Dosage · Supplement
HMB: dosage and how to take it
3 g/day, split.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
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- references listed
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The evidence in words
How much to take
3 g/day, split; the free-acid form is absorbed faster.
Timing & separation
There are no strict timing conflicts on record for HMB; consistency matters more than the exact hour for most goals.
Why the dose is what it is
It appears to reduce muscle-protein breakdown, which matters most when breakdown is high — detraining, illness, caloric deficit, or the untrained state.
Bottom line
Useful for the untrained, the elderly, and muscle-preservation during illness or dieting; skip it if you're a trained lifter hitting your protein.
How it is used
As the entry records it, from the studies it summarises. Not a recommendation for you — doses that suit a trial population may not suit you.
- Standard
- 3 g/day, split.
Goes with
- HMBFull HMB monographEvidence grade C
Related reading
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- L-Ornithine: dosage and how to take it2–6 g/day.Evidence grade C
- Agmatine: dosage and how to take it500–1,000 mg pre-workout.Evidence grade D
Sources
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