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Summoning the Science Nerds! Is anybody familiar with sauna suits? Are they legit, or just for dropping water weight? I have friends in MMA who swear by sauna suits and it's clear that they work to a certain point. Clearly, water weight is being lost. Some claim that raising the temperature encourages sweating which does something science-y to break down fat etc etc FAT LOSS. This seems a little overly hopeful to me but the guys are convinced. Anybody else's input? Are they living in a dream-land or is there long-term benefits to go with the short-term results?

So my friend got a couple tubs of this Raw Fit vegan protein powder. One tub has ground up roasted coffee beans in it, the other has ground up green coffee beans. Neither container mentions anything about a 'flavor' or 'taste.' I found this highly suspicious, as protein powders are usually either 'unflavored' or flavored with chocolate, peanut butter, fruit (as you all well know). I tried the roasted coffee one tonight before work. The first thing I noticed was that it had a fairly smooth coffee flavor to it, not too bad. The second thing I noticed immediately following the coffee taste was the HORRIBLE SAND TEXTURE WASHING AROUND IN MY MOUTH. This stuff is awful. It's like drinking a half water half sand castle-bucket from the beach. All the macros are awesome, low fat, high protein, high fiber, vitamins, etc. On paper this stuff kicks ass. But once it's in your mouth, egads. I will be trying the green coffee one tomorrow but I cannot imagine it's going to be any better. I will be finishing both tubs as I don't believe in wasting food. I imagine putting this powder into something that isn't a beverage would be fine. But it is downright unpleasant to drink. I might try mixing it in with something the next time I use it and post an update.

I recently bought whey isolate (from costco), it is 150 cal for 40g with 35g of protein. I usually mix 26g (100 cal and 23g protein) with 2 cups of unsweetened almond milk. How often should i be having this? I am trying to increase my protein, currently I have been good and been hitting 130g. So should I have prtein powder daily? How much is ok?

Hi all Have any guys experience of using the drug Clomid? It's routinely prescribed for female infertility but some body builders use it when they come off steroids to help with natural hormone levels. I've never taken 'roids and don't intended to start either but my wife is taking them for the conventional reason with no ill effects so I thought I might try them to help build extra muscle. Does anyone know if there's a positive effect of using Clomid eveen without a course of steroids? Thanks