ELEMENT 07 OF 08
Beta-Alanine
The tingle is real. So is the research on repeated hard efforts.
3.2 to 6.4g daily, taken consistently for at least 2 to 4 weeks to raise muscle carnosine. Splitting the dose across the day reduces the tingling.
THE SUBSTANCE
WHAT IT IS
Beta-alanine is an amino acid that combines with histidine in muscle to form carnosine, a compound that buffers the acid buildup of hard exercise. Supplementing raises muscle carnosine levels over weeks of daily use. The distinctive skin tingle after a dose is called paresthesia, a well-documented and temporary sensation.
THE EVIDENCE
WHAT THE RESEARCH focuses on.
Beta-alanine is most studied for exercise capacity in efforts lasting one to four minutes, the window where acid buildup limits performance. Meta-analyses of dozens of trials focus on that specific range rather than on maximal strength or long endurance events. Effects depend on weeks of consistent dosing, not on the day you take it.
Education, not medical advice. We describe what studies measured, never what a capsule will do for you.
THE FORMULAS
FOUND IN
The real products that carry this element, with the dose straight from the target label.
Doses shown are OnWhey target label values. The line is in development; every batch we sell will ship with a published certificate of analysis.
NO RUNAROUND
STRAIGHT QUESTIONS
My skin tingles after a scoop. Is that normal?
Yes. It is called paresthesia, a well-documented and temporary sensation from beta-alanine interacting with receptors in the skin. It usually shows up at doses above 800mg at once and fades within about an hour.
Do I have to take it before training?
No. Beta-alanine works by loading muscle carnosine over weeks, so daily consistency is the whole game. AFTERSHOCK puts it post workout because that is the dose you never skip.
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