Glycerol Mono Stearate

Flexican · May 25, 2009

what are some opinions about this stuff?? some ppl say its saturated fat and will only volumize fat cells?? only cost me 16 bucks and i did hear a "trainer" involve it pre contest prep like shorly before stage time or supposedly red wine contains it also??
cheerz

Flexican · May 26, 2009

^ somebody has to have used this before??

Flexican · May 26, 2009

just wondering if anyone has profited in its uses in "cell volumizing" in a carb depleted state. It is made by esterifying stearic acid to glycerol at one of its alcoholic functions yielding a monoglyceride. A mono-glyceride is a fat.

lookin for experience in actual use not just my first google search

vadim_b1 · May 26, 2009

Bilbo said:
Its not saturated fat, thats for sure.
Google it. Its very common and used all the time.

of course it is

stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid.

its irrelevant though, lipases will strip away the stearic acid and the glycerol parts in the digestive tract.
And the volumization effects of glycerol is dependent on your water intake.

Flexican · May 30, 2009

Well in case anyone thought of trying this, i tried it bout a half hour before the gym drank a shit ton of water and noticed nothing. I am very in tune and notice even subtle differences in what i ingest. It didnt even break down through digestion, passed through in a bout 9 hours and was not even broken down.

bloodshed · May 30, 2009

on its own GMS didnt do much for me, but when taken with creatine monohydrate for instance, it allowed me to achieve similar results with 3g opposed to 5g, and same with beta alanine. it just enhances some of those other compounds in my experience.

Bammy · May 30, 2009

Use the liquid vegetable glycerine. Try like 10-15ml and go up from there. It volumizes you very well. Also cheap.

GoneForever · May 30, 2009

I usually add a tsp of trueprotiens glycerol mono powder to every serving of peptopro I take. I think it helps it absorb better.

buselmo · May 31, 2009

I used GMS... have a big tub at home too... awesome pumps BUT for some reason, if i take it all at once then start drinking water, i get that hypo feeling... actually, it's not a hypo feeling, it's like going through the steps of hypoglycemia (light headedness, numbness in fingers and lips, nausea... etc) within 5 second instead of like an hour or so! and then it slowly gets better...

again, the pumps were great..

do you take it on an empty stomach?

Flexican · May 31, 2009

1fast400 was the brand... I wasnt totally empty in heinsight... its flakey and greasy like waxy pieces of plastic, doesnt mix with water at all. Same stuff??

MR. BMJ · May 31, 2009

Flexican said:
Well in case anyone thought of trying this, i tried it bout a half hour before the gym drank a shit ton of water and noticed nothing. I am very in tune and notice even subtle differences in what i ingest. It didnt even break down through digestion, passed through in a bout 9 hours and was not even broken down.

IME, you need to take it 2 hours pre-workout. If you are not "lean" then you will not see much vascularity benefits. It will help with hydration levels though. Build your tolerance up or it will cause diarrhea for some.

BMJ

weltweite · May 31, 2009

After spending a few hours reading huge debates on GMS versus regular liquid vegetable glycerin I finally came to the conclusion that:

glycerol/glycerine would be far more beneficial than Glycerol Mono Stearate powder, because its cheaper, easier to use, directly gives you the glycerol, and also doesn't have the potential side effects of the stearic acid..

while glycerol mono stearate gives you far less glycerol after breakdown, its far more expensive and inconvenient..

Thats the opinion I got out of all my reading.

THats after reading studies and all kinds of random facts on it. (Kinda left me bitter for studying up so much on GMS lol)

Flexican · May 31, 2009

lol i know the feeling.. after researching, buying it, and having no results other than the "normal" pumps i get in training i was pretty disappointed as well..

As far as the vascularity benefits im quite vascular during posing and training, but i sometimes find it hard to control and just lookin for that "edge" stepping on stage. I think im gonna give Synthelator a whirl

Sometimes the best vascularity is when im totally relaxed and chug a protein drink with peanut butter... i mean freaky lookin.... that is the goal right....