Alanine Benefits
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Alanine's benefits include:
- Alanine helps to maintain correct glucose levels in the body and assists in converting glucose into energy
Alanine is one of the key nutrients that helps the body to maintain correct glucose levels in the body, especially as alanine is vital to help the body metabolise the glucose and helps the body utilise it as energy. - Significantly improves muscular endurance during resistance training
Studies show that alanine, in the form of Beta-alanine improves performance in athletes undergoing repeated sets of weightlifting. The beta-alanine supplementation might alter hormone concentrations in a way that would benefit performance. Other studies also show that beta-alanine supplementation may improve athlete performance and reduce intramuscular fatigue allowing athletes to train harder and longer
Alanine is one of the key nutrients that helps the body to maintain correct glucose levels in the body
- Alanine is required to help the liver eliminate toxins
Alanine is required by the liver to help it safely eliminate any toxins so that they are not accumulated by the body and produce unhealthy effects. It also helps to maintain liver health and in particular helps to prevent hepatitis infection and fatty liver.
References
- Hoffman J, Ratamess NA, Ross R, Kang J, Magrelli J, Neese K, Faigenbaum AD, Wise JA. Beta-alanine and the hormonal response to exercise.. Int J Sports Med. 2008 Dec;29(12):952-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1038678. Epub 2008 Jun 11
- Stout JR, Cramer JT, Mielke M, O'Kroy J, Torok DJ, Zoeller RF. Effects of twenty-eight days of beta-alanine and creatine monohydrate supplementation on the physical working capacity at neuromuscular fatigue threshold. J Strength Cond Res. 2006 Nov;20(4):928-31.