This is an [tag-tec]hgh[/tag-tec] supplement that comes in capsule form. SomaLife International Inc. also markets another formula called gHP Youth Formula.
Did I say another formula? What I should have said is the same formula with a different name and label.
Here is the ingredients list for both:
L-Lysine 1302 mg
L-Arginine 1302 mg
L-Ornithine 798 mg
L-Glutamine 250 mg
Glycine 500 mg
L- Leucine 400 mg
L-Iso-Leucine 400 mg
L-Valine 400 mg
A very basic amino acid stack. Nothing at all special about it. Too my mind it is a pretty lousy combination.
They do lay claim to a patent. I am not a patent attorney but it looked to be one of those that the patent office approved without doing much research. There were other products using these ingredients long before the patent application was made.
No real big deal. Just like the product.
Did I mention that SomaLife has some kind of MLM pyramid thing going on? Not being very interested I did not look for the exact details. The odds are that anyone recommending this product is doing so for whatever commisions and payouts are involved.
A couple of points did interest me.
First the bottle label had one dosage instruction for adults over the age of 18 and a different instruction for females. HUH?
Pricing was equally amusing. GHP Sport sells for $84.95 and gHP Youth Formula sells for $74.50. HUH?
Same exact formulation and two different prices. HUH?
Not even a good price. You can buy the same amounts of amino acids in a better balance for under $25.00. So why pay $50 or $60 more?
Maybe we should have titled this post The GHP Sport Scam.
GHP Sport receives an hgh product rating of D+.
gHP Youth Formula receives an hgh supplement review grade of C-.
HUH?
Two different prices equals two different scores.
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Isn’t their claim of success in the crystalized method of delivery into the bloodstream as opposed to just the amino stack itself?
All hgh amino acid stacks are made with free form crystalline amino acids. It is the basic nature of the ingredients.
Maybe the administrator should actually consult a patent attorney. It is very hard to get International Patents. One must prove the Science works. The patent that was granted is on the science behind the delivery system. The patent office doesn’t issue patents just because someone says a formula does something. If you research, you will see the patent took about 4 years to be granted. As far as the pricing difference, one is Certified for Sport and the other is not. SomaLife felt that it would pass on the savings of not having Certification costs on the Youth Formula brand to the consumer
I took the time to read the patent before writng the review. It has nothing to do with the delivery system and is all about the formulation which is nothing special.
This comes from the very first line of the application claims:
A nutritional supplement for ingestion by humans for restoring growth hormone levels consisting of unmodified rapidly absorbed free-form amino acids.
The keyword there being unmodified.
The USPTO grants ridiculous patents all the time. Their process or lack there of has been a major source of controversy in recent years.
Sport certification or not, the basic fact is still the same. You can buy better products for under $25.00.
hmm. You can buy better products for under $25. Thanks for letting me know. Do they come with a 90 day empty bottle guarantee? Can a major league baseball player take them? I am very curious now?
The average age for a major league baseball player is 29 years old. Way to young to get any significant benefit from such a weak product. Besides they could spend the money on any product made only of amino acids and be Ok.
You can buy almost 5 times the amount of pure amino acids for $85.00.
Always an interesting marketing trick when people use the guarantee to sell a product that can’t stand on it’s own merits.
I’m sorry. What are your credentials again? I cannot seem to find them on your site. Are you a member of the International IGF Research Society or the Growth Hormone Research Society? Are you not aware that MLB players cannot take any supplement that isn’t NSF Certified? What are these products you recommend?
So you site two organizations run by the same people that anyone with $45 per year can join.
While there is a recommendation that MLB players consider using only NSF certified supplements there is no requirement. The website for the NSF does not even make that claim. In fact most of the certified products were submitted by MLM companies. Almost no legitimate vitamin companies are participating.
Maybe Red Bull, both original and sugar free have an NSF Certification.
I am very curious about some of your comments. I have several major league baseball clients on this product (average age 25) and they are seeing amazing results in energy, stamina, recovering time (and several more results), but you claim no “significant benefit from such a weak product”. Please explain their results! Thank you.
Hey. name some names. If they are above board they should be happy to talk.
