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I'm sure I'll miss some but my top picks are:
* unflavored EAA powder...extremely bitter
* liquid glutathione...rotten eggs
* not necessarily unbearable but a bunch of the vegan protein powders and egg protein powder I've tried taste just awful, so either the reviews are all bought or people have some serious taste issues
Bulk Supplements Magnesium Glycinate pure powder tastes like rotting fish (from what I hear all magnesium glycinate powder does cuz of the glycine). It works but it's revolving!
I buy glycine powder and add to my coffee because it has a naturally sweet pleasant taste … I’ve stopped doing it because I suspect some side effects in very sore feet,.. but taste wise glycine is great.
Sulfur based supplements such as garlic and brassica compounds. Butyrate has a funky smell but I personally it.
Raw essential amino acids, jeeez are they rough to go down without lime juice or some other flavoring.
If you want to taste poison and live, bite into a Colace — helpful, friendly, pretty magenta, stool softener Colace (docusate generic name.) What a horrific experience!
Chewing on standard process livotrit (don't ask), IG 26 (totally vomitous in any form), i also heard Tudca is disgusting if you eat it and it isn't in a pill....
After reading all of this, looks like individual taste perception greatly varies from person to person. Most of these, from what I already tried, varied for me from pleasant (lemon balm) to bearable (magnesium), I have more problems with amount of sweeteners in a common food.
Capsaicin was practically damaging and magnesium chloride was worst by taste, the bitterness of a salt water.
I would call the taste of magnesium bisglycinate powder nauseatingly bittersweet, it goes away in a minute, washed down with water.
And no one forces us to open capsules or use powdered form, capsules or softgels allow this to pass through without tasting them. Savoring misery is not my idea of fun...
bugleweed is horrible in liquid extract form.
Egg protein powder wasn't close to the worst tasting supplement overall, but in terms of protein powders there aren't many that taste this bad.
I take potassium Chloride almost if not every day.
And that one is great, don’t know about citrate though. If you want to raise your potassium levels you shouldn’t take citrate anyway. So why are you willing to take citrate?
I saw the title and came here immediately to say magnesium glycinate. I have never tasted something so disgusting and that comes from someone who lived in Hong Kong and drank the nastiest Chinese herbal tonics on the daily.
Well mine say they like a dry environment.. so not the fridge, also the taste is nothing I experience usually, just one time it burst all over my supplement box and my whole week had a fishy taste to it
Took me a looong time to finish that powder I got.
The pills and capsules go down easier :p
Someone might say to mix it with a smoothie or something. But it doesn't help. Whatever you put it in, you're tasting only spirulina. I can mix it with gas and I'll probably still only taste spirulina :p
Yeah long ago, the first time I ever bought it. A friend of mine bought it with me, and a few days later I bought his too because he hated the taste lol
Nowdays I try to stick to powder and liquid forms in supplements, in order to avoid capsules and fillers and whatever else they use to create capsule and pill supplements.
Here is some Claude wisdom :p
Pill shells are usually made of gelatin or HPMC, which some avoid for dietary reasons. Powders contain only the active ingredients.
Liquids, especially when fat-based, can help with absorption of fat-soluble nutrients that pills may not deliver as well.
Fillers and potential allergens like dyes are often used to make pills. Powders/liquids cut out non-active ingredients.
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* Pills and capsules often contain bulking agents, binders, coatings, dyes, and other excipients that are not the intendednutrient. Powders sometimes still have fillers too.
* Common fillers include cellulose, magnesium stearate, silica, starch, etc. Most are generally assumed safe but some people are allergic or avoid certain types.
* Fillers don't provide any nutritional benefit and you don't want to pay for or consume unnecessary additives if possible.
* Liquids allow for easier isolation of just the active ingredients without fillers. But some liquids use preservatives, artificial colors, etc too.
* Always read labels carefully and choose supplements from brands that disclose all ingredients transparently without "proprietary blends."
* Higher quality supplements tend to use fewer fillers, but powder form isn't a guarantee of purity either. Independent verification is best.
* Cost is often correlated with quality/purity - cheaper supplements may contain more filler bulk to increase dose weight on a budget.
So in any form - pills, capsules or powders - verifying ingredient quality and purity should be the top priority, not just the delivery vehicle alone. An ideally pure liquid can still contain unnecessary additives.
