Heat

[yardrock]

I am an outside sales rep and am on the road all day. I carry a gym bag with my supps. Whey Protein, Creatine , Glutamine and some others. I live in FL so it gets very hot in my car. 130 degs+. Dose this kind of heat have any negative effect on the supplements? I spend a small fortune on my supplements and do not want them to degrade due to heat.

 

[xcelbeyond]

Doesn't most of that stuff say to store it "in a cool, dry space?"

You may want to wire 12v into your trunk and get one of those coolers - - or just pack the stuff around with you.

Keeping that stuff "temporarily" in your car (like from store-to-home) would seem OK but not a prolonged period of time.

 

[Coopie]

I would not be willing to bet that the levels of heat you're talking about wouldn't compromise my supplements. Like Xcel said, get an electric cooler - or in the meantime just get an Igloo cooler and keep just what you need for the day with you!

 

[Grape Ape]

Heat is bad

I'm in Florida too bro, so I know exactly what you mean...anyway, I did some breif searches on various vitamins and supplements, and just about all of them said this:
Storage:
Store in cool, dry place away from direct light, but don't freeze.
Store safely out of reach of children.
Don't store in bathroom medicine cabinet. Heat and moisture may change action of supplement.
I've definitely always kept my stuff out of the bathroom medicine cabinet due to the heat/humidity, and given the heat and humidity down here, I can't imagine keeping them in a car would be any better. I was also an Account Executive forever on the road, I used to keep a days worth of stuff in a lunch box cooler, with an ice pack in the lid and a couple inside the box, worked great!