Besides, how many people really care about MLB baseball players? Let them pay for the expensive product and let anyone else interested buy the cheap one if they must.
A number of hgh products from legitimate sport supplement companies make a point of letting people know that they are intended for people over the age of 35.
Face it guys, you have an over priced over hyped product.
Wow, Victor Conte of Balco is on TV. That will be interesting to watch.
Guys, I am a collegiate athlete (baseball) who heard about this product… I am 22 years old and have seen several mixed reviews about this product. Some HONEST advice would be greatly appreciated… I am simply trying to get the best results on the budget of a small-time college athlete’s budget… Not a sale pitch for anything…
Mike,
Save your money. None of these hgh products are going to do much for a 22 year old.
Spend your money on good protein powder and maybe some yoga or pilates lessons. i m not joking about the lessons. The increased fexibility and deep toning will have far greater results than an hgh supplement.
Come back and talk to us in 10 to 15 years.
I am very curious abuot those $25 products that cover the same amino acids. Can you please give some brand names or a way to purchase those
There are a number of such products reviewed elsewhere on this site. You do not really need to worry about the last three ingredients. Leucine, Iso-Leucine or Valine.
This is the best Amino Stack product on the market. There are no others with a patent, of NSF certified for sport. There are several professional athletes taking this, several. If you have not taken this product then please save your breath. This is flat out the best product for energy, better sleep, recovery, and agility. I have walked into several retails stores and cannot find an amino acid product with NSF approval.
All Readers,
A product such as Somalife that use pyramid marketing plans always have people trying to market it or defend it using pseudo information.
Do you know what NSF stands for? It stands for National Sanitation Foundation. About 2 1/2 years ago this company tried to start a program to certify supplements for use in athletics. In that time, they have managed to get 7 companies to certify 20 products.
Deduct the 7 MLM products that did it for marketing BS and you are left with 13 products.
Two of those products are Red Bull and Red Bull Sugar Free. Might as well be certifying triple espresso.
Most of the rest are just protein supplements.
Basically the supplement industry’s response to this program is “So what”. Any basic amino acid product could get approval but most companies don’t see any reason to waste their money.
We already have discussed that the patent here is pretty meaningless.
Vitamins for agility? Please.
The only thing special about this product is the marketing.
Yeah, the pyramid scheme…er marketing structure has me very disinterested as well.
Shouldn’t such an amazing product be able to sell itself without hordes of salesmen knocking on doors, calling during dinner, and spamming nutrition sites?
I have a relative that wants me to come sell this with him…after reading here and on several other sites, it seems that this is an average to below-average product that I’d be forced to preach about like the second coming to earn my wages.
Oh, and on the MLB players issue…those are guys who velcro gloves 4 times for luck, wear unwashed socks from the Texas highschool title game, etc… If there is an independant research group that has done a study showing Somalife gHP to be effective, please provide it and I’ll reconsider. But if the best proof is – try it and you’ll see or my grandma said it works…I’ve better things to do with my time.
Stephen,
Yes, this is a pretty mediocre product at a premium price. While not technically a Ponzi style pyramid scheme, it is a multi tiered network marketing program.
Seldom do these programs have quality products at a good price along with a plan where everybody makes good money. Usually the products are over priced, over hyped and most people don’t make anything.
I agree that the MLM thing put me off completely. I see nothing in the product that makes it special. USP Labs has a supplement called powerFULL that claims similar results, costs less, and isn`t pushed by some marketing flimflam. I have used it, and will attest that I did in fact notice significant effects practically immediately. I considered GHp Sport very briefly, but will not be using it any time soon.
I find a lot of sport supplements to be flim flam.
I fell for this scam. Used GHP sport for three months and got no additional results. Do not buy this stuff.
What a scam. First of they try to market the GHP sport as somehow special and charge a higher price than the youth formula. They have EXACTLY the same ingredients! Ha! What does that tell you about their ethics so far? And why is it that you have to become a member to buy it or buy it from a member? The most important thing, it works no better than an amino stack that you can buy at any supplement store at a MUCH lower price. Anyone who sells this stuff is either a moron or just out for the money convincing people this “will change your life”. Because as we all know pills quite often change lives…yeah.
