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POLYLACTATE is
a mixture of organic (mainly) and inorganic
salts of lactic acid. Thus,
POLYLACTATE is not an acid, but it is a
rapidly used fuel the use of which helps to
supply energy, maintain blood sugar
(glucose), and neutralize naturally produced
acids in the body, including lactic acid.
The use of POLYLACTATE to supply energy
rapidly in exercise, to bolster blood sugar,
and to neutralize (buffer) body acids during
exercise is explained in the following way.
Often in
nature, success in any system depends on
balance. For instance, for crop growth there
needs to be a balance of nutrient soil,
sunlight and water with excesses, or
insufficient amounts of one component
producing a poor result. So it is that
balance in human physiology determines
success of many metabolic processes. One
critically important process has to do with
the balance of formation and removal
(utilization) of lactic acid in muscle
during vigorous activity.
Recent
research indicates that when muscles use
blood sugar or stored carbohydrate
(glycogen), much of these carbohydrates are
converted to lactic acid. Lactic acid is a
very strong organic acid. In physiological
systems, almost all the lactic acid formed
dissociates to the extremely useful lactate
component (that represents 98.9%), and a
hydrogen ion, or proton that represents
1.1%. Usually in the body the production and
removal of lactic acid are in balance so
that despite rapid production, little
accumulates. In the past scientists thought
that during exercise lactate was a dead-end
metabolite which was produced because of
insufficient oxygen and caused fatigue. In
contrast, we now know that lactic acid is
produced all the time in many cells and
tissues, and in muscle, even at rest when
there is plenty of oxygen. Only when the
production outstrips removal does the acid
part of the molecule linger to cause
burning, fatigue and sensations that make
athletes want to quit activity.
Why the
body chooses to make lactic acid rapidly,
and why the body uses this metabolic
intermediate as the most important blood
borne carbohydrate during exercise is an
extremely complex, and revolutionary
concept. However, for our present purposes
we need only realize that the body needs and
uses lactate, but the body suffers if
hydrogen ions accumulate and causes lactic
acidosis. In the form of POLYLACTATE, we
then restore the balance of salt and acid by
providing lactate molecules, but without the
1.1% acid component.
Muscle can
use carbohydrates faster than lipids, more
energy is available for a given oxygen
supply, and muscles contract more forcefully
if carbohydrates are used as fuels.
Moreover, by releasing lactate during
exercise, some muscle can fuel other
muscles, including the heart which consume
and utilize lactate and protons from the
blood. Additionally, in the process of
producing sugar for the body during
exercise, the major material taken from the
blood by the liver is lactate. In fact, the
liver consumes two lactates and two acid
protons to make one sugar molecule.
With this
new knowledge in hand, it then becomes
obvious what to supply the athlete during
prolonged hard exercise and recovery; give
the body what it uses most rapidly, and give
it something which will help remove acid
protons formed during exercise. Give the
body a designer molecule, the lactate
without the acid proton, give the body
POLYLACTATE.
CYTOMAX,
the Fluid-Electrolyte Energy replacement
drink contains mainly the organic salt,
POLYLACTATE, but also a small amount of
inorganic potassium and sodium salts of
lactate. In this case lactate is used to
carry and replenish the salts lost in sweat
during exercise as well as to stimulate
thirst insuring hydration. However, relative
to energy use, inorganic salt loss during
exercise is slow. Therefore, should someone
try to replace energy during exercise by
using an inorganic salt, such as sodium,
potassium, or calcium lactate, rapidly the
lactate would be removed leaving a large
salt load with dehydration being the result.
Instead, with the completely organic
POLYLACTATE in which amino acids are used to
carry the lactate molecules, the body is
provided substances all of which are useful
during exercise and recovery.
Summary
In summary,
for replacing fluid, electrolytes, and
energy, and for stimulating body glucose
production and for buffering the effects of
acids produced during exercise,. consider
using CYTOMAX which is blended with all
these processes in mind. |
