I don't think it is becoming a scheduled drug, and there is talk in the industry about the ban being reversed. I will go to "my bosses" here to see what the ruling would be on that.

I think it is a safe topic. I take a hard line against drug talk in here, but grey GRAS supplements are just "thinking outside the box".

Hmmm ... the cheapest thing I can think of to take to prevent the cardio wasting is 1/2 of a whey isolate shake 45 minutes prior to cardio. It has the high BCAA content, but may slow fat loss a little.

I think with your level of muscularity, you can burn the 80 protein calories as afterburn. LOL.