SportLegs

[amymisk]

Meridian- thanks for your response. I like that in this day we can all do research to determine what is hype from evidence.

I don't appreciate the response from sportlegs, it is marketing. I don't want to read marketing info while on TE.

[Zen]

...I don't appreciate the response from sportlegs, it is marketing. I don't want to read marketing info while on TE.

I don't appreciate that response either and will NOT buy "that product" specifically for that reason.

[phoenity]

According to Mr. Holmes patent #6699906, the most preferred dosage of calcium lactate is 1500mg, but at least 100mg.

If you read his patent, none of the dosage claims are backed by a study.

I'm curious why the "preferable" dose is between 100mg-1500mg while the recommended serving of SportLegs only contains 131mg of calcium lactate and 65mg of magnesium lactate.

Personally, I'm very turned off by the way SportLegs attempts to market their product on various cycling forums I've visited. I don't see any reason why you would pay $30 for SportLegs when you can purchase Calcium/Magnesium/Vitamin D supplements in much larger quanities for a much lower price. The only difference between the two is that SportLegs comes in a "special" lactate form which is supposed to have better absorption. However, I could not find any information stating how much better the absorption rate of lactate over other forms.

Search Google for best prices on Ca/Mg/Vit.D supplements - they can be had cheap and in MUCH larger doses than SportLegs provides. Perhaps the larger dosage would offset the absorption.