Do you count calories from BCAA/Glutamine?

MeLo · 03-04-2006, 04:53 PM

Because Derek(Beast), over at bb.com doesnt count them, and a couple of board members said they are incomplete proteins so they wouldnt have much calories anyway.

E.g(10g of BCAA doesn NOT equal 40 calories)

Thoughts?

Pepper · 03-04-2006, 05:26 PM

to be honest, if you are worrried about the calories in BCAA, you are taking counting calories far, far too seriously.

Rounding on lables probably costs you much more than the BCAA.

It aint supposed to be THAT exact.

Vieope · 03-04-2006, 05:38 PM

Count them all! Evil creatures those calories.

MeLo · 03-04-2006, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepper

to be honest, if you are worrried about the calories in BCAA, you are taking counting calories far, far too seriously.

Rounding on lables probably costs you much more than the BCAA.

It aint supposed to be THAT exact.

It's because when i'm mega-dosing during a cut/bulk... it can come up to 240 calories.

Aiming for a 500 calorie deficit/gain, i thought that 240 would play a quite significant role...

So should i continue to count them? Or should i not be so anal?

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03-04-2006, 05:26 PM	#2
Pepper Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 4,539	to be honest, if you are worrried about the calories in BCAA, you are taking counting calories far, far too seriously. Rounding on lables probably costs you much more than the BCAA. It aint supposed to be THAT exact.
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