Alfred Blasi Recup protocol

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Hello everyone,

I'm a moderator of the Alfred Blasi Recuperation group at:

AlfredblasiprotocolFMSCFS/

Alfred, who owns the group and occasionally posts there (along with

Dr. Roses from the company who is involved in scientific aspects of

Recup development and testing), is aware that there is some discussion

going on here and thinks that is good (I have copied his message to

our group at the end of this posting). He has not asked me to post

here, I have done so on my own initiative.

Whilst he does not condemn people trying other protocols or whatever

they wish, in fact has a very open mind and never tries to twist

anyone's arm, he is anxious to point out that it isn't a matter of

using merely the right ingredients, but using them in the correct

proportions. The exact Recup formula is unknown because it is

patented, however the exact proportions of metallic ions (sodium,

potassium, calcium, magnesium), are known and it's actually not that

difficult in principle to make up one's own mixture having the same

proportions.

There is a formula I made available on the Blasi site which may or may

not actually work in practice. It uses the same ingredients as used in

Recup (as far as one is able to determine - the exact forms of calcium

phosphate and sodium citrate used are unknown, and the ratio of sodium

citrate to sodium chloride is also unknown). I know from my own

experiments that it is terribly difficult to ensure the compounds are

mixed thoroughly so as to give an even consistency, so I always

recommend that people actually take Recup, and do so myself - and like

anyone else, I pay the going rate for that. No one on our list,

including Alfred himself, makes a penny from Recup, and no one is

interested in promoting it or in rubbishing other treatments. But I

think we do like to be sure that people know that Recup is a quite

unique mix and you are not going to be able to duplicate it exactly

even if you mix up the same compounds, and still less if you take some

other salt mix which does not have the same proportions of metallic

ions.

Although there aren't huge amounts of sodium/potassium, and very small

amounts of calcium and magnesium in Recup, the idea is that at the

correct proportions, the bioavailability of Na, K, Ca and Mg is

optimised. This doesn't mean that people can't take other things if

they want, including other salt mixtures and supplements containing

these ions, only that if they want to give Recup a fair chance, they

should ensure that they take it a reasonable amount of time apart from

them (maybe a couple of hours either side). Having said that, I myself

steer clear of any other sources of these ions apart from those you

will naturally come across in, e.g., ordinary table salt.

I think you have a good group here, with a similar non-doctrinal

approach to ours, and don't see us as being in any way in competition.

We don't go looking for converts or seek to spread the " Gospel " about

Recup - everyone on our list is encouraged to speak openly and

honestly about their experiences with it. The large majority of those

who post report worthwhile improvements even though there is no

restriction and no " company line " . If people are going to try Recup,

let them do so, and if it works, fair enough. If not, then by all

means try other things. One can even try several things at once,

including Recup, as long as one does so in such a way that the

potential effectiveness of Recup isn't negatively influenced.

There are anecdotal reports from *some* people (including me), that

guaifenesin and Recup may interact in some subtle way so that

so-called " cycling " symptoms are enhanced - which is obviously

undesirable. Hence a number have given up guai (which isn't always

easy and there's info about that available). Some suspect that in

some way Recup tends to make other treatments more potent, and that

isn't necessarily always a good thing!

Recup is currently being tested in serious clinical studies within the

Spanish health system. Results are projected to be available by the

end of this year. None of us can say what those results will be at the

present moment, though there have been a few encouraging initial

studies. Nonetheless, we are not yet claiming success on anything

other than a non-scientific, anecdotal basis.

If you want to find out more about Recup, then feel free to check out

the Alfred Blasi site, which concentrates on this protocol and has the

benefit of having Alfred and Dr. Roses about. One thing I can do if

the moderators here are comfortable with it is to post the FAQs from

our group, which contain a wealth of information about Recup, to your

Files section - then you'd be able to check them out without joining.

I salute you, fellow sufferers, and wish that you get well whatever

methods you are trying or whatever opinions you might hold. Vive le

choix libre!

:-)

Alfred's message to our group:

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In other group there are a very good discussion about the

formula of recup and there are people who say that it's the same

than isostar.

The group is: /

There are an error in the afirmation that say that it's the same. In

the world there are a lot of products with the same chemical elements

but not with the same proportion and i have a doubt about the same

eficiency.

Every person can take all that they want, but they must to know

that it's very diferent whit a litle changes in the proportion of the

ions.

In fact, one clinical research that made the laboratory with

sportsmen was to prove the different eficiency of the isostar and

recup formula.

The results was very very clear.

I copy you this results:

Research

Rehydration in long distance sportsmen. A randomized controlled

cross-over study. Short term ionic intake as a nutritional therapy.

Immediate effect recovering hydration and muscular energetic elements

in sportsmen.

Rehydration following exercise: effects of administration of two

beverages, one with relatively low sodium content (Isostar Fast

Hydration *) versus one with moderately high sodium content

(Recuperat-ion).

Study of plasma osmolality and the effect of energetic substrates

by mean of Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (31P-

NMR).

Pujol P1 , Rosés JM2, Drobnic F1, Aliste L2, González C1 y

Moreno A3.

1 Centre d' Alt Rendiment. Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona).

España.

2 Instituto de Biometría Aplicada (BIOMET). Barcelona. España.

3 C.E.T.I.R. Barcelona.

This is an open randomized controlled cross-over study (AB/BA) with

twelve male trained athletes. The subjects were assigned at random

to one of the groups with sequence AB (K1) or BA (K2). All the

subjects intake 150 % of the weight-loss post exercise.

Recuperat-ion re-establishes the normality of muscle energetic

substrates (Pi/Total, Pi/beta-ATP and Pi/PCr) as soon as in the

first 2 hours of the port-exercise rehydrating period, and shows a

greater and faster normalization of muscular rehydration with respect

control drink.

Therefore, the administration of a solution with a moderately high

content of sodium seems to re-establish with greater speed not only

muscular rehydration but also the energetic substrates needed for

muscular performance. This speedy re-establishment of both

rehydration

and the energetic substrates which intervene in the energetic

metabolism of muscles is particularly useful in those sports which

involve fast and intense and/or prolonged and repetitive exercises.

* Trade mark of Novartis AG

You can read the complete results in:

http://www.recuperat-ion.com/pdf/Rehydration%20and

%20NMR%20Study%20CAR-

> 2004.pdf

My english is to much litle to explain to the other group...

ALfred

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