Bioenergy Life Science researchers recently became the first team to test caffeine, ribose and glucose using a fatigue model in mice. The company believes these results may lead to changes in the ingredient ratios used in energy products.
 
For three days prior to the start of the experiment, mice swam to the point of exhaustion so that their energy reserves were low. During the actual experiment, the mice swam in the morning and afternoon for three days. On the third day, their swimming time dropped more than 20% compared to their baseline average over the first two days.
 
On day four, the mice were fed their normal diet plus one of four treatments. Then their endurance was once again tested by how long they were able to swim.
 
The results found that in the glucose only mice, swimming time returned to about the same as their normal baseline average (100%). For the mice given only caffeine, swimming time dropped, and became worse than baseline. The ribose only mice had swimming times that improved to 135%, and the 50/50 ribose and caffeine combination mice had swimming times improve by 150%.
 
“In the second stage, we used different ribose/caffeine concentrations. We determined that the optimal combination — when translated into human equivalents — is 10mg/kg caffeine plus 4 grams of ribose. With this combination, we could boost swimming time to 180%!” explained Alex Xue, Ph.D., executive VP & chief technology officer, Bioenergy Life Science.

For more information: www.bioenergyribose.com