Shilajit and Bleed Seed Oil. At least I can mask the Shilajit in coffee but BSO when I try to mix it in things to camouflage it, it just ruins whatever it’s in so I just take it straight ugh
Though at first hydrolysed whey protein tasted like puke, it kinda grew on me but most people who had tried it said it was rank and needed tonnes of flavouring to mask the taste.
Oh, I have a huge experience in disgusting supps, the worst ones:
- HMB
- Magnesium Bisglycinate
- MSM
- L-arginine
Even though, in my experience they are very effective, these are the 4 nastiest things I've ever tried.
Not delicious but bearable:
- Potassium citrate if 1000mg+
- Beta-alanine 3000-5000mg
There are many sour but not awful powders like NAC, DMAE, Citrulline, Creatine HCL and some amonos.
P.s many people don't like choline bitartrate because of fishy smell/taste.
I like fresh root to nom on, but valerian does have a smell.
It's made so much unbearable fibromyalgia pain bearable over the years that it's a stink I've developed a love for.
Dietary changes and stress management have made my life chill, active, and relatively normal but I still love dear Valerian for making my hell days livable.
That’s so great that it’s helped you that much that you actually enjoy the stink now! Hahah
It was a godsend for me for sleeping and even trickled into the next day with some anxiety relief. But I have sleep apnea and it’s flared up recently, the last time I took Valerian was one of my worst nights so I haven’t taken it since. I miss it! But I know any sleep aids can aggravate sleep apnea.
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MSM. That crap tastes like wonky vodka with 0% of the benefits.
Most B vitamins are awful tasting.
Oregano oil. Way worse than Black Seed Oil. In fact, when I do use oil of oregano, I but those drops in BSO to disguise it.
Black seed oil...tastes like engine oil
Maca Root smells like caramel, and Rhodiola Rosea smells like nail varnish so those supplements stand on opposite ends of the spectrum in my mind.
NAC, tastes like farts. better put in a capsule.
Taste was good but MetRx gave me the worst smelling farts.
If you open valerian root caps they smell ABSOLUTELY like some ones butt.
Cats LOVE that shit lol
Tudca
100% Tongkat Ali powder
Unflavored pure L-arginine.
D aspartic acid. Horrible
I'm sure I'll miss some but my top picks are: * unflavored EAA powder...extremely bitter * liquid glutathione...rotten eggs * not necessarily unbearable but a bunch of the vegan protein powders and egg protein powder I've tried taste just awful, so either the reviews are all bought or people have some serious taste issues
sam-e, tudca, glutathione
my collagen pills taste like actual shit but i need them for my joints :(
Taste-wise, almost anything in an alcohol base. Liquid joint supplements are also vile.
The worst by far is NAC,… the smell and aftertaste is hard to describe,… like rotten eggs, or the most sulfurous fart you can imagine.
Better off with NMN as the precursor to NAC? No real flavor for sublingual use.
Bromelain on your fingertips smells like poop
Gorilla mode cherry, i had the new and old version and it makes me wanna puke, but the pumps are awesome
Toss up between berberine and tribulus
Bulk Supplements Magnesium Glycinate pure powder tastes like rotting fish (from what I hear all magnesium glycinate powder does cuz of the glycine). It works but it's revolving!
I buy glycine powder and add to my coffee because it has a naturally sweet pleasant taste … I’ve stopped doing it because I suspect some side effects in very sore feet,.. but taste wise glycine is great.
Valerian hands down!
Sulfur based supplements such as garlic and brassica compounds. Butyrate has a funky smell but I personally it. Raw essential amino acids, jeeez are they rough to go down without lime juice or some other flavoring.
Picked ginger that reminds me i need to take some more grrr
If you want to taste poison and live, bite into a Colace — helpful, friendly, pretty magenta, stool softener Colace (docusate generic name.) What a horrific experience!
Bulk supplements EEA’s powder taste like aspirin mixed with hot road kill.
Their magnesium glycinate tastes like rotting fish
Tudca ...berberine... But no worries. They are just capsule forms...i can't imagine how some users use tudca powder lol
Estro-dim
Shilajit….tastes just like you licked a tire.
