calories in xtend?(quicky question)

[sartreroquentin]

i understand it is 20 cals, 5g protein per scoop

are there any sugars/carbs in addittion tothis? considering its tart and sweet taste

[Zachattack43]

i understand it is 20 cals, 5g protein per scoop

are there any sugars/carbs in addittion tothis? considering its tart and sweet taste

it has 0 calories, check again

[legends159]

FDA does not count free form branches of amino acid and protein so Scivation can put 0 calories on the label. The flavor is due to artificial sweeteners which have 0 calories.

[young_squatter]

i understand it is 20 cals, 5g protein per scoop

are there any sugars/carbs in addittion tothis? considering its tart and sweet taste

no sugar and no carbs

[Trans_Isomer]

BCAA's have calories, though the labels won't list them.

[in10city]

i understand it is 20 cals, 5g protein per scoop

are there any sugars/carbs in addittion tothis? considering its tart and sweet taste

Even if it had 20 calories, 20 - (5 gm Protein * 4 calories /gm Protein) =

Sorry, but simple math and label reading should answer this. You can count the calories if you are really trying to be strict.

[fratboi850]

BCAA's cause a pretty big insulin spike if thats what your worried about.

[Zachattack43]

BCAA's cause a pretty big insulin spike if thats what your worried about.

hahahahaha, you are kidding, right?

[fratboi850]

"On those same lines, you have the carbophobes who have a mortal fear of insulin, yet megadose highly insulinogenic BCAA during training. Oh, no glucose generated there, none at all, hah? What a lot of folks don?t realize is that BCAA is approximately twice as insulinogenic as a solution of pure glucose."

Copied directly from the nutrition forum stickies... suck on that you know-it-all pussy.

[Elliptical Envy]

hahahahaha, you are kidding, right?

Those there BCAAs are insulinogenic.

[Zachattack43]

"On those same lines, you have the carbophobes who have a mortal fear of insulin, yet megadose highly insulinogenic BCAA during training. Oh, no glucose generated there, none at all, hah? What a lot of folks don?t realize is that BCAA is approximately twice as insulinogenic as a solution of pure glucose."

Copied directly from the nutrition forum stickies... suck on that you know-it-all pussy.

"The newly synthesized alanine is released in the blood stream and sent to the liver where it is converted into glucose through gluconeogenesis. This glucose can then be sent from the liver back to the working muscle to be used as fuel. Supplementing with BCAA allowing your body to create glucose to use for fuel without the added calories or insulin spike (which can lead to fat storage) caused by carbohydrates."
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/beast40.htm

some articles agree with this, some dont, but rather the point i was making is BCAAs do NOT cause a BIG insulin spike.

[fratboi850]

Not only is that article clearly an Xtend advertisement, but the first line of the article is "Purple drank up in my cup, blowin dank up in my truck." Sounds credible...

[Zachattack43]

Not only is that article clearly an Xtend advertisement, but the first line of the article is "Purple drank up in my cup, blowin dank up in my truck." Sounds credible...

haha true, but the point i was making is rather I disagree with the part of a BIG insulin spike. I do agree with insulin spike, just not a big one

[ShaneBe]

Short answer: 20 calories, 5g protein, if you count (like I do).