Supplements for exercise recovery and MSM
Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.
Goal guide
Supplements for exercise recovery
9 compounds relevant to exercise recovery, ranked by overall evidence grade.
Grade A9 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.
Compound or practice
MSM
A sulfur donor with small joint-pain and exercise-recovery signals, often bundled into joint formulas.
Grade C2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
Graded in both
Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.
No outcome has the same name in both entries. They may still overlap under different wording — read the two lists below.
Graded only in Supplements for exercise recovery
- Whey Protein Unclear effectEvidence grade A
- L-Carnitine Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- L-Glutamine Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- HMB Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- Tart Cherry Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- MSM Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- L-Ornithine Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- Astaxanthin Unclear effectEvidence grade C
- BPC-157 Unclear effectEvidence grade D
Graded only in MSM
- Osteoarthritis pain Small effectEvidence grade C
- Exercise soreness Small effectEvidence grade C
What each entry says about the other
- Supplements for exercise recovery’s entry · Goes with: Grade C
Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.