Here's a little about Biotest's MRP...........
So after studying your physiology, the brainy aliens design a meal replacement — a food designed to be a compete meal. It has to be pretty much the perfect food for humans. It contains the most evolved proteins known to science. It contains nominal but essential amounts of fats (no trans fatty acids, of course).
Beyond all that, it contains something earth really isn't familiar with: functional carbohydrates — stuff that sooths and heals your digestive tract, in addition to slowing absorption and thus ensuring a smooth insulin profile. It even has exotic nutrients in it to feed the bacteria in your gut that play a part in gut health, not to mention increasing nitrogen retention.
And, holy moons of Neptune, it tasted great....
"How the heck did they do that?" you ask. Well, they're advanced aliens, for Pete's sake! They can do anything they want! They've got technology we can't even comprehend!
Okay, forgive my lame science fiction intro, but science fiction is what comes to mind when I take a look at Biotest's new Metabolic Drive Complete because it almost seems too good to be true. Comparing this 2006 version of an MRP to the ones that first started showing up about 16 years ago is like comparing today's cell phones to their shoebox-sized ancestors that started popping up around the same time.
Many of you are familiar with Biotest's first MRP, Classic Grow! It was a fine product, but it was built with yesterday's technology and yesterday's nutritional beliefs. Metabolic Drive Complete is its high-tech successor.
Let's look at its profile, working down from the macro to the micro.
Each serving has 41 grams of protein, consisting of whey-protein concentrate, highly prized micellar casein, milk-protein concentrate, whey-protein isolate, calcium caseinate, and whey-protein isolate.
If you're not familiar with micellar casein, it's the absolute Ferrari of proteins. It's pure, elegant, highly anabolic, very difficult to make, and generally very expensive.
Beyond the micellar casein, the assorted proteins might not mean anything to you, but I do want to point out one important fact. The aliens...I mean, Tim and I, included a couple of protein concentrates in the blend for one very important reason: while isolates are great, they don't possess the valuable immunological fractions that we, along with a lot of scientists, feel are important to human health.
Believe me, they are cool and you want them.
Now let's take a look at our carbohydrate blend. Each serving has an average of 21 grams of carbohydrates (the chocolate flavor and the vanilla flavor have slightly different amounts), but oh, what carbohydrates they are!
Almost 6 grams consist of rice oligodextrin, which is a very slow-to-burn, low glycemic index carbohydrate that soothes the gastrointestinal tract and even prevents dehydration. We literally put as much of this exotic, functional carbohydrate into the formula as we could afford!
Another 6 grams of carbohydrate comes from a blend of rice bran, barley flour, oat fiber, Psyllium husk, brown rice flour, apple fiber, inulin, fibersol, and cellulose gum.
If you're not a fiber freak, let me tell you that's a great blend of healthy, largely natural soluble and insoluble fibers.
The remainder of the carbs consists of milk sugars and gums that ensure cohesiveness and a smooth mouth feel that's similar to an ice cream milkshake.
As far as fat, each serving contains 8 grams, consisting of sunflower oil and some naturally occurring milk fats.
While that covers the macronutrients, there are a few intangibles that deserve a little attention. While most people don't think much about the gut, it's crucial to health and anabolism. After all, how are you going to grow if you have lousy nutrient absorption?
With that in mind, we've included a little-known ingredient in Metabolic Drive Complete that's known as glucono-delta-lactone, or GDL. Japanese health food manufacturers have long known about how GDL is actually the preferred nutrient for intestinal bacterium, more so than the fructooligosaccharides that are their natural food stuff. While Americans rarely use GDL, we've included it in Metabolic Drive Complete.
As far as the sweetener, we've used a blend of various dextrins (including the rice ogligodextrin described above) and a small amount of the most evolved sweetener on the planet, sucralose.
T-Matt
bruce410 said:
how do you know if its the main carb source, bio test includes it, it is listed on metrx as well.