CARBION - HYDRATION, ENDURANCE AND RECOVERY

CARBION+, A HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING FUEL
New CARBION+ has taken hydration to a whole new level. Not only is it the tastiest and most refreshing drink you've ever tasted, it will enhance your workout and give you better results. You need carbohydrates to fuel your muscles and delay the onset of fatigue.

The time-released carbohydrates in CARBION+ will keep your blood glucose levels up for longer so you don't crash and you can keep training longer and harder at a higher level of performance . When you sweat, you lose electrolytes as well as water.

If your electrolyte levels drop too much, your performance suffers. The increased levels of highly absorbable electrolytes in new CARBION+ will keep you hydrated so you can retain and utilize the fluids you consume. Additionally, the absorption blend in CARBION+ helps initiate the uptake of blood glucose into cells, which means more real fuel in the muscle.

KEY BENEFITS OF CARBION+:

• More refreshing - CARBION+ has been reformulated with a blend of highly soluble carbohydrates that mixes easily and results in a clear, refreshing and incredibly delicious drink that will quench your thirst. A perfectly balanced blend of multiple forms of electrolytes eliminated the salty, metallic taste often associated with high electrolytes, so every sip leaves you feeling refreshed and thirsty.

• Better Hydration - The electrolyte blend has been enriched with more of the 4 key electrolytes you need to stay hydrated during intense exercise. In addition, the source of these electrolytes has been optimized for better absorption. Using bicarbonate and citrate forms in addition to the more typical chloride forms allows for better absorption as well as better taste.

• Performance Enhancement Fuels - Timed-Release Energy Blend was designed to provide fuel for the duration of the workout, without the energy crash associated with sugar-based sports drinks. Tests carried out with top athletes during training have confirmed an improvement in endurance of up to 50% as well as a reduced perception of fatigue.

• Faster Recovery - Most athletes understand the importance of protein for recovery, but the importance of carbohydrates is not as well recognized.

CARBION+ IS A RELIABLE AND LONG-LASTING ENERGY SOURCE THAT ENABLES YOU TO WITHSTAND THE TOUGHEST WORKOUTS.

HOW DOES CARBION+ WORK?

REFRESH - When we decided to reformulate Carbion+, one of the key goals was to make it a tasty and refreshing thirst quencher. Refreshing a performance hydration drink is harder than you might imagine. Sugars are too sweet to be refreshing when consumed during prolonged exercise and often cause gastrointestinal upset. Many good carbohydrate sources are not naturally water soluble, which makes them thick, slimy, and cloudy. Adding electrolytes often results in excessive saltiness and a metallic taste.

The Allmax team has taken up the challenge by creating the new Carbion+.It has been reformulated with a blend of highly soluble carbohydrates that mix together easily and result in a clear, refreshing and incredibly delicious drink that will quench your thirst Cyclo-D is a carbohydrate designed to be essentially tasteless and highly soluble by breaking down long chains into chains highly branched cyclics and our Per4orm maltodextrin blend is agglomerated to make it more soluble. A perfectly balanced blend of multiple forms of electrolytes eliminated the salty, metallic taste often associated with high electrolyte levels, so every sip leaves you feeling refreshed and thirsty. Stimulate your taste buds and quench your thirst with the new Carbion+.

HYDRATE - You need to provide your body with enough electrolytes to maintain specific bodily functions, so you can perform at your peak. Electrolytes are basically salts that can carry an electrical charge. Your body's cells rely on electrolytes to control cell membrane stability and to carry the electrical charges necessary for muscle contractions caused by nerve impulses. Without electrolytes, your body's cells could not communicate with each other or perform these essential functions. Normal body functioning and athletic performance are severely compromised if electrolyte levels are not sufficient. One of the most obvious signs of electrolyte loss is muscle cramps, but cramps are your body's last warnings that it can't continue to function normally without a replenishment of electrolytes. By the time you experience cramps, your performance has already been impaired for some time.

CRAMPS ARE CAUSED BY AN INFUSION OF THE 4 MAIN ELECTROLYTES, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM.

Carbion+ is now infused with the 4 key electrolytes, sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium, at higher levels than previous versions to meet the demands of high performance athletes who work hard and want to work to their limits without worrying about their body failing due to sweat-induced electrolyte deficiencies. In addition, the source of these electrolytes has been optimized for better absorption. Using bicarbonate and citrate forms in addition to the more typical chloride forms allows for better absorption as well as better taste.

For example, the absorption of sodium chloride is very low, so only a small portion of the sodium in your typical sports drink is actually used by your body. Intestinal absorption of sodium chloride and potassium is even worse as exercise intensity increases. On the other hand, sodium citrate is highly bioavailable and has been shown to help increase the absorption of fluids and other electrolytes.

PERFORMANCE - Ultimately , it's all about performance. You take supplements to improve your performance and that's what Carbion+ will do! Carbohydrates are the most effective and readily available workout fuel you can take. Properly supplemented, they provide a very stable and reliable power source for peak performance. Your body has 3 possible sources of energy: glycogen stored in muscles, blood sugar and fat. When your body runs out of glycogen, it fetches glycogen from blood sugar. If this is depleted and not replenished, then it will try to burn fat.Fat burns much slower than glycogen and therefore you will have to slow down as your body is waiting for this energy conversion Performance drops dramatically as the energy supply cannot meet your needs. To maintain your performance, you must constantly replenish your blood sugar levels by adding carbohydrates!

Carbion+ will continue to fuel your muscles throughout your workout, improving your endurance and maintaining high performance levels. The gradual release energy blend was designed to provide fuel for the duration of your workout. There's no added sugar, so you won't get the crash associated with most sports drinks. Before Cyclo-D, you had only two options for getting the glucose your body needed to fuel your exercise: simple sugars or long-chain complex carbohydrates.

