Ok I have to put in my 2 cents worth on this one. No disrespect to
anyone, BUT..N,N-dimethylglycine has been tested on the treadmill and
the track and has shown no improvement in performance. It does not
reduce lactate or change the horse's oxygen consumption. Anecdotal
evidence aside, it has not by any means been proven to do anything. I
often wonder what part the mind has in supplementation of both people
and horses. If you think it is working, great - it's probably not
going to hurt you or your horse. But it is not ergogenic!!!! ...Lynn
Lynn E. Taylor, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Equine Science
Otterbein College
Westerville, Oh 43081
ltaylor@otterbein.edu
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--- Lynn,I have articles on DMG studies done on human distance athletes. Unfortunately, I don't have the info here right now but I'll try to look it up for you. They do show a difference in lactic acid metabolism in humans.
If the studies done on horses on treadmills were not done over a prolonged exercise period to emulate endurance distances (say 6-8 hours per test), I doubt there would be any discernible differences.
Lynn, you may often continue to wonder whether supplementation successes are all in our minds. But, we who supplement, will continue to improve our performance on our anecdotal successes.
Linda Van Ceylon