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A-Z Ingredient Research Database

The following ingredient benefits are based on research that are supported by peer reviewed research and clinical studies and health claims dossiers. The following list was compiled in June 07 to help consumers to quickly identify what physique or sports performance benefits these interesting ingredients can offer you.

Ingredient Claims
  1. Amino acid supplementation produces bigger increases in hemoglobin, red blood cell count and hematocrit than training alone.
  2. Amino acid supplementation improves immune function
  3. Amino acid supplementation improves muscle recovery following exercise
  4. Amino acids reduce muscle breakdown following training
  5. Amino acids reduce the loss of muscle proteins following exercise
  1. Beta-alanine supplementation improves exercise performance
  2. Beta-alanine supplementation improves cycling performance
  3. Beta-alanine supplementation reduces muscle fatigue
  4. Beta alanine supplementation improves muscle work capacity
  5. Beta-alanine supplementation Increases muscle carnosine stores
  6. Beta alanine supplementation increases carnosine stores in fast twitch muscle fibres
  7. Beta-alanine supplementation increases muscle buffering capacity
  8. Muscle buffering capacity is directly related to muscle carnosine stores
  9. Carnosine helps maintain optimal muscle pH during exercise.
  10. Beta-alanine increases fat oxidation.
  11. Beta-alanine supplementation increases fat burning.
  1. Carnitine increases fat oxidation.
  2. Carnitine increases fat burning.
  3. Carnitine is important for the oxidation of fat.
  4. Carnitine improves muscle recovery after exercise.
  5. Carnitine maintains optimal repair of muscle tissue.
  1. Sodium Citrate Supplementation Improves Endurance Performance
  2. Sodium Citrate Supplementation Increases Endurance
  3. Sodium Citrate Supplementation Delays Muscle Fatigue
  4. Sodium Citrate Supplementation Increases Anaerobic Energy Production
  5. Sodium Citrate Increases High Intensity Exercise Performance
  6. Sodium Citrate Supplementation improves acid buffering capacity
  7. Sodium Citrate Supplementation improves acid buffering.
  1. Creatine increases muscle strength.
  2. Creatine increases muscle torque production.
  3. Creatine increases muscle power.
  4. Creatine increases the production of muscle power.
  5. Creatine increases training intensity.
  6. Creatine supplementation results in higher intensity workouts
  7. Creatine increases work capacity.
  8. Creatine increases work output.
  9. Creatine increases muscle fatigue resistance.
  10. Creatine maintains muscle power output during exercise.
  11. Creatine reduces muscle fatigue during exercise.
  12. Creatine supplementation increases muscle creatine levels.
  13. Creatine supplementation increases muscle phosphocreatine levels.
  14. Creatine supplementation increases muscle energy stores.
  15. Creatine increases body weight. Creatine increases body mass.
  16. Creatine increases lean body weight. Creatine increases lean body mass
  17. Creatine increases limb girths. Creatine increases muscle size. Creatine increases muscle fibre area.
  18. Creatine increases power production.
  1. Caffeine supplementation mobilises fat stores
  2. Caffeine supplementation stimulates fat release
  3. Caffeine supplementation increases fat burning.
  4. Caffeine supplementation increases the oxidation of stored fats.
  5. Caffeine supplementation increases burning of body fat
  6. Caffeine supplementation helps generate a negative energy balance
  7. Caffeine supplementation increases calorie burning.
  1. Fish oil increases fat loss
  2. Fish oil increases fat burning
  3. Fish oil increases fat oxidation
  4. Fish oil improves mood
  5. Fish improves mental performance
  6. Fish oil reduces feelings of fatigue
  7. Fish oil increases feelings of vigour
  8. Fish oil improves feelings of wellbeing
  1. Whey protein has same amino acid profile as muscle.
  2. Whey protein is ideally suited to building skeletal muscle
  3. Whey protein is ideally suited to maintaining skeletal muscle
  4. Whey protein provides essential nutrients for the immune system.
  5. Whey protein produces bigger increases in strength than training alone.
  6. Whey protein increases muscle power
  7. Whey protein increases muscle fatigue resistance.
  8. Whey protein increases metabolic rate
  9. Whey protein is the most satiating protein
  10. Whey keeps you feeling fuller for longer.
  11. Whey helps prevent overeating when dieting
  12. Whey protein helps maintain a negative energy balance when dieting.
  13. Whey protein is a fast digesting protein, which makes it more satiating than slow digesting protein.
  14. Whey protein is rich in essential amino acids
  15. Whey protein is rich in branched chain amino acids.
  16. Whey protein provides ultra fast delivery of amino acids
  17. Whey protein is a rich source of important antioxidants.
  18. When combined with resistance training, whey protein has been shown to increase muscle size and improve exercise performance.
  19. Whey contains branched chain and essential amino acids, which are essential for muscle repair
  20. Whey is rich in branched chain amino acids that inhibit muscle breakdown and infection after exercise
  21. Whey is rich in branched chain amino acids that inhibit muscle breakdown and infection after exercise.
  22. Whey contains all the essential amino acids needed for growth and muscle repair.
  23. Whey provides ultra-fast delivery of all the essential amino acids that are needed for tissue growth and to repair muscle.
  24. Whey protein helps to maintain muscle mass when dieting.
  25. Whey protein naturally helps to reduce calorie intake.
  26. Whey protein, naturally promotes a feeling of fullness.
  28. Fast digesting whey protein gives ultra quick delivery of amino acids to increase blood glutamine levels.
