Posted by Larry Hoover on August 22, 2003, at 16:45:27
In reply to Does Betaine Hydrochloride = TMG? (nm) » Larry Hoover, posted by DSCH on August 22, 2003, at 15:27:23
In the end, I guess you still get betaine, but the HCl salt has a highly labile proton (it's acidic enough to burn your esophagus, for example).
You should look for a product labelled as:
1. TMG (as far as I know, TMG is never the hydrochloride).
2. anhydrous betaine
3. betaine free-baseThose are all equivalent, chemically. They're just different ways of saying the same thing.
I know Source Naturals has a TMG product, which is also a very cost-effective one, compared to bulk purchases I've made in the past.
Lar
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