Evobcaa's 2.0 - BCAA's 12:1:1 + Glutamine from HSN
Evobcaa's 2.0 (BCAA's 12:1:1 + Glutamine) from SportSeries is HSN's flagship product representing the options based on branched-chain amino acids, with sweeteners. It combines the 3 branched-chain amino acids and glutamine in a 12-1-1 + 5 proportion.
Branched-chain amino acids, or BCAAs, are a group of essential amino acids that share certain specific chemical characteristics, making them a highly sought-after option for their nutritional properties, especially among athletes, people with specific amino acid requirements, workers under big energy demands, and older adults.
Evobcaa's 2.0 is the 'sure thing' when it comes to branched amino acids; if you don’t know which amino acids to pick to support your training, Evobcaa's 2.0 will surely hit the mark.
Discover the ultimate combination of branched-chain amino acids
L-Leucine + L-Isoleucine + L-Valine. The 3 branched-chain amino acids: Essential amino acids consist of a total of 9 amino acids: Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine, Lysine, Methionine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Histidine and Phenylalanine. You’ve probably noticed the first 3 are the BCAAs.
And yes, BCAAs are a specific group of amino acids, with their own identity for being branched, i.e., their R group (the variable part of the amino acid) has a carbon branch. This feature gives them unique properties, such as an important role in various biological processes in the body.
Occasionally, many products marketed as 'BCAA-based' don’t contain only BCAAs, but are mixed with a wide variety of amino acids of other types, which, in the end, are cheaper and not as specific to the properties of their branched versions, like the branched-chain amino acids.
HSN's Evobcaa's 2.0 features a blend of the 3 branched amino acids in significant proportions, transparently and without “cutting” or camouflaging its content.
With added Glutamine, why is it in Evobcaa's 2.0?: You might wonder why a BCAA-based product contains glutamine, since this amino acid isn’t a branched-chain amino acid, nor is it essential.
The truth is that glutamine is an amino acid that, when it comes to athletes or people with great muscle wear, becomes conditionally essential; it’s the amino acid present in the greatest amount in muscle tissue, and when it’s compromised, the body becomes a big consumer of glutamine.
That’s why, after looking at studies and consumer analyses, we realized that more than 80% of them combined BCAAs with Glutamine, buying them separately to benefit from the properties of the amino acids together.
We wanted to develop, therefore, our most 'all-terrain' BCAA product with a blend of branched amino acids and glutamine, so people looking for an easy, complete mix adaptable to different needs could find it easily. But we also offer other BCAA products at HSN that don’t have added glutamine, for example:
Relation 12:1:1, why we chose this specific blend?: When we talk about BCAAs we’re always referring to the presence of the 3 amino acids that make up the branched-chain amino acids group, but it’s important to consider that this mix has to be prepared in a specific ratio, but... which one is best?
There isn’t a single scientific answer to this, which is why at HSN you’ll find BCAA-based products with different Leucine:Isoleucine:Valine proportions.
In Evobcaa's 2.0 the ratio is 12:1:1, heavily tilted toward Leucine. This was done intentionally because Leucine is the most studied amino acid in isolation within the BCAA group, and has received special attention among them, being proposed as the star of this amino acid group.
Kyowa® - Glutamine patent - Learn more about it
Kyowa Quality® is a registered trademark of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., representing a line of ultrapure amino acids, including L-Glutamine, the amino acid in Evobcaa's 2.0 with a registered trademark. The amino acids we use are obtained by plant-based fermentation processes, ensuring high quality and purity.
Kyowa L-Glutamine® is recognized for its efficacy and safety, being one of the most used in scientific studies worldwide.
Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. is a Japanese biotechnology and fermentation leader. Its mission is to contribute to global health and well-being through creating new value via advances in life sciences and technologies. The company has developed innovative fermentation technologies to produce amino acids, nucleotides, and other bioactive compounds. Its products, sourced from plant origins, are used in different industries by leading companies, like HSN, where the use of Kyowa® stands out for quality.
Flavors of Evobcaa's 2.0, what you should know?
If you’re not used to powder dietary supplements, specifically RAW formats, you should know that the natural flavor of ultra-pure amino acids, especially leucine, is characteristically bitter; it isn’t unpleasant for those who know the taste, but it’s quite noticeable.
This has led to different market situations:
- On one hand, many companies haven’t paid special attention to developing flavors for their BCAAs, ending up with products that still taste intensely bitter from the base amino acids.
- Other companies have obsessed over masking the BCAA taste, using huge amounts and variety of additives, flavors, sweeteners, and other compounds that end up greatly reducing the amino acid content of the product.
At HSN we’ve opted for our own solution: we didn’t want to launch a BCAA product with such a noticeable taste of the amino acids; for that you already have RAW-format BCAAs without masking their taste. But we weren’t willing to add massive amounts of flavors and sweeteners just to mask the natural taste of our amino acids.
In Evobcaa's 2.0 you’ll find a balanced product: when preparing the BCAAs, you’ll notice the slight bitter backdrop of the amino acids, but it’s very faint since it’s well camouflaged with our flavor developments, which complement perfectly with the natural taste of the amino acids, and were developed without adding large amounts of additives, not sacrificing content or the nutritional quality of our product.
Find it available in fresh, mild flavors, fruit-like (such as apple, or cherry), or soda-style (cola or energy drink); you also have different options like peach ice cream with a deeper, more complex taste.
Sports uses of BCAAs, when to take them?
BCAAs are amino acids strongly linked to sports use, since athletes are the main group interested in this specific type of amino acid; however there’s a lot of mystique around when to use them.
BCAAs can be used at any time of day to take advantage of their effects, since the body has a 'pool' of amino acids that they feed into, and their action isn’t immediate except in certain cases of extreme need.
However, many athletes still seek the perfectly ideal moment to use BCAAs—before, during, or after training?
As a standard recommendation, you can use Evobcaa's just after waking to break the overnight fast, before breakfast. And take another dose of the amino acids while you train. This pairs perfectly with the usual pre- and post-workout protein intake.
If you don’t use protein as a pre- or post-workout, you can mix your total daily Evobcaa's dose in a considerable amount of water and start taking them before training, extending use throughout the entire session until it ends.
Pair Evobcaa's 2.0 with other products
Evobcaa's 2.0 doesn’t need to be combined with other elements, as it already provides a complete amino acid mix for the purpose it serves.
However, it has no specific contraindications of any kind, so it’s perfectly valid (and many people use it) in combination with different isolated amino acids, or with unflavored carbohydrates.
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