Research Highlights

DiCalcium Malate Scores Highest in
Bioavailability Study
A recent study, titled “Comparison of Calcium Absorption from Various Calcium-Containing Products in Healthy Human Adults: A Bioavailability Study,” compared the absorption rates of four different forms of calcium: an amino acid chelate, a buffered chelate, calcium carbonate, and dicalcium malate from Albion Advanced Nutrition. Researchers found that the dicalcium malate was the most bioavailable of the four calcium forms in the study, and had a longer half-life as well. In light of these findings, another clinical study is underway to further evaluate the advantage potential for dicalcium malate.
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PeptoPro Increases Physical Performance in
Trained Athletes
Recent trials at the German Olympic Support Center in Essen have shown that consumption of PeptoPro, the protein hydrolysate from DSM Food Specialties, helps speed athlete recovery after rigorous activity, boosting their performance in subsequent exercise. The trials, designed and run by Dr. Alf, from the Sports and Medicine Department of the Olympic Support Center, observed and measured the contribution of Multipower Re-Charge, a commercially available mixture of PeptoPro and carbohydrates and another product that contained only carbohydrates. Fifty athletes between the ages of 17 and 39, and from a variety of sports backgrounds participated in the trial.
Athletes refrained from rigorous exercise for 24 hours prior to starting the trial. Following an overnight fast, the subjects performed an exercise protocol until an agreed blood lactate level had been reached. Once the exercise was completed, the athletes entered a four-hour recovery phase, during which each athlete drank four 330 ml doses of Multipower Re-Charge drink or the same amount of carbohydrate-based drink. Each dose contained 8.2 grams of CHO per 100 ml; the Multipower Re-Charge sports drink contained an additional 4.2 grams of easily absorbed protein (PeptoPro).
At the end of the recovery period, all athletes were then subjected to a second rigorous physical exercise protocol. The whole test was repeated after one week, with all drinks being offered and consumed in a double-blind methodol-ogy. Comparison of the athletes’ performance with and without PeptoPro showed a significant improvement from 39 of the 50 athletes tested for those that consumed the Multipower protein/carbohydrates Re-Charge drink during the recovery phase.
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Selenium SeLECT More Bioavailable than Other Forms of Selenium
A recent study, titled “Effects of Chemical Form of Selenium on Plasma Biomarkers in a High-Dose Human Supplementation Trial,” published in the April 2006 edition of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal distributed by the American Association for Cancer Research, found that bioavailability of selenium was greatest for selenomethionine (as Selenium SeLECT from