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One-Week High-Dose β-Alanine Loading Improves World Tour Cyclists' Time-Trial Performance.

Nutrients2021The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

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  • beta-alanine — increases mean power output

    Evidence strength: moderate.Finding
    “Mean power output was a 6.21% higher (37.23 W; 95% CI: 3.98–70.48 W) in BA than in PL (p = 0.046, Figure 3 and Table 2) in parallel with a 2.16% increase in distance travelled (p = 0.046, Table 2) and a 4.85% in total work (p = 0.046, Table 2) after intervention.”
    Quoted verbatim from One-Week High-Dose β-Alanine Loading Improves World Tour Cyclists' Time-Trial Performance..
    Study
    RCT
    Participants
    11
    Duration
    7 days
    Dose
    20 g/day sustained-release beta-alanine as four 5 g intakes, 7 days
    Population
    11 male World Tour cyclists in a one-week training camp; 10-minute maximal time trial on a direct-drive ergometer after the week; placebo was wheat semolina

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