The most commonly-cited research study about the usage of GBB was published in 1989, where 16 participants were given various carnitine precursors for 10 days, after being given a lower-carnitine (no red meat) diet for 10 days beforehand
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The medication provides a window of opportunity where appetite is manageable, motivation is high from visible results, and new habits can take root
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If personnel take pyridostigmine in advance of exposure, soman will be prevented from binding to a significant percentage of available synaptic AChE because the AChE binding sites will be transiently occupied by pyridostigmine, and so irreversible soman aging (formation of a covalent bond) to the enzyme cannot take place