Dosage
In most studies, doses of between one and a half to three grams of HMB per day were administered. These doses were distributed over up to four times a day. However, each athlete has his or her own individual dose, so each athlete should find out the optimal amount of HMB to take.
For this purpose, it is advisable to approach an optimal intake quantity with small doses and not to start directly with the high doses. Since a long-term effect has not yet been researched, one should refrain from taking an intake that lasts longer than four weeks. For adolescents, it is recommended not to supplement HMB in addition to a balanced diet, since there are simply too few studies and especially in adolescents no reliable results are available. The human body produces between 0.3 and 0.4 grams of HMB per day itself, so that supplementation is not absolutely necessary.
