Heart Energy, Anything New ?
Most of these things have been around since DAY 1.
Except maybe some of the formulations and blends available today.
Some doctors have reported amazing results using Ribose. Many have lost
the ability to make it in adequate amounts.
========== Ribose and Others mentioned below
Isomaltulose is also in Danao, a beverage mixture of fruit juice and skim
milk introduced in Spain by Danone. Japan's Yakult uses isomaltulose in its
Bifiene drinkable yogurt and says that it reduces the glycemic effect, as
well as serves as a stabilizing and masking agent of the probiotics, soy
protein and omega-3 fatty acids also found in the drink.
Ribose is another carbohydrate recognized for energy, but a different type
of energy: heart energy. Our heart muscle requires energy in the form of
adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the primary energy fuel for all the body's
cells. Research shows that a healthy heart constantly recycles its ATP, but
when diseased, this process slows and the heart does not receive adequate
energy to function. Other ATP deficiency states of the heart can occur
following periods of extreme activity or metabolic stress.
The heart has devised several mechanisms to preserve ATP recycling;
however, its limiting factor is the availability of the carbohydrate
ribose, the structural backbone of ATP and the starting point for ATP
synthesis.
Unless the heart has an adequate supply of ribose, it simply cannot meet
its energy requirements. The body makes ribose but various physical and
environmental stresses can reduce efficiency. Ribose ingredient is GRAS for
most foods and beverages, as well as dietary supplements, and can be used
in energy drinks, including those made from milk.
These are just a few of the many ingredients being promoted for increased
alertness and stamina, as well as improved mental and muscle performance.
There are many more, some with better clinical data than others when it
comes to their claims of fame. Be careful with what you claim, because we
are also living in a time of what was old is new again. The term energy
might soon become associated with calories, and that could scare customers
away.
Ribose, a unique, 5-carbon sugar that occurs naturally in all living cells
forms the carbohydrate portion of DNA and RNA, the building blocks of life.
Ribose is also the sugar that begins the metabolic process for production
of adenosine triphosphate (or ATP). ATP is the major source of energy used
by cells including muscle tissue for normal function.
Many sources exist.
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