ProteinCo Energy Booster
ProteinCo Energy Booster
I spent many years training and competing in cycling without a clue about nutrition. I learned the hard way through trial and error, bonking more times than I care to remember. Then someone told me it takes 2 weeks to recover from bonking. That got my attention and I started learning all I could about nutrition and health as it related to improved performance.
Around the same time, a fellow racer who who was just turning professional, mentioned the ingredient OKG to me. He said the guys racing the Tour de France and other stage races felt they couldn’t compete without a supplement containing OKG. When muscle proteins are broken down, plasma ammonia and amino acids increase in your urine. This causes a negative nitrogen balance which means you breakdown rather than build muscle. When racing day after day like they do in cycling stage races, their bodies can’t keep up with removing ammonia fast enough and serious fatigue sets in.
Finding a way to soak up the excess ammonia and get rid of it became mandatory if you wanted to compete or train day after day. I never raced in the Tour de France, but I did compete in stage races up to 5 days long. I found out Energy Booster by ProteinCo contains 3 ingredients that work together to absorb and remove ammonia. It wasn’t until I tried it that I realized my sweat smelled like ammonia all the time. After about a week of daily use, I no longer smelled ammonia in my cycling clothing. I had been operating in a state of semi chronic fatigue without having a clue as to why.
I have to admit I bought into the energy drink hype and used them on occasion to try to boost energy during a race and to get that kick for a sprint. All they did was make me feel jittery and quesy, sometimes for a couple days after the race. Now, instead of hurting myself with massive stimulants, artificial color and really bad sweeteners like sucralose, I use Energy Booster. I carry the capsules in my jersey pocket and take them about an hour before the end of the race. The quercitin provides a natural kick as profound as any energy drink I ever tried. I don’t have any side effects afterwards and I feel more capable of training or racing hard for days in a row. When I’m not using it for an energy pop during races, I take 2-4 capsules in the morning depending on how hard I trained the previous day. I definitely feel the benefit of better ammonia removal so I strongly recommend you buy a bottle and see what improvements you notice.
