Beta-Alanine

Sports scientists and coaches design an athlete’s diet to
meet energy and nutrient requirements to ensure that optimal training can be
maintained, and competitive performance can be maximized. There is a common
belief that, in conjunction with a well-designed training program and diet, the
appropriate ingestion of additional dietary supplements can further enhance
training and exercise performance [1]. One such supplement that has attracted
interest to improve strength and performance is beta-alanine. This growing
interest stems from research that identifies b-alanine as the rate-limiting
precursor to carnosine (b-alanyl-L-histidine) which, among other roles, is
thought to be an important physiological buffer because it can readily accept
protons during contraction-induced acidosis [1]. Carnosine is found naturally
in meat products, particularly deep water species of fish, but supplementation
with b-alanine seems to be necessary to achieve the active daily dose required
to significantly elevate intramuscular carnosine [1]. Skeletal muscle is unable
to synthesize the carnosine precursors L-histidine, and b-alanine, so the
concentration of intracellular carnosine is largely dependent on the uptake of
these amino acids from the bloodstream. It has been well established that
chronic b-alanine supplementation can significantly increase muscle carnosine
concentration by up to 80% [2]. Augmented muscle carnosine concentration may
improve athletic performance in exercise tasks that accrue a high level of
muscle acidosis [1]. In support of this affirmation, a number of studies have
evaluated the potential ergogenic effects of b-alanine supplementation on a
variety of sport-specific performance protocols in the athletic population [1].

Co-ingestion of beta-alanine with sodium bicarbonate or
creatine has modest additive ergogenic benefits; ingestion of beta-alanine as
part of a multi-ingredient pre-workout product may be effective if the
supplementation period is sufficient to increase carnosine levels and the
product is taken for at least 4 weeks. [1]

Our Formulation

Unived Beta-Alanine delivers 4 grams of Beta-Alanine.

Mode of Action:

During exercise, glucose is broken down and lactate is
produced. This produces hydrogen ions (H+), making your muscles more acidic.
This muscle acidity blocks glucose breakdown and reduces your muscle’s ability
to contract, thus causing fatigue. Upon ingestion, Beta-alanine, the precursor
to carnosine, immediately gets converted to carnosine and saturates muscles
with carnosine which acts as an intracellular buffer against the decline in
muscle pH during intense exercise and as such reduces the acidity in muscles
and reduces the onset of fatigue such as that you can increase your exercise
capacity and the amount of time until exhaustion [2].

• Improves high-intensity exercise performance by increasing
  muscle carnosine content, thereby enhancing intracellular proton buffering [2].
  
• Beta-alanine may improve exercise duration during tasks
  requiring a greater contribution from aerobic energy pathways [2].
• Enhances high-intensity exercise lasting over 60 s, with
  greater effects on open end exercise bouts, such as time-to-exhaustion tasks
  [2].
• Increase calcium sensitivity and activate Calcium receptors
  thereby increasing Calcium release into the sarcoplasmic reticulum in muscles
  and thereby decreasing fatigue [1].
• Beta-alanine supplementation, and thereby augmented
  carnosine content, may act as an antioxidant, because carnosine has been linked
  to a role as an antioxidant because of its ability to interfere with
  peroxidation reactions [1].

References:

1. Bellinger, Phillip M. "β-Alanine supplementation for
athletic performance: an update." The Journal of Strength &
Conditioning Research 28.6 (2014): 1751-1770.

2. Trexler, Eric T., et al. "International society of
sports nutrition position stand: Beta-Alanine." Journal of the
International Society of Sports Nutrition 12.1 (2015): 30.

3. Bellinger PM. β-Alanine supplementation for athletic
performance: an update. J Strength Cond Res. 2014 Jun;28(6):1751-70. doi:
10.1519/JSC.0000000000000327. PMID: 24276304.