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Originally Posted by Neva

Why wouldn't you use supplements for recovery? Healthy products designed to help maximize workouts. Seems beneficial to me. Cutting down on rice is probably a good idea; although its definitely a staple.

I would (and do personally) use supplements for recovery, but at your stage as a novice doing light/moderate intensity workouts the benefits gained from spending the money on supplements would not be as effective as compared to other things you could for free such as tweaking your diet or re-evaluating your workout routine.

Of course it wouldn't hurt to add Whey, Glutamine, etc. supplmeents for recovery, but I think the cost:benefit ratio for the money you spend is not worthwhile yet.

What's your height/weight currently, and what does your workout routine entail?