Pure Bulk Beta Alanine 500g - - : Purebulk.com, Wholesale Nutritional Supplements

Exchange Rates
November 22, 2008

USD: 1.00000
EUR: 0.82337
GBP: 0.69486
CAD: 1.27951
AUD: 1.60618

No Hype, No Hassles, No Fillers
Trans-Global Shipping? No Problem.

Products :: Beta Alanine :: Beta Alanine 500g

Product 4/4

$21.75

Click to Enlarge
Unit Weight: 500 grams
Unit Volume: 935 cc

Click to Enlarge
Certificate of Analysis

Click to Enlarge
Volumetric Equivalents

Beta Alanine, 500 grams

This pharmaceutical grade amino acid, Beta Alanine, is assayed by the manufacturer to be 99.9% pure bulk powder product with no fillers, anticaking agents or additives. You will receive a labeled heavy-duty 4 mil polyethylene bag containing 500 grams of this as manufactured pure bulk powder product. Five hundred grams is also 500 grams, or approximately 1.102 pounds, or approximately 17.637 ounces by weight. You won't receive the fancy retail packaging, but you will receive a great deal at or below wholesale prices for a high purity bulk quantity of this product. Beta Alanine has almost no taste and dissolves quickly in water. You can add your dose to water, stir and drink, or you can add your Beta Alanine dose to juice or smoothies.

The typically recommended daily dose for Beta Alanine is between 3 and 4 grams per day. Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that a 100 kilogram athlete will most effectively benefit from a daily dose of 4 grams per day (3 grams per day for a 75 kilogram athlete). But care should be taken to start at lower doses of between 500 milligrams and 1 gram per single dose so you can familiarize yourself with the paraesthesia (tingling) effects you will experience when taking this nutritional supplement. After you have become accustomed to the paraesthesia effects of Beta Alanine and you are not discomforted by them you may then increase your single doses to your optimal single dose. The optimally effective single dose for a 75 kilogram male athlete or body builder is 1 gram taken three times per day, or 1.5 grams taken twice per day. For a 100 kilogram male athlete or body builder the optimal single dose would be 1 & 1/3 gram taken three times per day, or 2 grams taken twice per day.

In human physiology Beta Alanine is the only naturally occuring beta amino acid, meaning that the amino group in attached to the beta (ß) position relative to the carboxylate group. Beta Alanine's IUPAC name is 3-aminopropanoic acid. Beta Alanine is a constituent of both L-Carnosine and D-Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), two nutritional supplements that we also carry in our inventory. D-Calcium Pantothenate is in turn a constituent of Coenzyme A. Because Beta Alanine is a precursor in the synthesis of L-Carnosine clinical studies have demonstrated that Beta Alanine supplementation can significantly increase L-Carnosine blood levels [1,2], reduce symptoms of fatigue during and following strenuous exercise [2], and increase total muscular work performance during high intesity physical activity [2]. Clinical studies have also demonstrated that Beta Alanine when taken in two or more divided doses of between 500 milligrams to 1 gram per dose can significantly increase intramuscular L-Carnosine content in amounts ranging from 18% to more than 200% in some individuals [4],[5].

Paraesthesia (tingling effects) will usually be felt more notably in the face and hands and experienced by most individuals when consuming amounts of more than 10 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. For an average 75 kilogram (165 pound) male the dose that would likely cause mild to moderate tingling effects is approximately 750 milligrams (0.75 grams). Feelings of paraesthesia will vary individually but with doses approaching 20 milligrams per kilogram of body weight (1.5 grams or a rounded 1/4 teaspoon for an 75 kilogram male) the majority of individuals will report moderate to significant paraesthesia (tingling effects). With the consumption of single doses approaching 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight (3 grams or a rounded 1/2 teaspoon for a 75 kilogram male) most individuals will report paraesthesia effects accompanied by severe and painful discomfort. Most individuals should never take more than 2 grams (approximately a level 1/2 teaspoon) Beta Alanine in a single dose without the advice and/or conscent of their physician. Paraesthesia symptoms can usually be avoided completely with doses of between 500 milligrams and 1 gram (one level 1/8 teaspoon to one level 1/4 teaspoon) and spaced in intervals of 2 or more hours. It is interesting to note that double blind clinical studies of Beta Alanine supplimentation have typically used lower doses below 1 gram (the threshold at which symptoms of paraesthesia occur) so as to avoid the influence of paraesthesia feelings as contrasted with placebo. Higher doses of Beta Alanine in a range in which paraesthesia syptoms occur (greater than 1 gram per single dose) may indeed be more effective than lower doses but clinical studies have largely not been done to date studying the effects of these larger doses. Paraesthesia (tingling) symtoms typically onset at between 5 and 10 minutes following ingestion and usually peak between 30 and 45 minutes following ingestion. Paraesthesia sensations from Beta Alanine are usually unnoticable at between 90 and 120 minutes following ingestion.

Side effects and symptoms of over use of Beta Alanine principally involve uncomfortable and sometimes painful feelings of Paraesthesia (tingling sensation) but in some cases may include gastric upset, nausia and/or vomiting. In most cases individuals will experience these symptoms and side effects when consuming higher than the recommended dose, or possibly with low doses when a specific allergy or food or chemical aversion is encountered. If you experience any problems, uncomfortable or painful Paraesthesia (tingling effects), side effects, or other symptoms of overuse as a result of your consumption of this product you should reduce your dose. If symptoms persist you should stop taking this product altogether and consult your physician.

References:
1. Derave W, Ozdemir MS, Harris R, Pottier A, Reyngoudt H, Koppo K, Wise JA, Achten E. (Aug 9). "Beta-alanine supplementation augments muscle carnosine content and attenuates fatigue during repeated isokinetic contraction bouts in trained sprinters". J Appl Physiol.
2. Hill CA, Harris RC, Kim HJ, Harris BD, Sale C, Boobis LH, Kim CK, Wise JA. (2007). "Influence of beta-alanine supplementation on skeletal muscle carnosine concentrations and high intensity cycling capacity". Amino Acids 32 (2): 225-33.
3. Harris RC, Tallon MJ, Dunnett M, Boobis L, Coakley J, Kim HJ, Fallowfield JL, Hill CA, Sale C, and Wise JA (2006) The absorption of orally supplied ß-alanine and its effect on muscle carnosine synthesis in human vastus lateralis. Amino Acids. 30:279-289.
4. Bate-Smith EC (1938) The buffering of muscle in rigor: protein, phosphate and carnosine. Journal of Physiology. 92:336-343.
5. Mannion AF, Jakeman PM, Dunnett M, Harris RC, and Willan PLT (1992) Carnosine and anserine concentrations in the quadriceps femoris muscle of healthy humans. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 64:47-50.

$21.75