Beta Alanine is toxic?

[Java Cafe]

I just came upon this:

http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9922810

If this is true, I am really screwed. I have been ingesting this "poison" daily for over six months now.

What are your thoughts?

~ JC ~

 

[norseamd]

are you ingesting it optically

 

[Java Cafe]

are you ingesting it optically

Nope, I am ingesting it in the usual manner. (Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in the substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking.)

The source I quoted considers it to be an eye and skin irritant, in addition to the dangers of ingestion (consumption by mouth).

 

[lord_emperor]

Sorry for ruining this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Alanine

Anyway try not to consume ~5 GRAMS in powdered form all at once.

 

[Java Cafe]

Sorry for ruining this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Alanine

Anyway try not to consume ~5 GRAMS in powdered form all at once.

How did you ruin it, I don't understand. I have read that Wikipedia article quite a few times in the past, along with write-ups on BodyBuilding.com, WebMD.com, Examine.com, among others. Nowhere before did I encounter what I read in the article I linked to in my original post, which is why I was intrigued.

So, how does the Wikipedia entry shed any illumination on this matter?

I suppose (although I may be wrong) you are trying to say that, according to Wikipedia, it is not "dangerous." True, nowhere else does it claim it to be. As far as the paresthesia effect is concerned, I quite enjoy that. ;-) It is supposed to be harmless anyway, and I really like the tingling effect.

 

[lord_emperor]

How did you ruin it, I don't understand.

Well it seems like you're trying to exclaim the toxicity of an amino acid if consumed in incredibly large amounts. Your post sounds almost exactly like that parody website denouncing the deadliness of "dihydrogen monoxide".

 

[norseamd]

this is exactly what i was going to post earlier

what exactly did they give those lab rats

 

[Java Cafe]

Never mind. . . I read that report and thought it was strange. Didn't seem like it was satirical.

Oh, well.

 

[OverVolt]

Its an MSDS safety sheet which is meant for people handling chemicals in industrial quantities. IE you accidentally swallow pure Beta Alanine or it gets in your eyes, etc.

So for example this is the MSDS for benedryl http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9923851

 

[spamsk8r]

Rat LD50 was 1000mg/kg. You'd have to choke down 75-100g of the stuff at once to reach that (15-25x the normal dose).

 

[JBT]

To much of anything will kill you... I bet eating too much broccoli would have the same effect.

 

[smackababy]

Your post sounds almost exactly like that parody website denouncing the deadliness of "dihydrogen monoxide".

Dilutional hyponatremia is a real problem and very dangerous!

 

[insa80]

The best thing you can do for your muscles is still just to eat as much healthy food as you can, drink a lot of water periodically throughout the day, and use a good protein drink (i like On Whey.)