Pyramid scheme and not effective at all for 35 year old after 2 months. Save your money!
I suffer from severe insomnia. I began taking GHP for the claims of sleep. I think they call it “the soma-coma.” I’ve been taking it for a little over three months and couldn’t be happier. I sleep well, I’m not sore after my workouts, my hair is growing fast and is more full and healthy than ever, and I am in a much better mood than I can remember in a long time.
Here’s a question: would most male atheletes buy a product with “youth” on the lable? I don’t think so. I call it smart marketing. Duh, buy the less expensive formula if the name doesn’t matter to you.
And comprabale product for under $25? The quality of materials and ingredients make a big difference. I don’t want crappy complexes in crappy capsules. Give me the good high quality stuff.
Shivers,
How amusing. We used the $25 figure because that is the price that you can pay if you go out and buy the exact same ingredients in the same amounts from a good online supplement seller. The products are from top name manufacturers with reputations for using high quality ingredients. The biggest problem with this approach is that you have to pay for 5 bottles and 5 encapsulation runs. If it all came in one bottle, you would save at least another $5. Strangely that $5 is probably the equivalent of what it would cost to make the product so it could all go in one bottle.
Of course if it all went in one bottle there might be a patent problem.
Here is a business idea for some adventurous soul. Put the BCAA in one supplement and the aminos in another bottle. You now have two products. Total cost of $10 or less. Sell it as the same effect as GHP for less. Your only problem might be the returns because it is just would not be that great a product.
Half of the ingredients are non-essential amino acids; in other words, manufactured by your own body. It’s interesting that people would pump products into their bodies that they’ve been convinced to buy without knowing whether their body is indeed lacking in these specific amino acids. Over-dosing can create toxicity. Strange, a farmer will have his soil tested before using certain fertilizers or chemicals. We treat our bodies with less respect.
Get your blood work done and see if you really lack these amino acids. By the way, the rest are readily available from common foods we eat daily.
Wow! How amusing! In looking for a SomaLife alternative [for price only: already a high monthly supplement expenditure] I find such drama going on with these postings……
Let me preface by saying, I am a nutritional counselor and share my businss location with two MDs, & Chiropractor. All providers are proponents of holistic healing. We work with and recommend many different products for various health concerns. Some of our companies do market thru a network model, however, we have our business model and are only interested in the science behind the product….All of us insist on trying any product we bring into the practice, and at least one provider will try it. All of us have been very impressed with Somalife GHp and have seen benefit which would be expected in an increased HGH environment…Incidently, follow-up with patients often finds non-compliance with anti-oxidant/mineral formulas, enzymes, omega 3
etc. However, consistantly we find patients stay with the Soma product because of the way the product makes them FEEL. We spoke with the company bio-chemist and learned anyone can have a test to confirm rise of IGF-1 and subsequent release of HGH.
It would seem to me, here the obvious bias of the host of this website would rather you buy the products that he is making a profit on. Somalife is a science based company with an excellent product.
I heard about the Somalife Youth Formula from a friend on an insomnia board. She was able to stop taking her sleep meds while using this product so I figured what the heck I’ll give it a try and I ordered it from the Somalife website.
The very first night I noticed a huge difference and every night after that. I have a Zeo that measures my sleep and my quantity of deep and rem sleep more than doubled. After battling insomnia for years I was finally making some progress!
Does this product make you stronger or younger? I don’t know, but I can tell you that you will sleep like a rock while taking this!
GHP Sport was recommended to me by a friend. I’m 52 years old, menopausal, insomniac, and overweight. I can only tell you that for me GHP Sport has turned my life around. I lost 30 lbs. since May 31, and I feel stronger, healthier, and friends and family members can’t believe I am the same person. So all those folks at there giving it a bad review. Fooey to you. I started out eating less than a 1000 calories a day, :I’m a nurses aide and walk at least 7 miles a day at work…….plus I exercised at home and couldn’t lose a blessed lb. Thanks to GHP Sport it helped my metabolism, and I’m willing to pay a little extra for something that works for me. PS I’ve tried alot of other products and they NEVER worked.