Beta-Alanine and Improved Anaerobic Power

• Effects of Creatine and β-Alanine Co-Supplementation on Exercise Performance and Body Composition: A Systematic Review.

  • 2025-06-21
  • Systematic Review · n = 263
  • Nutrients 17(13)
  • • Damoon Ashtary-Larky
    • Darren G Candow
    • Scott C Forbes
    • Leila Hajizadeh
    • Jose Antonio
    • Katsuhiko Suzuki

  • PubMed: 40647180
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17132074

  8 Insights on

  • Improved Anaerobic Power

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  the combination of creatine and β-alanine supplementation enhanced high-intensity exercise performance, particularly anaerobic power and repeated-bout performance, compared to creatine or β-alanine alone.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Dietary Supplement Strategies During Conditioning Training in Athletes: A Network Meta-Analysis of Peak and Mean Anaerobic Power, VO2max, and Endurance Performance.

  • 2025-11-29
  • Review
  • Food science & nutrition 13(12)
  • • Beiwang Deng
    • Haoran Li
    • Cheng Chen
    • Jiaxin He
    • Wenfeng Zhang
    • Hong Lin

  • PubMed: 41323837
  • DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.71243

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Anaerobic Power

  • Low evidence
  • Athletes

  In mean power, ... protein (0.74; 0.27-1.20; 73.9%; very low) ... showed consistent benefits

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not specified