One page per question, each opening with the short answer so you do not have to read the rest. Every figure links to the paper it came from.
topical carnosine · the overview
The same molecule is sold as a sports gel and as a skincare active, at concentrations two orders of magnitude apart. Which one you want, what each can show, and why research on one does not transfer to the other.
Read it →does carnosine gel work · 5 min
Four controlled trials and twelve field reports, with the protocol and the measured number on every one. Including the reasons to discount them.
Read it →is carnosine gel just menthol · 3 min
Someone tested this properly: a placebo matched for menthol, on world-class athletes, triple-blind. Here is what it found.
Read it →carnosine gel vs beta alanine · 2 min
Beta-alanine has decades of evidence and a four-week load. The gel has four trials and 45 minutes. Which you want depends on your calendar.
Read it →carnosine gel for horses · 2 min
Topical carnosine raised muscle carnosine up to 76% in horses — the only direct proof it crosses skin. Read the author list first.
Read it →lactigo vs carnosport · 4 min
Carnosport states 4% carnosine and LactiGo does not state any. LactiGo has the trial and Carnosport cites it. Both facts are on this page.
Read it →best carnosine gel · 3 min
Three carnosine gels are actually buyable. Only one has been tested, and the tested one will not print its concentration.
Read it →carnosine gel for bjj · 3 min
The trial ran on rugby sevens — the closest published thing to a hard roll. What transfers to the mats, what does not, and what four grapplers reported.
Read it →carnosine gel australia · 3 min
Buying LactiGo from Australia: what lands, what customs treats it as, and why half the people in our field reports are Australian.
Read it →carnosine gel side effects · 4 min
Search this and you get side effects of carnosine tablets, which is a different product. Here is what the topical label actually warns about.
Read it →carnosine gel vs biofreeze · 4 min
Biofreeze is menthol 4%. LactiGo is 1.25–1.5%. If the tingle were the mechanism, the cheap one would win — and one trial tested exactly that.
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LactiGo Performance & Recovery Gel
Ten pumps a leg, forty-five minutes out. That is the whole method.
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