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Benefits

Benefits

  • BCAAs increase muscle growth by increasing muscle protein synthesis.

  • They help the body recover from training as they are shown to decrease muscle damage, which may help reduce the length and severity of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).

  • May improve quality of life in elderly and those with muscle wasting diseases.

  • BCAAs may prevent obesity and help with wight loss.

  • They may improve the symptoms of liver disease.

Dosage

Dosage

  • Scientists found that following some guidelines seemed to be important for reducing muscle damage through BCAA supplements.

  • The daily dose is at least 200 mg per kg of body weight. For example if you weight 75 kg, you would need to take a dose of at least 15 grams (15,000 mg) of BCAAs daily.

  • Continue BCAA supplements over the long-term (more than ten days) to start seeing muscle-protective benefits even on days that you don’t exercise.

  • Split the total daily dose into two or more doses, before and after exercise or such.

Deficiency Symptoms

Deficiency Symptoms

References

References

Benefits

Benefits

  • It increases the time to exhaustion during exercise thus exercising can be done for longer periods.

  • It can reduce fatigue in resistance training leading to higher training volumes.

  • It improves performance in high-intensity and short-duration exercises.

  • It can help increase muscle endurance in older people.

  • It improves athletic performance and exercise capacity, aids in building muscle mass, improves physical performance, and enhances muscle endurance and stamina during training.

  • Carnosine has antioxidant properties that can reduce oxidative stress and fight free radicals.

Dosage

Dosage

  • The standard dose of beta-alanine is 4-6 grams daily divided doses of 2 g or less for 2-4 weeks.

  • Taking β-alanine supplements with a meal can further increase carnosine levels.

  • β-alanine supplements seem to be better at increasing muscle carnosine levels than taking carnosine itself.

Deficiency Symptoms

Deficiency Symptoms

References

References

Benefits

Benefits

  • It can increase athletic performance.

  • It may lower blood pressure reducing the risk of hypertension and stroke.

  • Arginine may delay the development of type2 diabetes mellitus and its complications.

  • Arginine improves wound healing and immune responses.

Dosage

Dosage

  • No standard dosage has been established for Arginine.

  • Oral doses between 2–3 grams three times daily have been used in studies.

  • Doses of more than 9 grams/day could cause some gastrointestinal symptoms such as: nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Deficiency Symptoms

Deficiency Symptoms

References

References

Benefits

Benefits

  • It increases important brain chemicals, improving mental performance in stressful situations.

  • Tyrosine supplements increase the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine, adrenaline and norepinephrine. Thus help with symptoms of depression.

  • It has been shown to benefit those who are sleep deprived.

  • Tyrosine supplements are given to people with Phenylketonuria (PKU) [a genetic condition where the body cannot process Phenylalanine, which is needed to produce Tyrosine. Leading to low levels of Tyrosine in the body].

  • Tyrosine supplementation increase endurance capacity in the heat.

Dosage

Dosage

  • Tyrosine doses used for improving exercise capacity are 500–2,000 mg 30–60 minutes before exercise.

  • For increasing mental performance during stressful situations or for sleep deprivation the dose would be 100–150 mg/kg prior to a stressful event.

  • For a person weighing 75kg the dose would be 7.5-11.25 grams daily.

Deficiency Symptoms

Deficiency Symptoms

References

References

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