3068: What are the Best Supplements to Help Build Muscle and Improve Workout Performance

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3068: Dr. Neal shares science-backed insights on which workout supplements are truly worth considering for beginners. Learn why creatine might help, why glutamine and beta-alanine may not be worth the hype, and how whole foods often outperform supplements for improving performance and recovery. Quotes to ponder: "The same result of improved performance can be achieved with the ingestion of sufficient carbohydrates and high biological value protein." "While it’s safe to take glutamine as a supplement, extra glutamine doesn’t help improve performance or improve immune functioning or help the body heal any faster." "Most supplements don’t appear to help in reality. The quality of supplements is actually very, very important." Episode references: American College of Sports Medicine: https://www.acsm.org International Society of Sports Nutrition: https://www.sportsnutritionsociety.org ConsumerLab: https://www.consumerlab.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.6	It's another Q&A edition of Optimal Health Daily, and I'm Dr. Neal, your host of the show.
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1:27.3	Hey, Dr. Neal, my name is Ann, and I want to know what supplements you recommend to take to optimize one's workout,
1:34.1	especially for beginners who don't want to break the bank.
1:37.5	I know about the benefits of weigh and casing protein, but are there any other supplements that you think are worth trying out? Thanks in advance.
1:46.9	Thank you for your question, Anne. I want to start by reminding you that I'm not sponsored by
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