Category: Supplements
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Antioxidant Intake from Food or Supplements ?
Antioxidants are substances that protect our cells from the effects of free radicals, thus contributing to the prevention of diseases. Free radicals are produced by our own body, mainly during metabolism, but their excessive accumulation in the body exceeds the body’s ability to neutralize them and is believed to be the main cause of worsening…
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BCAA – Branched Chain Amino Acids
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Each protein is made up of many different amino acids linked together. There are essential and non-essential amino acids. Essential amino acids are the amino acids (there are 9, valine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, lysine, methionine, histidine, phenylalanine and threonine) that cannot be synthesized by the human body…
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Tips for better Absorption of Vitamins
Vitamins are organic molecules essential for our metabolism. The way we take vitamins can affect their absorption and effectiveness. Vitamin absorption occurs in the intestine. Impaired intestinal absorption of vitamins can be due to factors such as intestinal disease, genetic disorders of transport molecules, excessive alcohol consumption, and drug interactions. Absorption of water-soluble vitamins (B…
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Creatine
Creatine is an amino acid that is produced 50% endogenously in the body in liver, kidney and pancreatic cells. It is stored in skeletal muscles in the myocardium, brain, and testicles. Creatine increases phosphocreatine stores in your muscles by up to 40%, allowing your body to withstand higher intensity for a longer period of time,…
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B-Alanine
B-alanine is a non-essential amino acid. It can be synthesized by the body but is also found in foods. Taking a b-alanine supplement increases carnosine levels in muscle cells (preventing the decrease in pH in them) improving exercise efficiency, muscle stimulation and contraction by delaying the production of lactic acid and consequently muscle fatigue. The…
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Boron
Boron is a vital element, quite important for the normal development and health of the body. Boron has been shown to be an important trace element because it is essential for the growth and maintenance of bones, improves wound healing, positively affects the use of estrogen, testosterone and vitamin D by the body, enhances magnesium…
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Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate, it is also known as baking soda.Sodium bicarbonate is an alkaline salt. Alkaline it is a substance that possesses a pH on the basic side, over 7.0 (7.0 is neutral). Sodium Bicarbonate has 8.4 ph.The human ideal pH is 7.4 slightly alkaline. Most processes in the body produce acid and during the day…
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Caffeine
Caffeine is the most well-known and widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world and is found naturally in plant species such as coffee, tea and cocoa. Caffeine is most commonly consumed in the form of beverages such as coffee, soft drinks, tea, energy drinks. Supplementing the diet with caffeine has been shown to significantly enhance…
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Nitrates
Nitrates improve exercise endurance by enhancing “running economy.” They increase plasma nitrate concentrations to increase nitric oxide, which has a variety of vascular and metabolic effects that reduce oxygen cost during exercise. This means that athletes can achieve better performance with the same amount of oxygen they consume or maintain the same level of performance…
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Glutamine
Glutamine is an amino acid (building block of proteins) that is widely used in sports nutrition, mainly due to its immunomodulatory role. Glutamine is involved in cell proliferation, energy production through gluconeogenesis (energy production from proteins rather than carbohydrates), maintenance of acid-base balance, body temperature and heart rate. Our bodies produce enough glutamine for our…
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