Beta-Alanine and Improved VO2max

• 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 VO2max

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Additionally, no significant improvements in aerobic endurance capacity (VO2max, lactate threshold, or time to exhaustion) were observed from creatine and β-alanine supplementation co-ingestion.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• 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 VO2max

  • Low evidence
  • Athletes

  No supplement affected VO2max.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  not specified