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Amino Acids
Alpha Ketoglutarates (AKG)
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AminoTherapy
by NutraBio represents a breakthrough in amino acid supplementation:
AminoTherapy amino acids contain absolutely no fillers, excipients, flavors,
sweeteners or additives of any kind, unless absolutely necessary. Just 100% pure active amino acids for
maximum bio-availability and optimized results. Other manufacturers, in an
effort to keep costs down, dilute their products with cheap fillers and add chemical excipients to increase their manufacturing output,
we don't! NutraBio's AminoTherapy amino acids
undergo state of the art analysis to insure zero tolerance for impurities.
Amino Acid
Alpha-Ketoglutarates are amino acids
with an alpha-ketoglutaric acid (AKG) molecule attached. This AKG transport
molecule helps the amino acid bypass the gut and enter the muscle cell
directly giving you superior absorption. Unlike L- form amino acids, AKGs
are shuttled directly to the muscle cells rather than being absorbed and
used by the small intestines for nucleotide synthesis. This makes AKG aminos
the perfect choice if your goal is building muscle, but maybe not the best
choice if you have more generalized health goals. AKG drives the amino acid
into muscle cells creating a pro-anabolic environment.
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Amino acid
alpha-ketoglutarates are technically amino acids derivatives. Their
ergogenic effects are similar to those of their base free form amino acids,
but by molecularly bonding it to AKG, its ergogenic effects become more
pronounced within the muscle cell itself. The presence of the AKG molecule
not only enhances the function of amino acid and overcomes its inherent
limitations, but also increases its absorption rate thereby reducing the
need for large doses, which may put less stress on the body. An added
benefit is that AKG is a precursor to glutamine, so when the AKG is finished
doing its job as a shuttle molecule it gets converted into glutamine. No
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Amino acids are the building
blocks of protein in the body and are essential for the synthesis of
structural proteins, enzymes, some hormones and neurotransmitters. Amino
acids are also involved in numerous metabolic pathways that affect exercise
metabolism. Consequently, it has been suggested that athletes involved in
intense training require additional protein in the diet or that they should
supplement their diet with specific amino acids.
There are twenty amino acids
which are coded for DNA and therefore are used for protein synthesis. Of
these twenty, humans can only produce ten within their body. These ten are known as
non-essential amino acids since it is not essential that we get them through
food or supplementation because our bodies can produce them. The ten
essential amino acids that we can produce are alanine, asparagine, aspartic
acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and
tyrosine. Tyrosine is produced from phenylalanine, so if the diet is
deficient in phenylalanine, tyrosine will be required as well.
The other ten must be
supplied in the food we eat or through supplementation. Failure to obtain
enough of even one of the ten essential amino acids can result in a
degradation of the body's proteins, (your muscle) to obtain the one amino
acid that is needed. Unlike fat and starch, the human body does not store
excess amino acids for later use so the amino acids must be in the food we
eat every day.
The essential amino acids are arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,
lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. These
amino acids are required in the diet because the human body does not have
all the the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of all of the amino acids.
Below is a list of the
twenty amino acids that are coded by DNA for use in protein synthesis. There
are many other amino acids such as ornithine and GABA for example, that have
important uses in our body but are not used in protein synthesis. Creatine
is also considered an amino acid and is actually a combination of three amino acids -
Arginine, Glycine and Methionine.
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