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Product of the week ... This week AW Basics recommends a revolutionary range of drinks designed to aid recovery Amino Load is a totally unique recovery formula developed by Allsports International Ltd. Most recovery drinks are either isotonic for mineral replacement or mixtures of carbohydrates and intact proteins. Amino Load is neither. It uses a technique called Amino Loading to deliver its unique blend of ingredients – three carbohydrates and pre-digested amino acids. This ensures the fastest possible muscle recovery. The reason you cannot use the amino-loading technique with an ordinary carbohydrate/ protein mixture is that, in order for an intact protein to do this, it has to be first broken down by the digestive process from its long chain polymer state into its individual amino acids (free form). The rate at which intact proteins are digested is slower than the rate at which carbohydrates are digested so it can take two to three hours to digest 25 grams of intact protein but only 30 minutes to digest the same amount of carbohydrates. This is no problem for the normal day-to-day muscle-building process, but it is not fast enough for rapid recovery. For quicker recovery, you need to take advantage of the 20-minute window of opportunity after exercising before the physiological process shuts down. In order to do that, you need a blend of complex and simple carbohydrates to which free-form aminos have been added – Amino Load. This means that the majority of the product is, in effect, predigested and so can find its way to the muscles quickly, all at the same time. Allsports have a much more detailed explanatory leaflet available free to anyone who would like a copy. Amino Load comes in three flavours – Blackcurrant, English Apple and natural, and three sizes. 500g (10 servings) costs £7.97, 1kg (20 servings) costs £11.77 and 3kg (60 servings) costs £31.77. There is now also available an advanced version in 1kg (£15.77) and 3kg (£42.57) in the above flavours. ►see www.allsports.com
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