SUGGESTED USE
Adults take one oral strip 10 minutes prior to your activity, or anytime during your activity, or as required. Do not exceed three strips par day.
Product Information
Our Elite Caffeine Strips have been designed to provide sublingual Caffeine & L-Theanine for instant and rapid absorption and effect. These Strips may be used as a focusing agent for regular day-to-day activities, and also as a performance booster for training and racing across sports.
Unived’s Elite Caffeine Strips are used by professional runners, cyclists, triathletes, and sports teams to achieve optimal performance in training and on race and game day.
Unived Elite Caffeine Strips have been designed to provide sublingual Caffeine & L-Theanine, for instant and rapid absorption, and effect.
Key Benefits
- Helps you maintain focus and allows you to train and race at peak performance.
- Caffeine has a glycogen-sparing effect.
- Can be used instead of your morning coffee/tea and also as a focusing agent.
- No water is required.
- Vegan and gluten-free.
Ingredient Information
- Caffeine, L-Theanine, Methylcobalamin, Natural Peppermint Flavour, Pullulan (INS 1204), Sodium Lactate (INS 325), Calcium Carboxymethylcellulose, Steviol Glycosides (INS 960), Monk Fruit Extract, Polyethylene Glycol (INS 1521), Lecithin (INS 322), Licorice Extract.
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Caffeine is a well-known ergogenic compound to improve mental focus, alertness, and energy. L-Theanine is known for its positive effect on cognition.
By combining L-Theanine with caffeine, some of the undesirable effects of caffeine use are lessened. L-Theanine reduces caffeine’s stimulatory effects without modifying the other mechanisms for focus that caffeine offers. L-Theanine interacts with caffeine by “taking the edge off” and still allows the alertness provided by caffeine to remain.
The combination of L-Theanine with caffeine also may improve cognitive function, may eliminate the blood vessel constriction normally experienced with caffeine, and help keep the mind from experiencing wandering, or distraction.
Mode of Action:
Both Caffeine and L-Theanine stimulate the central nervous system to increase focus and attention.
Caffeine and L-Theanine have combined effects on cognition and performance. Studies suggests that L-Theanine and caffeine in combination are beneficial for improving performance and improving focus and attention on cognitively demanding tasks [3], [4].
Mode of Action:
1. Caffeine: Caffeine is an adenosine receptor antagonist, meaning it prevents adenosine from being active. Adenosine is one of the neurotransmitters responsible for drowsiness, and caffeine provides wakefulness through this mechanism of blocking adenosine
Caffeine also interacts with the serotonergic system and can cause changes in the acetylcholine and dopamine systems within the body.
Caffeine ingestion prior to exercise increases performance during prolonged endurance exercise and short-term intense exercise lasting ~5 min [1].
2. L-Theanine: L-Theanine reaches blood-brain barrier that works through glutamate receptors and increases levels of GABA and glycine in the brain which causes relaxation. Increased GABA and glycine may increase serotonin and dopamine, it has also been noted that L-Theanine may decrease or inhibit serotonin synthesis.
Studies indicate that L-Theanine has pronounced effects on attention performance and reaction time response [2].
References:
1. Spriet, L. L. (1995). Caffeine and Performance, International Journal of Sports Nutrition, 5(s1), S84-S99. Retrieved Nov 30, 2022.
2. Higashiyama, Akiko, et al. "Effects of l-theanine on attention and reaction time response." Journal of Functional Foods 3.3 (2011): 171-178.
3. Giesbrecht, Timo, et al. "The combination of L-theanine and caffeine improves cognitive performance and increases subjective alertness." Nutritional neuroscience 13.6 (2010): 283-290.'
4. Owen GN, Parnell H, De Bruin EA, Rycroft JA. The combined effects of L-theanine and caffeine on cognitive performance and mood. Nutr Neurosci. 2008 Aug;11(4):193-8. doi: 10.1179/147683008X301513. PMID: 18681988.
What is the suggested use of Elite Caffeine Strips?
Adults place 1 individual strip on the tongue and allow it to dissolve. You may consume one strip every 1-2hours, or as required. The product is best used before and during training and racing. You may also use it in the morning, or during the day, as a coffee/tea replacement.
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SUGGESTED USE
Adults take one oral strip 10 minutes prior to your activity, or anytime during your activity, or as required. Do not exceed three strips par day.