Health, Longevity & Biohacking
Meta-analysis shows combining baking soda and beta-alanine doubles exercise performance gains
Thomas DeLauer
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"When they looked at studies that combined beta alanine with sodium bicarb, the effect size jumped to 0.43, more than double a meaningful real-world result. And it was the single largest effect on performance that's been found in the entire analysis."
A meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine examining over 1,400 people across 40 studies found that combining beta-alanine with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) produced an effect size of 0.43 on exercise performance, more than doubling the effect of beta-alanine alone at 0.18. The combination was identified as the single largest performance effect found in the entire analysis, working by buffering hydrogen ions both inside muscle cells (beta-alanine) and outside them (sodium bicarbonate).
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Thomas DeLauer