A clinical study by Dr. Jay Hoffman, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at the College of New Jersey, has shown Sustamine™ L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, increases performance in endurance exercise and activity. The study was published on February 3, 2010, in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN), a peer-reviewed journal covering various aspects of sports nutrition, supplementation, exercise metabolism, and/or scientific policies related to sports nutrition.
The data published in the Journal of ISSN shows:
- Significant performance reduction occurred when exercising to exhaustion in subjects' hypohydrated to 2.5% of body mass.
- When subjects ingested the Sustamine™ supplement during the rehydration period the magnitude of performance reduction was significantly less compared to the dehydrated condition.
- Water alone did not appear to significantly off-set the performance reduction.
The study showed the efficacy of Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine ingestion during Hydration Stress under intense exercise. The clinical study covered the ability of Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine to enhance fluid regulation in healthy, active individuals in relation to both endurance and high intensity exercise. Further discussion focuses on the potential ergogenic benefit that Sustamine™ has under these exercise and hydration stresses. The role that this dipeptide has on the inflammatory, immune and recovery responses to these stresses was also examined.