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Energy booster

As we age, our bodies undergo a variety of changes. We often lose strength and energy due to declines in hormone levels and a more sedentary lifestyle. These changes can frequently interact with each other to produce compounding effects. While some of these declines in strength and energy levels are inevitable, they can also result from nutritional deficiencies and changes in lifestyle patterns. It is well known that both negative energy balance and muscle catabolism are consequences of physiological stress that often accompanies protein calorie malnutrition, strenuous physical exercise, physical trauma, burn injury, surgical trauma, malnutrition, maldigestion, malabsorption, hyperthyroidism, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, anorexia, cachexia, short bowel syndrome, old age, sepsis and other conditions. Regular exercise, good nutrition and appropriate dietary supplementation can lead to an increase in the energy levels, improving muscle cell function, maintaining ideal body weight, as well as leading to an extended growth and branching out of the capillary network, and optimization of the function of numerous enzyme systems. Maintaining a positive metabolic energy balance can help to alleviate such problems and also has a sparing effect on muscle catabolism that occurs during strenuous physical exertion causing fatigue. Glutamine is a major fuel source for immune cells, especially lymphocytes and macrophages, both key types of immune cells. Glutamine is the major fuel for the gut enterocyte and glutamine deficiency will decrease the gut mucosal barrier function leading to 'gut leak'. Glutamine assists in the wound healing process via direct utilization for fuel as well as indirectly by its anti-catabolic effects. Glutamine is a primary fuel for proliferating fibroblasts and macrophages. Glutamine is the primary amino acid used by the fibroblasts as an energy source in order to make collagen. Arginine is another key amino acid for the stressed patient which has been shown to have a wide range of important biologic effects especially when provided as a dietary supplement. These benefits include metabolic support immune system augmentation, improved wound healing and stimulation of overall anabolism. Creatine monohydrate is a nutrient that increases protein synthesis and intracellular water levels within the muscle fibers, resulting in greater strength and muscle mass. This boosts daily caloric expenditure, which will lower body-fat stores if food intake is unchanged. Ginseng has been shown to reduce mental fatigue from mental stress and also increase tolerance of stress. Ginseng may also be effective for anxiety when it is stress-induced. Panax ginseng main active components are ginsenosides and panoxosides, which have been shown to have a variety of beneficial effects, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer effects. Panax ginseng enhances phagocytosis, natural killer cell activity, and the production of interferon; improves physical and mental performance; causes vasodilation; increases resistance to exogenous stress factors; and affects hypoglycemic activity.

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