutes and no more stomach upsets. To overpower the putrid smell and taste, i place about 5 g of this arginine powder on my tongue and quickly sip it in with water followed by half a teaspoon of sugar spread over my tongue and mouth (you can even spit out the sugar after a few seconds) or instead of water i use the really sweet minute maid grape/cranberry juice. I take 5G right before i begin my morning exercise on empty stomach and it keeps me pumped for the whole 2 hours. I also take around 5G with each of the two meals i have per day and it seems to work for me, helping me with mood, pump and mr happy. Arginine effects are dosage dependent, so taking 5G gives more effect than a 2G dose. EDIT: Arginine in bigger doses will cause some kind of breathing difficulty, if you are not working out. Initially i found 5G doses to be great as it kept my blood pumping throughout the day. Make sure to do some taxing workout in the immediate period after a dosage to avoid any breathing difficulty. I have stopped taking this stuff as once the initial bleh feeling and taste gets copied into my memory its tough to forget it. In addition to that i have found something even better . Swanson vitamins passion line of herbal supplements especially the safer ones. I have been using Catuaba bark, Avena Sativa, Longjax eurycoma longifolia, Maca and Thyroid support (coleus forskohlii) all of these twice a day and its been good, but with insomnia in the absence of strenuous exercise.

So I have had this container of Arginine for a few weeks. And was looking forward to using it daily. Until I tasted it. Let me back up and say my previous experience with L-Arginine was a few years back when I worked at GNC they had a great Arginine powder in their Pro Performance line. And it was flavored and easy to take. When I saw this, I looked over the fact that it was unflavored. But I expected it to be 'not flavored'. My gosh was I surprised! So after some research, this is pure alkaline. The taste of this will be unbearable for most people. Trying to drink this straight in water or even in some sort of juice will be impossible for almost everyone. But there is hope! After some research, turns out that Citric Acid will be your saving grace here. I used what I have in the pic. Here is the recipe I used: 10oz water 2 level scoops L-Arginine powder 1 to 2 tablespoons Citric Acid 2 healthy squirts of lemon juice from a plastic lemon Mix Arginine until it is totally dissolved. My water turned back to totally clear. Mix in almost all of the citric acid. Water will turn cloudy at first. After about 30 seconds of mixing, water will turn back to totally clear again. At this point, the Arginine should be neutralized. For good measure, I add in just a dash more citric acid and then the lemon juice and mix a little more. There is almost no discernable taste at all even after adding in the lemon. If you need to have it flavored, you could use a drink mix powder of some sort to help it out. I drank about half of it plain and then mixed in some orange juice. Just kind of tasted like watered-down orange juice, and considering where it came from, i was good with that! I should add that this method will work best at home when you are not looking to slam it back minutes before a workout at the gym. I have not determined the best method for this scenario yet. I was tempted to take off a star in support of 'truth in labeling' with this stuff. There should be some sort of mention how to neutralize the bitterness or that most people can not choke this stuff down.

von mir bekommt es drei sterne da ich fast 9tage auf das produkt warten musste wer es eilig haben will der sollte es lieber irgendw anders suchen und bestellen bei amazon ist dieser anbieter ser einzige leider über das produkt ansich kann ich noch nichts schreiben da ich es erst ausgepackt habe aber in den nächsten tage werde ich auch darüber ein feedback schreiben lg

just mix with one big lemon and half glass of water. it taste will totally go away.

【二回目購入】やはり予定日よりも１日早く届きました。間に合えば海外に持っていくつもりでしたので大満足です。 今回はボトルがそのままサイズぴったりの段ボールに入れられていたので、衝撃のせいかボトルに凹んだような後がいくつもありました。使用には全く差し支えはありませんが、出来ればエアーパッキンなど使っていただきたいと思います。 製品の質に関しては本当に満足していて、水泳の疲れが残りません。年齢のわりに筋肉もつきやすくなり、実年齢よりも15歳ほど若く見られます。 そして、精液の量が増えました(笑)元々量が少ない方ですが、毎日だしてもある程度の量が出るようになりました。 摂取量が多いからか、摂取した翌日は体臭が強くなるように思います。周囲の人が気付くほどではありません（友人に確認済み）が、気になる人は摂取量を減らす、頻度を減らすなど工夫した方が良さそうです。 【一回目購入】注文してからすぐに届きました。予定では12月6日～10日でしたが、12月4日に届きました。 紙の中蓋がしてある状態でも、あの臭いがしますね…(笑)他の人のレビューで覚悟していましたが、驚くほど、まるっきりあれの臭いです。 商品の写真では一回の量は4.6gでしたが、届いたものは6gとなっています。

筋トレ時のパンプアップを促進させる目的で購入しました。そして、この商品の特性はあらかじめ知っていたけどやはりニオイも味もなかなかにしんどいです。 アルギニンパウダーを水に溶かしただけのストレートな状態だと風味が受け付けなくて飲めませんが、パープルラースなどの人工甘味料が入っているものと混ぜればほとんど気にならずに飲めました。

The product is great for the gym. But the taste is so bad that it's very hard to consume. You can forse yourself to drink it. But I think I product should be enjoyable to drink not to force yourself to take it.