Sports – Performance Enhancers

Omega – 3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids with more than two double bonds in their structures. They are essential fatty acids, which means the body cannot make them. There are

See “Ornithine Alpha – Ketoglutarate” under the section of “GH Enhancers”.  

Octacosanol is a fatty alcohol with waxy nature and found in wheat germ oil, sugarcane extract, legumes and eucalyptus. It has been touted as “sports ergogenic aid”, though the exact mechanism of

NADH is the coenzyme form of vitamin B3 and required by as many as 200 different enzymes. It has a key role in energy production within cells. When combined with oxygen, NADH forms water

Being marketed as a sport – performance enhancer, methoxyisoflavone (MIF) is a flavonoid made in the lab from ipriflavone. It is claimed that MIF has a steroid-like activity. The mineral boron and vitamin E increase

Also known as sleep hormone, melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone in the body. It is released from the pineal gland from the brain in response to darkness. Melatonin is produced from

Medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) are a group of saturated fatty acids that are easily absorbed into the blood stream. They are not usually stored in the body and are metabolized by the

See “Magnesium” under the section of “Minerals”.    

L – Carnitine is made from the amino acids lysine and methionine. Also known as vitamin B-T, carnitine is made mainly in the liver and kidneys and then primarily stored in the skeletal muscles,

HMB is the metabolite of the essential amino acid leucine, one of the BCAAs. It has recently gained popularity among athletes because of its anabolic activity, which means it promotes protein synthesis