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Protein 101: Consider the Quality as Well as the Source

Protein, a required part of everyone’s daily diet, usually accounts for 10-20 percent of the daily total calorie intake for most U.S. adults. When we talk about protein, it’s often in the context o...


February 9, 2024 • Sheena Smith, MS, MA


What is Creatine?

What is creatine? Because athletes and bodybuilders are constantly looking for an edge to help their performance, it’s no surprise they often turn to one of the most-studied nutritional supplements...


March 28, 2023 • Joel Totoro, RD


Amino Acids Will Kick-Start Your Post-Workout Recovery

Here’s a fact about exercise and conditioning that many athletes fail to consider: You work out in order to recover. It’s after a workout is finished that your body does its biggest job – adapting ...


November 25, 2022 • Joel Totoro, RD


Why You Should Supplement with Beta-Alanine Even if You Aren't an Athlete

Beta-alanine has an abundance of published research to support its effectiveness in exercise performance, particularly muscular endurance – improving time to fatigue and decreasing exhaustion in ev...


July 7, 2022 • Laura Kunces, PhD, RD, CSSD


Why Elite Athletes Are Doubling Down on Beta-Alanine

During the past 15 years, for athletes at the highest level of their sport, beta-alanine has become an irreplaceable tool in their daily routine to optimize performance.* As research on beta-alanin...


April 23, 2018 • Joel Totoro, RD