"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Supplements: Liquid Vs tablets

Cash

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Is there any major difference in the absorption process? In my case, Garlic Extract. I've heard conflicting veiws to what i'm sure is a very simple question.

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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Francisco d'Anconia

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Personally, I enjoy real garlic more so but to answer your question gel caps are definitely best in breaking down quickly to get absorbed by the body. The problem is whether or not your body can process its content effectively.

Tablets on the other hand take longer to dissolve but for some minerals that's best. Take multi-vitamins, time release tablets are great to give your body the nutrients throughout an extended period of time. However you still should be concerned with their absorption rate because if they take too long you will just pass it without getting its full effect.

Wish the answer was as simple as the question...
 

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A supplement in liquid form is generally the least effective means. Tablets, gel-caps and powders are the better to the best, respectively, means of getting supplements
 

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Skilla_Staz said:
A supplement in liquid form is generally the least effective means. Tablets, gel-caps and powders are the better to the best, respectively, means of getting supplements

Does this hold true for creatine also?
I ask because I switched to the liquid creatine for convenience.
 

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On another level, what about crushing vitamins/minerals and adding to a drink/smoothy, Is this okay considering thier not going down with pure water?

Thanks
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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DarthJuan said:
Does this hold true for creatine also?
I ask because I switched to the liquid creatine for convenience.
Liquid creatine is worthless because it breaks down to creatinine within days when it is mixed into a liquid. You pretty much pay alot for nothing.
 

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Agreed. Creatine monohydrate is the most effective form. It's powder. It works.
 

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Liquid is the easiest to absorb.

Capsules are the next bext.

Tablets are the hardest to absorb.

With liquid the absorption rate is around 80-90%

With Capsules, around 60%

With tablets, around 30%
 

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Liquid creatine should be avoided. It is much more likely to break down due to the instability of the product.

Read This Article on Liquid vs. Powder

I highly recommend powder supplements, if at all possible.
 

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Cash said:
On another level, what about crushing vitamins/minerals and adding to a drink/smoothy, Is this okay considering thier not going down with pure water?

Thanks

This idea makes me curious as well. Sounds like a good idea, but I've never heard of anybody actually doing this. Might as well just take the vitamin tablet or whatever before, during or after your shake.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Skilla_Staz said:
Agreed. Creatine monohydrate is the most effective form. It's powder. It works.

Creatine ethyl ester is supposedly better.
 

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Supposedly. The evidence so far shows that there is minimal, if any difference in absorption.
 
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