More Muscle Building, Less Muscle Breakdown.

Amino9® Essential Amino Acid (EAA) Blend Ingredient is a leucine-enhanced essential amino acid (EAA) ingredient for supplement brands and manufacturers. It is composed of a unique, clinically substantiated blend of all nine essential amino acids designed to support muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and help reduce muscle breakdown across powders, RTDs, pre-workouts, intra-workouts and recovery formulas.

Amino9® is composed of a unique, clinically-substantiated blend of the nine essential amino acids. It is designed to help bodybuilders, athletes, and anyone looking to build muscle improve their strength and body composition. Amino9® has been clinically shown to boost muscle protein balance by increasing anabolism (muscle building) and limiting catabolism (muscle breakdown).

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Applications

Add-to-Coffee

Add-to-Collagen

Add-to-Greens/Reds

Intra-Workout

Pre-Workout

Recovery

RTD

Benefits

Our EEAs been have shown to stimulate muscle protein synthesis (MPS) as much as whey protein (1) and activate MPS with a lower insulin spike than whey protein(2). They stimulate more MPS balance than BCAAs alone* and have a lower cost-per-dose than whey protein.

Recovery

Muscle

Organoleptics & Features

Some bitterness from the leucine. Dissolves clearly in water with shaker. Easy to flavor/sweeten with sucralose; difficult with Stevia.

Features

Fast-acting, free-form EAAs
Easy to flavor and sweeten
Stable in Ready-To-Drink beverages
Easily soluble and dissolves clearly in water
Easy on the stomach—no bloating
No lactose (dairy-free)
Gluten free; allergen-free
Vegan
Low calorie

Science

Efficacy

Mechanism of Action

References

The three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are in EAAs. While BCAAs alone were shown to stimulate 22% more MPS than placebo, complementing them with all EAAs had a 50% better MPS than BCAAs alone.

EAAs have been shown to stimulate as much MPS as whey protein¹
EAAs activate MPS with a lower insulin spike than whey protein²
EAAs may have a lower cost-per-dose than whey protein

Bottom line: EAA availability is the rate-limiting factor for stimulating maximal MPS response to resistance exercise when there already enough Leucine to “trigger” mTOR.

Taking Leucine itself starts the anabolic engine, but it’s the other amino acids that make the car actually move. While the BCAAs take the car down the track a quarter mile, it’s the EAAs that take the car miles down the track fast and efficiently. EAAs are high-octane fuel for athletes who truly want the best.

Muscle Protein Synthesis – Muscle Breakdown = Net Muscle Protein Balance

The difference between muscle building (anabolism) and muscle breakdown (catabolism) is called Net Protein Balance (NPB). A high NPB indicates you’re building muscle. Amino9® has been clinically shown to boost muscle protein balance by increasing anabolism and limiting catabolism.

1 Wilkinson et. al. 2017, Effects of leucine-enriched essential amino acid and whey protein bolus dosing upon skeletal muscle protein synthesis at rest and after exercise in older women.

2 Bukhari et. al. 2015, Intake of low-dose leucine-rich essential amino acids stimulate muscle anabolism equivalently to bolus whey protein in older women at rest and after exercise.

* Jackman et. al. 2017, Branched-Chain Amino Acid Ingestion Stimulates Muscle Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis following Resistance Exercise in Humans.

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