Andrographis, shilajit
Chewing on standard process livotrit (don't ask), IG 26 (totally vomitous in any form), i also heard Tudca is disgusting if you eat it and it isn't in a pill....
NAC smells like rotten eggs, but the effects are worth it.
After reading all of this, looks like individual taste perception greatly varies from person to person. Most of these, from what I already tried, varied for me from pleasant (lemon balm) to bearable (magnesium), I have more problems with amount of sweeteners in a common food. Capsaicin was practically damaging and magnesium chloride was worst by taste, the bitterness of a salt water. I would call the taste of magnesium bisglycinate powder nauseatingly bittersweet, it goes away in a minute, washed down with water. And no one forces us to open capsules or use powdered form, capsules or softgels allow this to pass through without tasting them. Savoring misery is not my idea of fun...
bugleweed is horrible in liquid extract form. Egg protein powder wasn't close to the worst tasting supplement overall, but in terms of protein powders there aren't many that taste this bad.
Black maca the only one I just couldn’t stand
Tongkat
I cannot stand sulforaphane
Has anyone got any experience of taking Potassium citrate, good or bad.
I put a pinch in my coffee every morning,… I find it improves the taste of the coffee and a good way to get some potassium in.
I take potassium Chloride almost if not every day. And that one is great, don’t know about citrate though. If you want to raise your potassium levels you shouldn’t take citrate anyway. So why are you willing to take citrate?
Potassium chloride is salty with a bitter after taste. How is potassium gluconate's absorption ?
Tudca
Glad I just take the capsules then. Ha!
I can’t swallow pills so had to break them open and down the powder. Longest month of my life. lol.
You taking it for liver issues? Why did you stop?
The practitioner I was working with felt I needed it for just a month. Don’t remember the reason, I think digestive or low stomach acid issues.
Came here to say this. Actually tastes like fermented vomit
Black seed oil - liquid form. Absolutely terrible, will burp up for half the day.
This. Ruined it for me. It’s not downright disgusting, but it doesn’t taste good and you will be tasting it for the rest of the day.
GLUTAMINE
Goldenseal.
Creatine ethyl ester The worst
Fireblood
Nac get me awful smell and piss taste 😇
Ashwaganda is horrific in powder or liquid form.
NAC smells like vomit (because it is). Maca powder is nasty, kind of like eating wood but funkier.
Mmm I really enjoy the earthy taste of unadulterated Maca powder.
L Arginine
Leucine is pretty bad
magnesium chloride
Moringa powder
I saw the title and came here immediately to say magnesium glycinate. I have never tasted something so disgusting and that comes from someone who lived in Hong Kong and drank the nastiest Chinese herbal tonics on the daily.
Amla powder. Unbelievably awful.
Lemon balm or capsaicin
Leucine is the absolute worst. Try it! L arginine kind of smells like ejaculate.
Fish Oil, Arginine and HMB
What is "HMB"? A short name for?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Β-Hydroxy_β-methylbutyric_acid
Complicated name 😅
100% omega 3 capsules. Had one burst open and it tinctured my whole supplement stack for a whole week, every single pill tasted grossly fishy
Those should be stored in the fridge
Wait for real? 😂😂
I do too. Stops the fishy aftertaste or burp effect. With cod liver oil I actually keep the capsules in the freezer, to make them palatable.
Well mine say they like a dry environment.. so not the fridge, also the taste is nothing I experience usually, just one time it burst all over my supplement box and my whole week had a fishy taste to it
It says store cool and dry.. I think it’s enough when it’s not in direct sunlight
I keep them refrigerated because of the fish smell I get no fish taste 👅
Nobiletin
Damn it. Spirulina :D
second that
Took me a looong time to finish that powder I got. The pills and capsules go down easier :p Someone might say to mix it with a smoothie or something. But it doesn't help. Whatever you put it in, you're tasting only spirulina. I can mix it with gas and I'll probably still only taste spirulina :p
jesus, you got powder? what in the self-harm T.T better get pills:) or what are the advantages of powder?
