Sports Supplements: HDAA Supporting Your Metabolic Systems for Performance

When you exercise, especially in warm conditions or for extended periods, your body loses more than just water and electrolytes — it also loses High-Demand Amino Acids (HDAA) such as histidine, glycine, serine, lysine, aspartic acid, and ornithine.

Research shows that dehydration and amino acid losses can affect the metabolic systems that underlie focus, concentration, and neural activity. Maintaining hydration and replenishing HDAA can help your body sustain the factors that contribute to these metabolic processes.

Hydration + HDAA: A Metabolic Support System

Dehydration has been shown to reduce concentration and cognitive responsiveness during exercise. HDAA play a critical role in metabolic pathways that underpin neural function:

• Histidine contributes to the formation of carnosine and haemoglobin, supporting cellular oxygen transport and pH buffering.
  

• Glycine is required for the synthesis of neurotransmitters and other molecules essential for metabolic reactions.
  

• Aspartic acid and serine help generate molecules used in energy transfer and cellular metabolism.
  

By replenishing these amino acids in a post workout recovery drink with fluids and electrolytes, you support the body’s energy and hydration systems, which are essential for maintaining normal cognitive processes during exercise.

Why HDAA Are a Smart Addition

Traditional hydration or protein drinks replace fluid and electrolytes, but they may not fully restore the amino acids lost through sweat and metabolism. InnovAAte’s HDAA formulation ElectrAAte®, provides a balanced blend of HDAA with electrolytes and fluids, helping your body maintain the metabolic factors associated with focus, alertness, and neural responsiveness.

By ensuring amino acids, electrolytes, and fluids are available, your body can sustain:

• Cellular energy transfer
  

• Oxygen transport
  

• Neurotransmitter metabolism
  

• Recovery of metabolic balance
  

The Takeaway

Maintaining hydration and replenishing HDAA is a key part of supporting the metabolic systems underlying cognitive function during exercise. A thoughtfully formulated post-workout recovery drink that combines fluids, electrolytes and HDAA, provides the components your body loses during sweat and metabolism, helping maintain the metabolic environment that supports alertness and responsiveness.

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