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Use Fasting To Burn Body Fat & Get In Shape: https://ift.tt/2QLoTPm Click Here to Check Out & Subscribe to Thomas' Channel: http://Bit.ly/ThomasVid Quick Fasting Workout Hack - Thomas DeLauer Beta-alanine, also known as 3-aminopropanoic acid, is a non-essential amino acid - together with histidine, it produces carnosine, which is then stored in your skeletal muscles In humans, carnosine is concentrated in tissues that have a high energy demand, such as muscle and brain Beta Alanine & Training During exercise, the formation of ATP and rise in hydrogen (H+) ions occurs - the rise in H+ ions is mainly due to lactic acid production, which lowers the body’s pH (i.e. creating a more acidic state) As the acidity rises, it’s harder to contract the muscle, and fatigue can result - so if the body can combat the acidity, it can keep working harder The body’s first line of defense against this acidic pH is inside the muscle cell - carnosine is able to buffer H+ ions in muscle cells - buffering can neutralize lactic acid and simultaneously increase ATP stores So without enough beta-alanine the body can’t make carnosine effectively, which means that these essential cellular functions are impeded Since most people usually have enough histidine, and since consuming histidine by itself seems to have little to no impact on cellular carnosine levels, the limiting factor in carnosine synthesis is beta-alanine If we increase carnosine levels in cells through beta-alanine supplementation, we can enhance intracellular buffering and reduce acid accumulation during exercise Therefore, in people doing exercise that causes significant alterations in cellular pH and high amounts of lactate in the blood, beta-alanine may improve performance and therefore lead to greater training adaptations Supplementing Carnosine Carnosine isn’t absorbed very well in humans - when it’s consumed, it will actually be broken down into its respective amino acids (beta-alanine and histidine) When those amino acids enter a muscle cell, they will join to form carnosine again - so someone who supplements with carnosine would really just be using it as a beta-alanine source. Study Time to Exhaustion A study published in the journal Amino Acids looked at 13 male subjects were supplemented with beta-alanine Researchers found that 4 weeks of supplements increased total work completed by 13% - it increased by an additional 3.2% after 10 weeks Tingling/Itchy Feeling The tingling feeling is known as acute paresthesia - the exact reason for acute paresthesia when taking beta-alanine is unknown, though ideas have been formed The feeling is most likely caused because of the effect beta-alanine has on your central nervous system - the characteristic itch can be attributed, at least in part, to a kind of histamine response In one study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers tested the effects of beta alanine and L-alanine by administering both amino acids intradermally (i.e. between the layers of the skin) Their findings supported the histamine response theory & that the primary mechanism for this particular response is a yet to be identified histamine-independent neural pathway (which is a fancy way of saying that the response works independently of our larger histamine system to get our nerve endings excited). Researchers concluded that it is not currently known whether β-alanine, consumed orally in humans, elicits itch by acting directly (or through a metabolite) on the nerve endings of neurons or at some other site along the pathways mediating itch As always, keep it locked in on the channel, and don't forget to: "Like" "Share" & "Subscribe" to SixPackAbs.com I'll see you next time, -Thomas Achieve The Body You Deserve: https://ift.tt/2QLoTPm P.S. Make sure to Like & Share this video on Facebook: https://youtu.be/UwQcQ724OsI References 1) Effects of ?-alanine supplementation on exercise performance: a meta-analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ift.tt/2hz1DWu 2) Mechanisms of itch evoked by ?-alanine. (17, October). Retrieved from https://ift.tt/2mWXz23 3) Mechanisms of itch evoked by ?-alanine. (17, October). Retrieved from https://ift.tt/2mWXz23 4) International society of sports nutrition position stand: Beta-Alanine. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ift.tt/2PsHva7 5) Saunders B , et al. (n.d.). β-alanine supplementation to improve exercise capacity and performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. - PubMed - NCBI. Retrieved from https://ift.tt/2vdFL8m


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