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gym/sports supplements + food
hiii :)) i’m looking to start my bachelor’s in china this coming fall. i’m pretty big into the gym and had a few questions about supplements/food and the like:
1. how available are the typical gym supplements (creatine/multis/whey isolate/electrolytes/pre-workout/l-glutamine etc.) and hows the quality? are there any physical speciality stores or is everything better bought online? am i better off just stocking up at home?
2. food wise, i managed to find most things i needed when i travelled, but i was wondering about some more “niche” products - cartoned egg whites, fat free yoghurt, lean beef. will larger stores like costco carry them, or are there any online marketplaces i could find them?
3. do any of the larger stores carry energy drinks? i managed to find the occasional baby cans of white monster in some convenience stores but even those were rare 😭.. are there any online stores that carry celsius/full size monster or anything of the like?
4. bonus: are there any chains/popular takeout options that post macros?
for context, i will be staying in a new tier 1 city, ~1.5h from hangzhou and ~2h from shanghai so i don’t mind taking the occasional trip to a larger city if needed.
thank you in advance for any insights!!
u/Wonderful_Mode6466 — 12 hours ago