The 3.5-milligram problem: token tryptophan and the aminos that are only on the label By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Kion Aminos prints every amino on its label, and its tryptophan line is 3.5mg per serving, about 1% of the roughly 280mg […]

Cost per gram of essential amino acids: the only honest way to compare amino products By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Compare amino products by cost per gram of essential amino acids (EAAs): price per serving divided by EAA grams per serving. […]

BCAAs vs EAAs on a GLP-1: why 3 amino acids can’t do the job of 9 By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: BCAAs are three of the nine essential amino acids: leucine, isoleucine and valine. Leucine switches muscle protein synthesis on, but […]

The GLP-1 muscle preservation protocol: protein, EAAs, creatine, training (the hub) By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Keeping muscle on a GLP-1 takes four parts together: a daily protein target of 1.2–1.6g per kg of adjusted body weight; feedings that clear the […]

Pixie dusting, explained: how supplement brands make a label look loaded with almost nothing in it By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Pixie dusting means listing an ingredient at a tiny fraction of its studied dose, milligrams where research used grams, so […]

Protein is the wrong target: what one serving actually delivers, by protein type By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Muscles use essential amino acids, not protein as a unit, and building switches on when leucine in a feeding reaches roughly 2.5–3g. Measured […]

Whey protein, decoded: 25g of protein is 11–12g of what you actually need By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: A 25g whey serving contains about 11–12g of essential amino acids and about 2.7g of leucine (Gorissen et al., 2018); the rest is […]

Clear whey drinks, decoded: the RTD wave’s missing number By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Clear whey drinks like juice, but none of the nine clear drinks checked in October 2026 publishes an essential amino acid total. Derived from whey isolate’s profile, […]

Do light weights build as much muscle as heavy weights? By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Yes — for muscle size. The largest analyses find light weights build about as much muscle as heavy ones, provided the sets are worked close to […]

How hard do light weights have to feel to actually work? By Aali Qureshi, founder of Deadly Company · Published October 24, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 Short answer: Light weights build muscle only when the set gets honestly hard — the last reps slowing and burning, with a few clean reps left in […]