  29. Whey protein supports immune function
  30. Whey protein provides fast delivery of amino acids.
  31. Whey protein increases glutathione levels in the body
  32. Supplementation with whey protein during training produces bigger increases in muscle strength than training alone.
  33. Supplementation with whey protein during training produces bigger increases in muscle strength than supplementing carbohydrates during training.
  34. Whey has a higher leucine content than other proteins such as casein, soy, mushroom, beans, which directly stimulates protein synthesis.
  35. Whey protein helps to maintain a positive nitrogen balance
  1. Colostrum contains important bioactive growth factors useful for those looking to increase muscle
  2. Colostrum supplementation increases levels of important growth factors during strength and speed training.
  3. Colostrum is a rich source of immunoglobulins, which are important for immune function.
  4. Supplementing whey protein and colostrum results in bigger improvements in exercise performance than supplementation with whey alone
  5. Colostrum contains Lactoferin, that can support a strong immune system
  1. Accelerate muscle refuelling
  2. Improve muscle recovery
  3. BCAAs inhibit muscle breakdown
  4. BCAAs increase protein synthesis
  5. BCAAs are vital component of muscle tissue
  6. BCAAs improve endurance
  7. Increases your running speed
  8. BCAAS delay fatigue
  9. BCAAs maintain an optimal amino acid balance in the body, helping to reduce mental fatigue.
  10. BCAAs improve mental performance
  11. BCAAs maintain immune function during training
  12. BCAAs help provide essential fuel for the immune system
  1. Green Tea supplementation increases fat burning.
  2. Green tea supplementation increases fat oxidation.
  3. Green tea supplementation increases the energy provided by fat.
  4. Green Tea supplementation helps generate a negative energy balance.
  5. Green Tea supplementation increases calorie burning
  6. Green Tea supplementation reduces body fat
  7. Green Tea supplementation increases fat loss
  1. Skeletal muscle represents the greatest store of glutamine in the body.
  2. Muscle tissue is an important source of glutamine
  3. Glutamine is a vital nutrient for those cells requiring rapid renewal such as immune cells (e.g. lymphocytes)
  4. High intensity exercise decreases plasma glutamine levels.
  5. Anaerobic training can deplete the glutamine pool.
  6. Prolonged exercise such as marathon running decreases glutamine levels.
  7. Glutamine supplementation can maintain glutamine levels during intense exercise.
  8. Glutamine supplementation can abolish the exercise related decline in glutamine stores.
  9. Glutamine supplementation enhances glutamine levels.
  10. Glutamine supplementation restores blood glutamine levels post exercise.
  11. Glutamine supplementation helps maintain optimal health after training.
  12. Glutamine supplementation helps keep athletes healthy after intense exercise.
  13. Glutamine supplementation may enhance glycogen storage.
  14. Glutamine supplementation may increase carbohydrate storage.
  15. Glutamine supplementation may enhance immune function after exercise.
  16. Glutamine supplementation can enhance the immune response to exercise.
  17. Glutamine supplementation can benefit immune function following intense exercise.
  18. Optimizing blood glutamine levels may enhance muscle adaptation to intense exercise.
  1. Just one serving of GAKIC improves exercise performance in less than 1 hour.
  2. GAKIC improves sprint cycling performance
  3. GAKIC increases work output during repeated cycle sprints.
  4. GAKIC increases training intensity
  5. GAKIC maintains force output during intense exercise.
  6. GAKIC maintains work output during repeated cycle sprints.
  7. GAKIC reduces fatigue during cycle sprints.
  8. GAKIC reduces muscle fatigue during intense muscle contractions
  9. GAKIC increases training intensity
  10. GAKIC maintains force output during intense exercise.
  11. GAKIC maintains work output during repeated cycle sprints
  12. GAKIC reduces muscle fatigue during intense muscle contractions.
  13. GAKIC increases work output during repeated cycle sprints.
  14. GAKIC improves sprint cycling performance
  1. HMB supplementation improves aerobic metabolism
  2. HMB supplementation improves aerobic metabolism
  3. HMB supplementation improves aerobic metabolism in runners
  4. HMB supplementation improves aerobic metabolism
  5. HMB supplementation improves aerobic metabolism in cyclists
  6. HMB supplementation may increase lean body mass
  7. HMB improves adaptations to intense training
  8. HMB supplementation can reduce muscle breakdown after training.
  9. HMB reduces thee loss of muscle proteins after training
  10. HMB supplementation can help to improve muscle recovery after training
  11. HMB supplementation maintains normal muscle repair
  12. HMB increases muscle strength when taken during a resistance training program.
  13. HMB improves cardiovascular risk factors.
  14. HMB improves cardiovascular health.
  15. HMB reduces cardiovascular risk factors.
  16. HMB maintains healthy cholesterol levels.
  17. HMB maintains healthy LDL levels.
  18. HMB helps maintain a healthy blood pressure
  1. Medium Chain Triglycerides Increase Fat Burning
  2. Medium Chain Triglycerides Increase Fat Loss
  3. Medium Chain Triglycerides Reduce Body Fat
  4. Medium Chain Triglycerides Reduce Fat Storage
  5. Medium Chain Triglycerides help generate a negative energy balance, which is essential for fat loss
  6. Medium Chain Triglycerides Increase Feelings of fullness
  7. Medium Chain Triglycerides increase Metabolic Rate
  8. Medium Chain Triglycerides Increase Calorie Burning
  9. Medium Chain Triglycerides Increase Energy Expenditure
  1. ZMA increases muscle strength during resistance training

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