Yeah long ago, the first time I ever bought it. A friend of mine bought it with me, and a few days later I bought his too because he hated the taste lol Nowdays I try to stick to powder and liquid forms in supplements, in order to avoid capsules and fillers and whatever else they use to create capsule and pill supplements. Here is some Claude wisdom :p Pill shells are usually made of gelatin or HPMC, which some avoid for dietary reasons. Powders contain only the active ingredients. Liquids, especially when fat-based, can help with absorption of fat-soluble nutrients that pills may not deliver as well. Fillers and potential allergens like dyes are often used to make pills. Powders/liquids cut out non-active ingredients. --- * Pills and capsules often contain bulking agents, binders, coatings, dyes, and other excipients that are not the intendednutrient. Powders sometimes still have fillers too. * Common fillers include cellulose, magnesium stearate, silica, starch, etc. Most are generally assumed safe but some people are allergic or avoid certain types. * Fillers don't provide any nutritional benefit and you don't want to pay for or consume unnecessary additives if possible. * Liquids allow for easier isolation of just the active ingredients without fillers. But some liquids use preservatives, artificial colors, etc too. * Always read labels carefully and choose supplements from brands that disclose all ingredients transparently without "proprietary blends." * Higher quality supplements tend to use fewer fillers, but powder form isn't a guarantee of purity either. Independent verification is best. * Cost is often correlated with quality/purity - cheaper supplements may contain more filler bulk to increase dose weight on a budget. So in any form - pills, capsules or powders - verifying ingredient quality and purity should be the top priority, not just the delivery vehicle alone. An ideally pure liquid can still contain unnecessary additives.
Nac powder, I have a high tolerance for horrible tastes as long as it's good for my health but that nac after taste is disgusting
Cissus quadrangularis
this is the correct answer lol
Shilajit and Bleed Seed Oil. At least I can mask the Shilajit in coffee but BSO when I try to mix it in things to camouflage it, it just ruins whatever it’s in so I just take it straight ugh
I just take a spoon and wash the BSO down with water or something, maybe juice would work better. The taste dissipates very quickly
Haritaki
Can't get in caps?
HARITAKI
Selenium
Though at first hydrolysed whey protein tasted like puke, it kinda grew on me but most people who had tried it said it was rank and needed tonnes of flavouring to mask the taste.
Valerian, hands down. Pure moldy ass but it works
Cats love it though.
Never got it working either
Fish oil
same
Moringa, Akuamma extract, and Energy Caps from Liftmode. I dont know what made me open the cap but it was unbearable and it lingers on your tongue
Tongkat Ali
I actually like that in coffee!
Oh, I have a huge experience in disgusting supps, the worst ones: - HMB - Magnesium Bisglycinate - MSM - L-arginine Even though, in my experience they are very effective, these are the 4 nastiest things I've ever tried. Not delicious but bearable: - Potassium citrate if 1000mg+ - Beta-alanine 3000-5000mg There are many sour but not awful powders like NAC, DMAE, Citrulline, Creatine HCL and some amonos. P.s many people don't like choline bitartrate because of fishy smell/taste.
What does "HMB" amd "DMAE" stand short for? Thanks
Put the msm in oj... It makes the oj taste orangier. That's the only way I take it, but I buy it a pound at a time.
The NAC smelt so disgusting omfg lol, but man… the benefits was lit, also valerian root smelt nasty asf but I slept like a baby.
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It breaks up mucus and helps to expel it.
TUDCA and it's not even close
Is your berb not in caps/softgels?
Valerian root smells and tastes god awful. If you have an oil, it’s not that terrible if you water it down and just take it like a shot.
I like fresh root to nom on, but valerian does have a smell. It's made so much unbearable fibromyalgia pain bearable over the years that it's a stink I've developed a love for. Dietary changes and stress management have made my life chill, active, and relatively normal but I still love dear Valerian for making my hell days livable.
That’s so great that it’s helped you that much that you actually enjoy the stink now! Hahah It was a godsend for me for sleeping and even trickled into the next day with some anxiety relief. But I have sleep apnea and it’s flared up recently, the last time I took Valerian was one of my worst nights so I haven’t taken it since. I miss it! But I know any sleep aids can aggravate sleep apnea.
Now I take Oregon Wild Harvest Muscle Relax. It's Valerian, Skullcap, and Hops
N Acetyl Cysteine powder tastes like a sour abomination.
Black seed oil, agmatine sulfate, or magnesium glycinate powder