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226ers Caffeine Express and the consumption of caffeine for athletes
Caffeine is an ergogenic help allowed with enough scientific support on its effectiveness for more than 20 years. It has multiple effects on the body, acting at the muscular, metabolic level and as a stimulant.
The degree of scientific evidence that is achieved is "A", and therefore exists for almost 10 years in an international positioning of the International Sports Nutrition Society that endorses it.
Recent research continues to endorse this substance, especially for resistance sports. To get the most out of this substance, it is important to use it with an adequate and individualized protocol and in the face of this, doubts always arise. How much caffeine should be taken to make it effective? Is there a maximum? And a minimum? What are the best sources of caffeine? When should it be taken? How long does the effect last?
To start, it is interesting to talk about quantity and timing. On average term it is recommended to ingest an amount of 3-6 mg of caffeine per kg of body weight, around 30-45 ’of the moment you want to act, it is when the maximum peak is reached which can be maintained around 60’, having a half-life of 6h, time that the caffeine will continue to act in the organism. The old very high doses of caffeine> 6 mg/ kg are even recommended in some occasions doses less than 3 mg/ kg weight being able to have an ergogenic effect.
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However, the individual response should always be assessed, and keep in mind that in unusual consumers of caffeine the doses must be lower.
As sources of caffeine, one that is of quality should be sought. There are various forms of intake from food such as coffee, tea, chocolate; medicine; Gels like the 226ers Energy Gels Bio. However, it is quite complicated to find a product that only caffeine.
Therefore 226ers launches Caffeine Express 100 mg., some capsules exclusively with caffeine being an exceptional source, since it has already been shown that pure caffeine (anhydra) has a greater effect than for example the same amount ingested based on coffee.
The characteristics that make this product very interesting are the following:
- Quantified caffeine. Unlike other sources of caffeine, especially food or drinks, with Caffeine Express 100 mg. You can know the exact amount of caffeine that is ingested, thus being able to raise more successful and precise intake protocols.
- Dose. Its 100 mg of caffeine per capsule allows to cover the total caffeine intake with only 2-3 shots. It can be interesting when the duration of the test is less than 2h and you want to ingest the entire caffeine at once, or to raise re-ossosis in longer duration tests.
- Combination with other products. To cover caffeine needs during a test (3-6 mg/kg of weight), they are a good complement to combine it with 226ers Energy Gels Bio either Sub-9 Pro Salts Electrolytes, which contain sodium and caffeine.
- Easy to carry. Its transport is simple, just like its accessibility. This allows you to use them during sports tests, or have them close when symptoms of fatigue appear.
Guillermo Olcina Director of the Endurance Research Lab, 226ers Doctor of Sports Sciences
Sources:- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11583104 .
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28872376
- https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-7-5
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25355191
