Monthly Archives: December 2009

Sports nutrition ingredient, Peak ATP, will benefit from wider market protection after its manufacturer, Missoula-based, TSI Health Sciences was awarded new, wider-ranging patent protection covering dosing rates, delivery methods and use with other compounds. The new patent covers methods for increasing muscle strength and muscle mass through oral supplementation of ATP and methods of administering effective doses. Peak ATP provides the exact molecule the human body needs to create energy, making it effective for a variety of clinical indications, such as energy, athletic performance and anti-aging, said TSI Health Sciences. The ingredient is said to raise ATP levels in blood and tissues, enhance the delivery of glucose, nutrients and oxygen to working and recovering muscles and to help remove catabolic waste products. The timing is great for sports companies to embrace Peak ATP, a highly effective, clinically substantiated performance ingredient with a strong safety profile . read more

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In the world of college sports, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has extremely strict provisions surrounding illegal street drugs and performance-enhancing drugs. But, according to Mary Wilfert, associate director of education outreach for health and safety for the NCAA, that doesn’t mean a drug problem exists in college sports. Florio said a “large majority” of the baseball players in junior college take performance-enhancing drugs because the institutions do not have funding for the drug tests. According to Wilfert, the NCAA doesn’t ban specific drugs; rather, the NCAA bans entire classes of drugs, allowing specific exceptions. read more

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