Performance Nutrition Nashua NH - New Location
Check out our new Location in Nashua NH. We have moved from the main street location to 210 Daniel Webster Hwy. Check out our expanded selection, great prices, and get a free sample of some of the latest nutritional products.
As of Monday March 1 2010 we will be in the new location at 210 Daniel Webster Hwy.
Diesel Fuel Creatine – Harnessing the Natural Power of Insulin
ANS Diesel Fuel creatine builds muscle through several different pathways but for the purpose of this article we will touch on its effect on producing a natural insulin response.
This product has developed its own cult following by producing consistent positive results. It has also generated a lot of questions on why it works so much better than competing products. Read on to learn more about how Diesel Fuel creatine works.
ANS Diesel Fuel forces an insulin response in order to drive creatine and amino acids into the muscle for enhanced muscle growth. This concept involves using the body’s natural insulin response to drive increased levels of amino acids, creatine, and glucose into muscle during extremely intense training sessions. The net effect equals more rapid gains in strength and muscle.
Insulin is the chemical trigger that drives nutrients into muscle cells. The larger the insulin response the greater the anabolic response. It’s that simple.
Insulin up regulates and activates all the transport mechanisms responsible for pumping amino acids, creatine, and glucose (all of which are critical for building maximum muscle and strength) directly into the muscle tissue.
So in effect, going into a workout with insulin spiked, and the bloodstream loaded with an abundance of these nutrients, will produce the necessary anabolic environment for gains in mass and strength.
ANS has taken this strategy to an entirely new level with the advent of Diesel Fuel, by utilizing the body’s own insulin production to drive increased levels of anabolic nutrients into working muscle — effectively turning the body into an anabolic machine.
Diesel Fuel sets off a near skin-splitting pump. It should be noted that even though the pump feels very pronounced and is definitely addictive, it’s not the feel that’s anabolic. It’s what’s being pumped into the engorged muscle tissue that’s making the difference.
Diesel Fuel can be taken pre or post workout but if you are looking for the pre-workout insulin response make sure to dose it before your workout. If you really want to maximize results from this product mix it into a pre-workout product like SSL Rush or BioRhythm’s Juice.
Intek Fat Burner Evolution – Reduce Appetite and Burn Fat
The key ingredients in Intek’s Fat Burner Evolution have been shown to increase energy and stimulate the metabolism. By increasing nor epinephrine this product creates a thermogenic effect which allows the body to become energy inefficient. This causes the body to burn excess calories and waste them as heat, allowing an individual to use more calories throughout the day even while at rest. Fat Burner Evolution not only increases metabolic output but also forces your body to tap into fat as a fuel source by allowing the body to release stored energy (body fat) into the blood stream so it can be used as fuel. A patented appetite suppressant keeps cravings in check so you don’t have to fight hunger while moderating calories.
Try this product with Intek CLA Evolution as it enhances the fat mobilization effect.
BioRhythm SSIN Juice – Pre-workout Juice is Loose
BioRhythm SSIN Juice is a concentrated pre-workout with No fillers and No ingredients that cause bloat or stomach discomfort. Each scoop of only 4 grams packs the power of 20 grams of the traditional style pre-workout powder.
Juice is the ultimate in energy working on multiple energy system pathways to pump you up and increase focus and concentration without the crash.
Mental Energy, Intensity and Focus
1,3-dimethylamylamine also known as geranium will energize even the most hardcore energy supplement user. Geranium resembles the body’s own chemical messenger, epinephrine (adrenaline). Similar to adrenaline, geranium exhibits a powerful CNS stimulating ability, for increased energy, mental clarity, and physical performance. This is especially valuable to athletes during calorie restriction or when a high level of focus is needed. Geranium works through a similar pathway as ephedrine, causing an increase in cAMP (the chemical messenger that triggers fat release and thermogenic action). This is ideal for your workout as it will allow you to fuel off of fat while working out.
Tyrosine will give you that laser like focus keeping you in the zone while enduring even the most brutal of workouts. Tyrosine keeps the nervous system tuned up and you mind focused on the task at hand.
The precise dose and type of caffeine in Juice has been shown in studies to create a state of alertness. Caffeine also plays an interesting role in increasing muscle output and athletic performance. New research shows it improves reaction time and coordination. Caffeine taken prior to exercise also causes the body to release calcium stores which play a role in increasing the force in maximal muscle contractions. This can help an athlete generate more force to push more weight and more reps.
Physical Energy - The Book End Approach
While some products help promote energy and others focus on reducing fatigue Juice is one of the few to attack the energy cycle from both ends by promoting cellular energy and reducing fatigue toxins.
Mg2+ Creatine Chelate is a powerful low dose creatine that drives ATP production which supplies the muscle with energy to do more work meaning an ability in the gym to handle more repetitions and more weight.
Beta-alanine serves as the rate-limiting precursor of carnosine and as such, it has been shown that by supplementing with beta-alanine, you can greatly increase carnosine levels in skeletal muscle tissue. This is important because it acts as a buffer, preventing the increase of acidity or Hydrogen ion accumulation in skeletal muscle; something which contributes to the fatiguing of muscles. This process allows you to extend the duration of time the muscle is under tension which is important to muscle growth.
By addressing both the regeneration of ATP, while also limiting Hydrogen ion accumulation, BioRhythm SSIN Juice provides a one-two combination that effectively reduces fatigue and fuels energy production.
