Has anyone heard of this supplement? GF-1 I read about it on the same page as 1-AD and I was wondering if it is of any use to me. I was also wondering if it is safe to take with 1-AD. The active ingrient is Octacosanol.

You are talking about the little purple and white bottle right? I used this stuff and I'm not kidding I put on a good 25 lbs of tissue in a month and a half. Of course I was also eating like it was my job but I did put on some good quality size from it.
As far as using it with other stuff I don't know. You may not need anything else.

One thing I can tell you is to take some milk thistle with it because my liver enzymes were really screwed up.

Purported ergogenic supplement (increases exercise drive and performance).

Long-chain fatty alcohol (primary aliphatic, saturated), lipid soluble, somewhat poorly absorbed (approx 11% uptake in human gut), metabolized thru beta oxidation pathway after being oxidized a long chain saturated fatty acid (octacosanoic acid), trade name Enduraplex, most common sources: sugar cane extract, wheat germ oil.

Primary use as an herbal has been as a statin-drug replacement as a cholesterol-lowering treatment; it may sterically hinder cholesterol synthesis in liver. Also appears to inhibit platelet agreggation.

Recent reports sugggest that octacosanoic acid may protect against lipid peroxidation ( see: Inhibition of rat lipoprotein lipid peroxidation by the oral administration of D003, a mixture of very long-chain saturated fatty acids. R. Menéndez, R. Más, A.M. Amor, N. Ledón, J. Pérez, R.M. González, I. Rodeiro, M. Zayas, and S. Jiménez. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol./Rev. Can. Physiol. Pharmacol. 80(1): 13-21, 2002). Polyphenols have similar lipid-protective and cholesterol lowering activities.

Stand alone dosage, 1-2 mg 2x day with meals. When taken as a policosanol formulation, 10-20 mg day, with meals.

http://qualitycounts.com/fppolicosanol.htm
http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Supp/Oc...tm#Side-Effects

I typed the word into google and looked up the most common use of the Octacoasnol also but what I want to know is if someone else had tried it because it sounded kinda hoky to me. Thanks for the post on the purple bottle though I think I may read more about it first. Has anyone else had any good results from it or is it a money sink? Seems like the only two things ever mentioned are 1-AD M1t.

I can't seem to find any user feedback about this product either. I have used it in the past, but it was always in a stack and of course the stack went very well. So I have no idea if the Growth Factor 1 was responsible or not. Is there any place that anyone knows of that I can go to read product reviews about this product?

I'm sure its just another BS product. You could post a message with the title Growth-Factor 1 because people may be more familiar with that name. I wasn't sure if thats what the poster was talking about but I guess it is. I am positive this is just another bullshit product. I would post another message with the title Growth Factor 1. Yes I have seen the ridiculous adds for this product. Don't waste your money!.