Energy Boosting Ingredients

Energy Boosting Ingredients
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Find yourself needing more energy to complete your daily tasks?

Boost your energy with what Mother Nature has to offer.
These five energy-boosting ingredients help improve and stabilize your energy levels.

Green Tea
In recent years, green tea has gained popularity as a health drink. It can be enjoyed hot or cold, in whole leaves or powdered form. It is well-known for its high antioxidant content and health benefits. According to research, green tea can help increase fat burn and boost a person’s metabolic rate (Kristel Diepvens et al., 2007)¹. The caffeine content in green tea also helps mobilise fatty acids from fat tissues and making them available for energy. (Faidon Magkos et al., 2005,)². Besides, green tea also contains L-theanine which has been shown to improve various aspects of brain function, including mood, vigilance, reaction time, and memory (C. H. S. Ruxton, 2008)⁴.

Guarana
Guarana is a plant native to the Amazon. Amazonian tribes have used guarana for centuries for its therapeutic properties. (Nigel Smith et al., 2010)⁵. It contains an impressive range of stimulants, such as caffeine, theophylline and theobromine. Guarana is high in antioxidants, such as tannins, saponins and catechins (L.S. Bitterncourt et al., 2013)⁶. Guarana seeds may contain four to six times more caffeine than coffee bean (Givaldo Souza Da Silva et al., 2017)⁷, which may aid weight loss by boosting metabolism (A G Dulloo et al., 1989)⁸. Caffeine in guarana can also help improve mental alertness in sleep-deprived people (David M. Penetar et al., 1994)⁹.

Yerba Mate
Yerba mate is a traditional South American drink that's gaining worldwide popularity. With 24 kinds of vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids and numerous polyphenols, yerba mate nourishes and stimulates. Yerba mate has shown to improve muscle contractions and reduce fatigue (Nicholas A Ratamess et al., 2015)¹⁰, all of which may contribute to better physical performance. Besides, Yerba mate can help increase energy levels and boost mental focus (A Nehlig et al., 1992)¹¹ while reducing appetite, boosting metabolism and increasing fat burned for fuel (Ahmad Alkhatib 2014)¹². This could help with weight loss (Young-Rye Kang et al., 2012)¹³.

L-arginine
L-arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid. L-arginine has so many critical roles in your body, a deficiency in this amino acid can disrupt cellular and organ function and lead to serious adverse health outcomes (Claudia R Morris et al., 2017)¹⁴. Studies show that L- arginine stimulates lipolysis to activate fatty acids metabolism (Tan et al. Front Biosci. 2012)¹⁵. L-arginine supplements may enhance exercise performance by increasing nitric oxide in the body, which improves blood flow and oxygenation to muscles (N Pahlavani et al., 2016)¹⁶.

Taurine
Taurine is a type of amino acid found in many foods and often added to energy drinks and some researchers refer to it as a "wonder molecule" (Harris Ripps and Wen shen, 2012)¹⁷. Taurine has been shown to remove waste products that lead to fatigue and cause muscle burn. It also protects muscles from cell damage and oxidative stress (Thomas G Balshaw et al., 2013)¹⁸. In additional, it also increases fat burn (Jane A Rutherford, 2010)¹⁹ and decrease muscle damage (Song-Gyu Ra et al., 2013)²⁰.

L-glutamine
Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in blood and other body fluid (RadhaKrishna Rao and Geetha Samak, 2015)²¹. It is widely use in sports nutrition due to its immunomodulatory role and anti-fatigue properties (Audrey Yule Coqueiro et al., 2019)²². Some studies have shown that glutamine ingestion would increase the recovery rate, decrease muscle soreness and improve recovery after intense exercise. (Zachary Legault et al., 2014)²³. Besides, it also improves muscle gain and exercise performance. (D G Candow et al., 2001)²⁴.


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