GPLC (Glycine Propionyl L Carnitine) and Athletic Performance
GPLC is a propionyl ester of carnitine (PLC) that includes an additional glycine component. Compared with other forms of carnitine, GPLC executes its powerful effects on muscle tissues, including the heart.
GPLC exerts powerful antioxidant effects against superoxide radicals and it limits lipid peroxidation. It plays an important role in energy production by acting as a vehicle for the transport of fatty acids into the mitochondria and as a vehicle for the removal of waste substances out of the mitochondria. GPLC maximizes muscle function by compensating for reduced oxygen availability during times of physical exertion and it offers powerful support for arterial blood flow. Under reduced oxygen conditions, GPLC also supports normal carbohydrate metabolism and minimizes lactic acid buildup.
In US studies, GPLC has been shown to increase NO levels in the human blood stream. Increases in NO optimize the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, and facilitate the body in producing ATP energy (energy at the muscle’s cellular level). NO is essential to anaerobic power activities such as strength training and bodybuilding and, in this capacity, helps to increase stamina, endurance and recovery.
GPLC also improves the pump associated with weight training through an increase in nitric oxide (NO) retention.
An increase in NO has the added benefit of antioxidant properties. NO aids in the expelling of metabolic waste build up, such as lactic acid and carbon dioxide – elements that decrease time to fatigue. An increase in NO thereby improves muscle efficiency, again increasing stamina, endurance and recovery.
Look for GPLC in products like EST’s Plasmatic.
Beware of Synthetic Vitamins
If you shop for your supplements at discount stores you may be seriously shortchanging yourself because those products typically use cheap synthetic isolates.
Millions gorge themselves on synthetic vitamins, only to acquire and die from degenerative diseases.
You see, isolated vitamins are partial vitamins, combined with other chemicals. They’re a low-end alternative to whole, real complete food. When you remove a part from the whole, you get ‘Synthetic,’ ‘Isolated,’ or ‘Fractionated’ pieces of the whole, but it’s simply not the same.
There are four problems with synthetic vitamins…
- Nature intended for you to consume food in WHOLE form because all the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes are together in one package. They work synergistically to give your body the nutrition it requires for optimal health.
- Your body only absorbs a small percentage of an isolate form of vitamins and minerals – and it utilizes even less. You get the best bioavailability in whole food form.
- Synthetic vitamins often give you massive quantities of some nutrients (usually the most inexpensive ones) and insufficient quantities of others, not balance.
- You can experience side effects of synthetic isolates from the additives and the unnatural state of the synthetic supplement.
You’ve heard it before… Fast food and a sedentary lifestyle can be a disaster for your health.
Don’t let your multivitamin add to the collateral damage. In fact, you want to be sure it makes a real and significant contribution to your health, especially if you’ve already adopted healthy lifestyle practices.
Check out ANS Natural Vita Greens for a good whole food based multivitamin.
The Importance of Nutrient Timing
The importance of nutrient timing has been one of the most important concepts discovered by sports nutritionists in the last 40 years. More recently, scientists discovered that feeding protein-carbohydrate supplements before or after resistive exercise caused greater increases in strength and muscle mass than training alone. At first, we thought that supplemental protein provided amino acids for increased muscle protein growth. Research show that amino acids from protein act as signaling chemicals that activate genes involved in protein synthesis. High-quality protein supplements fed immediately before and after training increased muscle mass and some measures or strength more than placebo or weight training alone. Whey protein supplements consumed before and after weight training are best for increasing muscle strength and size.
Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Can Increase Insulin Response
Insulin is a powerful anabolic hormone that increases muscle growth. It speeds the movement of amino acids into muscle cells and activates signaling chemicals that promote protein synthesis. Blood glucose is a powerful insulin stimulator, but amino acids can also trigger insulin release. Many athletes take protein or amino acids supplements before or after weight training to boost muscle mass and strength. The amino acids from protein act as building blocks for muscle repair and protein synthesis. Hydrolyzed whey protein has been shown to increases insulin release more so than regular whey protein. Hydrolyzed whey protein contains protein hydrolysates which are small packets of amino acids produced by breaking down proteins with acids or enzymes. Insulin release was 28 percent greater following ingestion of HWP compared to WP. The body absorbs HWP better than WP, which results in higher blood levels of specific aminos and greater potential for muscle protein synthesis.
For a great tasting product that uses Hydrolyzed whey protein try Intek Isolate Evolution.
Low Carb Diets May Reduce Inflammation
Inflammation promotes blood vessel disease, heart attack and stroke. Researches found that a low-carbohydrate diet reduced markers or inflammation and blood fats better than a low-fat diet in people with MS. MS is a group of symptoms linked to poor metabolic health that include insulin resistance, abdominal fat deposition, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low HDL (the good cholesterol), inflammation, type 2 diabetes and blood-clotting abnormalities. Low-carb diets reduced inflammation and improved blood-clotting regulation better than low-fat diets in people with MS.
Protein Supplements Shown to Increase Protein Synthesis
Protein supplements taken before or after weight training increase protein synthesis and decrease protein break-down. Research has found that consuming protein and carbohydrates every 15 minutes during a 2-hour weight-training workout reduced protein breakdown by 8.4 percent and increased protein synthesis by 33 percent compared to when they took a carb alone. Consuming the supplement during exercise increased blood levels of critical amino acids, such as BCAA’s phenylalanine and tyrosine. This still worked even when test subjects had eaten recently. In conclusion consuming protein during weight training stimulates full-body and muscle protein synthesis.