Simple sugars are very sweet and slowly leave the stomach, leading to gastrointestinal upset and stomach discomfort. Also, because dextrose is a simple sugar, it doesn't need to be broken down any further and it reaches the bloodstream all at once, resulting in a rapid rise in glucose for quick fueling, followed by an equally rapid fall.

Long-chain complex carbs like waxy corn are great in theory, but not in practice. These complex carbohydrates move quickly through the stomach to prevent stomach discomfort and gastrointestinal upset and were thought to be absorbed in the small intestine. However, further research has shown that the complex crystal structure that is not easily broken down by enzymes in your small intestine and made even more difficult during exercise because the function of your digestive enzymes is blunted during exercise . Long chain carbohydrates are hardly soluble in water and are also hardly broken down in your small intestine. So, although they arrive quickly, they cannot be absorbed and therefore provide limited energy (like raw rice). This low solubility also results in an unpleasant thick cloudy solution and potability issues.

BRINGING A HIGH-QUALITY CARBOHYDRAULIC ENERGY SOURCE DURING TRAINING IMPROVES PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY.

Thus, simple sugars are too fast and long-chain complex carbohydrates are poorly absorbed and therefore not converted into energy. The solution: medium-chain maltodextrins and artificial carbohydrates where the strongest bonds are broken, leaving medium-long chains with bonds that are easily broken down by digestive enzymes in your small intestine.

Cyclo-D is a carbohydrate designed to be highly soluble. Long-chain carbohydrates are broken down into small chains whose links are easily broken down in the digestive system. Cyclo-D has been shown to increase time to exhaustion by 50% and test subjects consistently noted that they felt less fatigued when taking Cyclo-D. Maltodextrin (or dextrin polysaccharide) is the second most effective product after Cyclo-D. Per4orm from Carbion+ uses 4 different chain lengths of maltodextrin to provide a steady and gradual supply of energy to your body. Maltodextrin is a long chain, but not as long as Cyclo-D. It therefore moves quickly through the stomach (but slower than Cyclo-D) and is still well absorbed into the blood stream.So your body will start using the energy from Cyclo-D first, then when it starts to deplete, the Per4orm blend will arrive and can be used Finally, a small inclusion of waxy corn and coconut water in powder is added to provide a final burst of energy, as the others have been depleted. Carbion+ is a reliable source of energy that will allow you to train in the most difficult conditions.

RECOVER - Most athletes know that protein is extremely important post-workout, but carbs are just as important for recovery. During intense exercise, your muscles use glucose and glycogen for energy. There is a point when glucose (available energy) and glycogen (stored energy) levels become so low that intense exercise cannot continue. There just isn't enough energy available for your muscles to use, so your body secretes cortisol - it's your body's "stress" hormone and has very catabolic effects. Cortisol consumes muscle tissue to extract proteins and turn them into glucose. The net result is a loss of muscle tissue. Post-workout Carbion+ supplementation can help prevent this loss.

The athlete's body has one main goal in mind after every workout, which is to replace glycogen storage. The consumption of carbohydrates during and after training increases the concentration of glucose and insulin in the plasma, and allows the body to resynthesize glycogen at a higher rate. If you don't have enough carbohydrates after training, your body will need them all day. Your body is programmed so that if you don't eat enough, it will need it. Eating more carbohydrates as part of the recovery meal will serve three purposes: 1) to replace glycogen storage, 2) to provide essential nutrients to the athlete's body, and 3) to make the athlete faster and more strong over time.

An added benefit of supplementing with Carbion+ post-workout is that it will also help improve your protein efficiency, making recovery even easier. Cyclo-D, in combination with BCAAs, has been shown to cause higher blood leucine levels than BCAAs alone or BCAAs with glucose. Cyclo-D has been shown to be more effective than BCAAs alone.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF BIG BAD CARBS!

One of the most common reasons people avoid carbs like the plague is because they've bought into the idea that carbs make you fat. I hope you're past that stage, but it's worth looking into. You know who doesn't avoid carbs? All top bodybuilders, top trainers and coaches, elite MMA athletes, endurance athletes and the list goes on.

The main distinction between who should and should not consume carbohydrates is whether or not they control their diet.If you're constantly consuming simple sugars, eating too large meals, and not expending enough energy working out, carbs aren't for you!

On the other hand, if you have some control over your diet and you train with sufficient intensity, carbohydrates are not only a good idea, they are a MUST!

CARBS ARE NOT JUST A GOOD IDEA, THEY ARE A MUST!

One of the effects of frequent training on the body is an increase in the number of insulin receptors on muscle tissue and an increase in their sensitivity This is how your body distributes nutrients , that is, it transfers nutrients to active muscles and moves them away from fat stores.

Hard working muscles change their physiology to consume more energy in the form of glucose (blood sugar). Restricting calories slows this process. On the other hand, increasing the intake of carbohydrates, proteins and essential fatty acids at the right time will not only increase the proliferation of insulin receptors, but also your metabolism.

In other words, hard training increases your ability to absorb greater amounts of nutrients, such as glucose, into the blood plasma. Essentially, like a sponge, muscles that are regularly trained hard increase the amount of energy the can and can consume. Compare that with a couch potato whose receptors decrease in number and sensitivity. Any additional nutrients beyond their already full glycogen stores will be diverted to fat storage.

The moral of the story is this: if you train hard and eat well, make absolutely sure you're supplying your body with the highest quality carbs possible. Starved muscle tissue that is primed by training to take up abundant glucose will interfere with your training and lower your basal metabolic rate.

CARBION+ is available in 30 servings (Unflavoured, Lemon-Lime and Blue Bomb Pop) and 15 servings (Pineapple-Mango).