L-arginine Plus-5110mg L-arginine & 1010mg L ,13.4 ounce

I take this product every other day and have played with a lot of different types. I used to buy a brand that was really good but very very expensive. This product seems to be really doing the job and my last checkup proved that point. I have bought this a couple times and I'm going to buy it now on auto ship.

Background:I'm a 40 year old male. Very fit. Completed an ultra marathon earlier this year and lift/workout daily. My diet isn't always the best, but I don't drink or smoke. Like most people, I have alot of stress in my life. Two younger children (6 and 3), along with being the sole breadwinner in my house. I worry alot and I take my job seriously, so this results in blood pressure spikes throughout the day. I noticed since I turned 35 that my blood pressure has creeped upward and upward. Prior to 35 years old, it was always a solid 120/80 -- no matter what. I could be sleep deprived for 3 days, drink 5 cups of coffee, and take my blood pressure - it was a solid 120/80. Age is catching up to me now and I think the cortisol dump from endurance running, along with the stress of parenthood started to catch up with me. I've gotten readings as high as 160/100 during the day when I am REALLY tense/anxious about something.My doctor recommended a low dose of some BP medicine because everytime they take it -- I'm anxious -- and of course, it runs high. So I started to do some research on alternatives. I came across this product and the science makes sense. As we age, we lose our ability to make NO2 effectively. Apparently, the NO2 is what kept my arteries flexible when I was younger. So when I was stressed out -- my veins/arteries would expand quickly (flexible) to accommodate a spike in heart rate or tension. Well, that doesn't happen as you get older because the NO2 is stripped from your body little by little. The accumulation of life (stress, bills, bad diet, coffee, etc) slowly takes its toll on your NO2 supply. When your NO2 supply starts dipping more and more, your blood pressure heads in the other direction.Based on my research, the sure fire way to combat this naturally occurring downfall in NO2 is to supplement and exercise. Well, I already exercise, so apparently I need supplementation. So, here I am!The first reading I took was after several "deep breathing" exercises. So if you're thinking 130/78 is good, don't be fooled --- I had to put myself into a near comotose state to achieve a reading that low. Generally, it's around 140/85 or higher. My left arm reads even higher at about 150/90. So I definitely have a "blood pressure issue" or "hypertension" by today's standards even though I'm fitter than a fiddle. I guess blood pressure issues don't discriminate. I am going to chronicle the next 2 months of taking this product daily (once a day). I'll make weekly updates to this review to show the progression of my blood pressure and I'll also comment on my "pre measurement" activity (e.g., deep breathing, relaxed, or not). I am hopeful that I can get my blood pressure to 110/70 consistently during the day (reading from both arms, not just my right). If I can get it down into that range, on average, during the day -- I feel that I've eliminated a major risk factor that will come to bite me at some point. So, stay with me and follow this over the next 60 days. Here's my 1st reading:START - 1st Week 7/1/2021 - 130/78 - Resting Pulse of 512nd Week 7/8/2021 - 127/73 - Resting Pule of 54 - My sleep has been much better over the last 3 days. It appears that L-arginine is also helping with Nocturia (waking up to urinate at night). I am continuing with 1 scoop in the morning with 16 ounces of color water (mixed). It tastes good. I workout for 45 minutes afterwards.

I haven't had it long enough to know it it works for lowering my BP but it seems to me that when I use it, I have more energy. I don't know if it's supposed to do that but that's my experience. The taste is something I can get used to, but it's a little icky, OK a LOT icky. It is grape with an aftertaste . I don't really care about that at this point. I mix it, drink it down, and follow with water. It's worth it! UPDATE: IT TASTES TERRIBLE. I'm having a hard time using it because it tastes so bad! If I could give advice, I would suggest mixing it DIRECTLY into grape juice. NOT water.

You probably know the alleged benefits of the product already, and have discovered the problems with tablet or pill form. (In answer to a couple of questions I've received, the hard capsules are the largest I've seen, definitely made for champion swallowers--maybe the winner of Nathan's annual hot dog-eating contest). So the question, then, is which should you buy--L-arginine Plus or L-arginine Complete? Since my last 3 biannual stress tests have shown up "all-clear," I'll give either product the benefit of the doubt (getting a treadmill and watching the fats hasn't hurt either),L-arginine Plus arrived in a significantly larger, more costly (to the sender), protective package. But once removed from the package, it becomes apparent that the 2 products are practically identical--from the canister to the wording ("Cardio Health Formula") to the ingredients, potencies, and taste. In fact, the similarity is enough to make me suspect that both products are made by and perhaps ultimately distributed through the same company.Here are the differences:1. Both products include Vitamin D3; however, L-arginine Plus (the pictured product) contains 2,500 IU's of the currently trendy vitamin while L-arginine Complete supplies the MDR of 400 IU's.2. Plus comes with Red Wine Extract; Complete does not.3. Plus comes with a "Proprietary Blend of 72 Trace Minerals." No mention of the same in Complete.4. Plus dissolves instantly and uses Xylitol for a sweetener; Complete also dissolves instantly but uses Sucrose for sweetener.5. Complete's formula includes 200 mcg Chromium (currently popular because of alleged regulation of blood sugar); Plus has no Chromium additive.Taste: Neither is objectionable (especially after "attempting" to dissolve and swallow a competitor brand), and both (perhaps with a couple of days' "practice"), should prove about equally palatable. (Plus is red and tends toward the taste of the bland "grape-flavored" Kool-Aid you may remember as a child; Complete is blue and has a bit more of a "chemical" hint to the flavor, but for most people, the slight taste difference is probably not enough to be a deal maker or breaker).Conclusion: all things being equal (including price, as is currently the case), Plus has a slight edge, though you may wish to supplement it with a chromium tablet (or multi-vitamin that includes it). If either of the 2 products should fall five or more dollars below the other, go with the least expensive one.[Late-breaking discoveries: "Complete" reveals 6g of protein in its formula; "Plus" makes no such claim. So now the call is closer than the above paragraph would suggest. If you're not a meat eater, milk drinker, or body-builder who already consumes large amounts of protein supplements, it would "appear" that Complete has the edge over Plus. On the other hand, some of the info about L-arginine is especially emphatic about not taking the amino acid with protein: "For best results, take on an empty stomach, and at least 2 hours before or after eating any protein." Make of it what you will. "Plus" definitely has the edge of late in promotions, its ads seeming to pop up on every newly opened web page. (Personally, at this point I'm close to flipping a coin between the two. If heads, go with the red label; if tails, try blue.)]