Partner Series—Go the Distance: New Science and Applications in Performance Nutrition

Food Product Design Partner Series

In the competitive fitness market, athletes and weekend warriors alike want products with safe, scientifically substantiated nutraceutical ingredients. Intense exercise can deplete certain amino acid levels in the body, so replenishing them is an essential tool for recovery.

Join Jay Hoffman, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Sport and Fitness at the University of Central Florida, to learn about the advantages of using the amino acid dipeptide Sustamine^™ L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine in your sports nutrition products.  Dr. Hoffman will share the latest published research on Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, which has been shown to promote muscle rehydration and recovery, and can be used as a source for energy refueling.  He will also highlight its mechanism of action in the body and implications for exercise. 

Chris Nolte of Kyowa Hakko USA will highlight how this tasteless and odorless GRAS ingredient can be used in a variety of performance-enhancing foods and beverages, as well as review the patented manufacturing process used to create this dipeptide.

Discover how Sustamine L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine can give your products stamina and help your customers exceed their fitness goals.

Speakers:

Dr. Jay Hoffman is a professor in the Department of Sport and Fitness at the University of Central Florida. He is also a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association, where he was elected president in July 2009. Dr. Hoffman’s primary area of study is in sports supplementation and training paradigms. He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals, lectured at more than 250 national and international conferences and meetings and is the author of several books including: Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance; Norms for Fitness, Performance and Health; A Practical Guide to Designing Resistance Training Programs; and Total Fitness for Baseball.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic administration and pre-med from St. John’s University at Jamaica, New York, and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Queens College at Flushing, New York. He earned his Ph.D. in exercise science from the University of Connecticut.

Chris Nolte, a veteran of more than 18-years in nutritional ingredient sales, is director of sales at Kyowa Hakko USA.  Nolte has expertise in functional food, beverage and supplement formulation, how Sustamine^™ can be effectively utilized in these types of products, as well as the state of the sports nutrition market in general.

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