No Tingling sensation while on Beta-Alanine

[riyaz08]

I am taking Beta-Alanine for a week. Taking 6 gm/day with 2 gm/serve. I don't feel any tingling sensation not even a single time. Is that mean it doesn't work.

Do I need to increase my serving?

[kbayne]

I am taking Beta-Alanine for a week. Taking 6 gm/day with 2 gm/serve. I don't feel any tingling sensation not even a single time. Is that mean it doesn't work.

Do I need to increase my serving?

No, the paresthesia doesn't take place for everyone. Beta Alanine also takes time to get saturated, and I am talking almost two months.

[haiz69]

Taking smaller doses and spreading it out can certainly make it so that you don't feel the tingles. I also find that how much food I have in my stomach makes a large difference in if I get the tingles. Don't worry about not feeling them - it is still working.

[lagordaj]

I rarely feel tingles from BA. Some people do all the time, really depends on the person.

[llahhsoj]

Those tingles give you no type of performance benefit whatsoever.

[mtpaquette]

What brand are you using?

[Nyrin]

If you really want to feel the tingles, try taking more at once. I have to take upwards of 4g bolus now to get paresthesia effects; I'm slowly working myself up to be the Rasputin of beta alanine.

As others have said, though, the tingles are a side effect and have nothing to do with the small endurance benefit you get from multi-month saturation.

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[Joe D]

I rarely ever got them

[Misctake7]

If you really want to feel the tingles, try taking more at once. I have to take upwards of 4g bolus now to get paresthesia effects; I'm slowly working myself up to be the Rasputin of beta alanine.

As others have said, though, the tingles are a side effect and have nothing to do with the small endurance benefit you get from multi-month saturation.

This.

I don't even get tingles anymore. Your body will get used to it if you've been taken for awhile. Some faster than others.



You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Nyrin again.

[mentalist72]

I get 'em once in a while. It's perfectly normal to not feel the tingles.

[snorkelman]

FYI - individuals of Asian descent experience different and/or delayed side-effects that are milder in nature and have a different pattern of distribution, from those observed in individuals of Caucasian descent.

[Nyrin]

FYI - individuals of Asian descent experience different and/or delayed side-effects that are milder in nature and have a different pattern of distribution, from those observed in individuals of Caucasian descent.

That's pretty awesome. Some Asian gym could have a supplement-based Shibboleth! I guess it's payback for the alcohol metabolism thing.

Any other fun population-specific differences like this?

[snorkelman]

Not that I am aware of. Here is the full text of the paper I mentioned (from 2012) but it was limited to only Asian and Caucasians.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...013-429847.pdf

[SCG]

Guess I'm one of the lucky(unlucky?) ones who always gets the tingles. Have been using a few different pre's for almost a year straight with no stim break and still get the tingles every single time. Currently rocking wfr and still get strong tingles and energy from 1 scoop.

[riyaz08]

What brand are you using?

NOW Foods Beta-Alanine