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Oct 22, 2015

by 226ERS #FeedYourDreams

Juanba Miñana returns to #Feedyourdreams to tell us about the importance of creatine, glutamine and BCAA's.

We are currently attending a “boom” in the ergogenic aid market: numerous brands are born, with more or less broad catalogs and in some cases, with names of products that seek to be striking and that even are even difficult to pronounce. In my professional facet, oriented to the care of athletes, nutrition and supplementation, I observe that there are many "the hurry to innovate" and little the real draft of those innovations. Some products have the same route as the typical summer song: a brilliant appearance and apparent success but soon they fall into oblivion. And you realize that there are issues that are the ones that end up hearing the most; Some authentic classics whose draft covers more than one generation (does no Queen's song, direct Straits or Bruce Springsteen come to mind, for example?). Bringing it to the field of ergogenic aids, I realize that some "of the songs" that I hear the most are creatine, glutamine and branched amino acids (BCAA’s). When we talk about creatine, surely we quickly think about anabolic processes, musculation periods and short and intense exercises, it certainly is, but you can also attribute a repair and importance role in the recovery period. In addition, it must be borne in mind that creatine has alkalizing capacity, so it also acts neutralizing the acidity that occurs by the metabolism of the muscle cell itself and correlates with fatigue. Apart from its importance in those athletes with a low intake of meat and fish, it is a very useful ergogenic help in periods in which hypertrophy is sought, in periods where strength exercises and even in sessions of intense and explosive efforts such as series of series predominate. However, and although more research is needed in this regard, it can be useful in resistance sports, using it, yes, to maintenance doses and for specific periods of time. Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in our body, being immune and intestinal cells, those that consume it most. Under normal conditions, the body is able to synthesize the necessary amounts, but in times of stress or excessive load, the synthesis capacity can be compromised and an exogenous contribution is necessary; In fact, low glutamine levels have been identified in states of oversight and fatigue.The new BCAA's with composition 8: 1: 1 of 226ers For me, and returning to the simile of music, it is one of the successes that most skewer at the beginning of the season and in periods of load and competition; Not only because of its possible role in the maintenance of intestinal integrity and immune function but also because of its anticatabolic and maintenance role of muscle function. Ramified amino acids, leucine, valina and isoleucine (BCAA’s) are metabolized in the muscle, unlike the rest of amino acids (in a general way) that do in the liver. Some studies indicate that BCAA’s can help preserve glycogen levels, also have an anabolic effect (mainly thanks to leucine), actively participating in the muscle recovery process. In the market there are numerous presentations of BCAA’s, being the current trend to seek formulas enriched with leucine in order to maximize the anabolic and anticatabolic effects that it presents.