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by professional atheletes.
INGREDIENTS: Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Orange Juice concentrate, Young Coconut Water, Evaporated Cane Juice, Ribose, Guarana Extract, Super Citrimax®, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Ginger Root, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sea Salt, L-carnatine, Camu Camu and Tamarind Paste.
RIBOSE: Boosts Muscle Energy
L-CARNITINE: Strengthens Heart & Burns Fat for Energy
SUPER CITRIMAX: Improves Performance
GUARANA: Improves Focus & Reduces Mental Fatigue
TAMARIND: Natural Source of Vitamins B & C
Plus COCONUT WATER: Delivers Fuel to the Cells
ALL NATURAL, SAFE & LONG LASTING
Energy shots and drinks have become a mainstay in athletic preparedness. However, the hype and marketing used to force the consumer to believe that nerve stimulation is energy is deceptive. This practice creates an increased medical concern regarding the long term effects of dangerously high amounts of caffeine, high fructose corn syrup, a nerve damaging overdose of B vitamins and the assumed benefits from amino acid cocktails.
ISO5 Energy Shot combines proven and safe elements that drive your body's natural energy cycle.
RIBOSE: Used to improve athletic performance and the ability to exercise by boosting muscle energy. It is also used to improve symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, and coronary artery disease. Ribose is used to prevent symptoms such as cramping, pain, and stiffness after exercise in people with an inherited disorder called myoadenylate deaminase deficiency (MAD) or AMP deaminase deficiency (AMPD deficiency). [1]
L-CARNATINE: 90 to 95% of your body's energy is produced by the mitochondria through a process that uses ATP, the "Holy Grail" of energy. Without ATP, life would not be possible. Natural L-carnitine is an important part of this process. Carnitine acts as a transporter, picking up the fatty acid fuel which flows through your blood plasma, delivering it to the mitochondria. It is here where energy is made. While short and medium chain fatty-acids can enter the mitochondrial membrane by themselves, the long-chain fatty acids need carnitine as a transport vehicle. Without carnitine they cannot make it into the mitochondria. [2,3]
SUPER CITRIMAX: Extracted from the South Asian fruit Garcinia cambogia, Super CitriMax contains standardized levels of hydroxycitric acid (HCA), which is clinically shown to provide satiety, suppress appetite, and inhibit fat production without stimulating the central nervous system. This allows for increased performance during exercise and an elevated mood feeling "afterburn" that lasts longer when exercising follows a fasted state. [4]
GUARANA: As a dietary supplement, guarana is an effective energy booster because it contains about twice the caffeine found in coffee beans (about 2-4.5% caffeine in guarana seeds compared to 1-2% for coffee beans). The Xanthine content of guarana, coupled with the its naturally occurring caffeine is of interest for potential effects on cognition. [5,6,7]
TAMARIND PASTE: Contains a rich supply of naturally occurring antioxidants, Vitamin C, B-vitamins, and phytochemicals.
[1] Stephen L. Dodda, Clarence A. Johnsonb, Kelijo Fernholzb, John A. St. Cyrb, "The role of ribose in human skeletal muscle metabolism." 7 October 2003, Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118205, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
[2] Wall BT, Stephens FB, Constantin-Teodosiu D, Marimuthu K, Macdonald IA, Greenhaff PL. University of Maastricht; Chronic oral ingestion of L-carnitine and carbohydrate increases muscle carnitine content and alters muscle fuel metabolism during exercise in humans: the dual role of muscle carnitine in exercise metabolism. J Physiol. 2011 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print]
[3] J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2009 Apr 2;6:9. Glycine propionyl-L-carnitine produces enhanced anaerobic work capacity with reduced lactate accumulation in resistance trained males. Jacobs PL, Goldstein ER, Blackburn W, Orem I, Hughes JJ. Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314, USA.
[4] Ohia SE, Opere CA, LeDay AM, Bagchi M, Bagchi D, Stohs SJ., Safety and mechanism of appetite suppression by a novel hydroxycitric acid extract (HCA-SX). Department of Pharmacy Sciences, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. seohia@creighton.edu,Mol Cell Biochem. 2002 Sep;238(1-2):89-103.
[5] Espinola EB, Dias RF, Mattei R, Carlini EA (February 1997). "Pharmacological activity of Guarana (Paullinia cupana Mart.) in laboratory animals". J Ethnopharmacol 55 (3): 223*9. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01506-1. PMID 9080343.
[6] Haskell CF, Kennedy DO, Wesnes KA, Milne AL, Scholey AB (January 2007). "A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-dose evaluation of the acute behavioral effects of guarana in humans". J. Psychopharmacol. (Oxford) 21 (1): 65*70. doi:10.1177/0269881106063815. PMID 16533867.
[7] Kennedy DO, Haskell CF, Robertson B, Reay J, Brewster-Maund C, Luedemann J, Maggini S, Ruf M, Zangara A, Scholey AB. Appetite. 2008 Mar-May;50(2-3):506-13. Epub 2007 Oct 30."Improved cognitive performance and mental fatigue following a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement with added guarana (Paullinia cupana)."Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK. david.kennedy@northumbria.ac.uk
