Hydra ELITE is a food supplement based on plant extracts, taurine and glutamine peptide. The presence of zinc contributes to normal protein synthesis, normal metabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids and vitamin A. Chlorine contributes to normal digestion through the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Any athlete knows the importance of keeping the body properly hydrated for maximum performance, metabolic health and muscle growth.

Water has specific roles of vital importance within our body:

• Cell volume regulator (a hydrated cell is a healthy and efficient cell);
• Solvent in myriad metabolic reactions Regulator of body temperature (thermoregulation)
• Transport of nutrients Expulsion of metabolic waste Lubricating agent for organs and anatomical districts.

Whatever sporting activity, more or less intense, the maintenance of physiological processes and thermoregulation in particular, lead to a very important loss of fluids, which can come to compromise the efficiency of a performance up to affecting the health of the athlete even in a very serious way. One of the major balance factors that every athlete must focus on is maintaining an adequate water intake correlated to a correct balance of electrolytes, because "water" alone is not enough. We need the fundamental presence of electrolytes. Numerous scientific evidences together with confirmed clinical literature demonstrate how dehydration is a decisive cause of negative effects on performance, greatly increasing fatigue, affecting lucidity and cognitive ability. All this is emphasized considerably whether you are in hot or cold environments. In order for performance to be altered, particularly in terms of aerobic/muscular resistance, the threshold for lost fluids is 2% of the initial body mass. When this threshold is exceeded, the main observable physiological changes are an increase in core temperature, an increase in heart rate due to a reduced circulating blood volume, an increased consumption of glycogen, and altered metabolic and nervous functions. Thresholds that reach 4% or 5-6% determine not only the onset of cramps, but the risk of compromising the athlete's health, with the possible onset of collapse or even serious cardiovascular accidents. With regard to anaerobic performance, recent scientific works indicate that dehydration could alter muscle contractile capacity and favor faster fatigue. In this regard, in the field of body building, it is essential to remember a biochemical dogma that "a hydrated cell is a healthy, efficient and anabolic cell". A dehydrated cell loses functionality and is otherwise in a "catabolic" state. Maintaining correct cellular hydration means promoting a greater cellular volume, therefore activating a greater environment for protein synthesis and counteracting the catabolism of muscle proteins.

To facilitate the entry of water into the cell and thus increase its volume, osmolytes are needed, molecules (electrolytes) that "drag" it inside it, in particular the presence of elements such as sodium, magnesium and potassium , but also of chlorine, calcium and phosphorus. Sodium is a determining factor in maintaining plasma volume (just try to train in sodium depletion and notice how little blood reaches the muscles....), while magnesium, present in various chemical reactions, allows the correct functioning of the sodium-potassium pump, where sodium leaves the cellular environment while potassium enters the cell, keeping it hydrated and making it efficient in its physiological functions. After performance or training, one of the first priority factors is the restoration of electrolytes lost through thermoregulation, to be combined with the presence of those essential nutrients for recovery, without forgetting that an adequate state of hydration also promotes nervous recovery , or by facilitating the transition from an activated sympathetic nervous system ("fight or flight") to its deactivation, favoring the intervention of the parasympathetic nervous system, the state that facilitates recovery, healing, digestion, and rest.

""For me, as a top trainer,the product for maintaining hydration is essential for any aspect, from performance in training, to recovery and for the general well-being of every athlete. for this reason, thanks to the collaboration with Yamamoto® Nutrition's research and development department, I strongly wanted Hydra ELITE to be included". Neil "Yoda" Hill Hydra ELITE from the new "Neil Hill Approved" series, was created to support the needs of every athlete who needs to stay hydrated, even several times a day, so that all the electrolytes, amino acids and antioxidants can favor all the physiological processes that bring our body to maximum performance, especially in the phases following recovery. Hydra ELITE is not a " simple supplement" of classic mineral salts, but offers much more to support the physiological processes that an athlete must support to stay hydrated and efficient, in a more complete and effective way. Hydra ELITE not only provides magnesium and potassium in the form of citrate (present) , but is characterized by the high bioavailability electrolyte component provided by dehydrated coconut water, of which its thirst-quenching effect is already known, it brings a series of precious elements for the ideo-saline restoration of the organism subjected to intense work and perspiration. To this is added to this pleasant drink, the presence of chlorides and zinc, particularly depleted after intense sweating from prolonged efforts or at high or very low temperatures. Hydra ELITE also provides two very important amino acids for maintaining physiological cellular hydration which are Alani-l-glutamine, a dipeptide version of L-Glutamine with a higher soluble capacity and decidedly superior absorption and L-Taurine, in addition to the presence of the prestigious Spectra blend. Spectra is a blend based on natural extracts exclusively obtained from fruit and vegetables, which proves to be a new element in favor of the body's antioxidant health which, after intense training, is found with a drastic increase in oxidative stress and the spread of free radicals which, excessively, can slow down recovery, favor a lower efficiency of the immune system and greater susceptibility to trauma. This natural "pool" of elements, in addition to having demonstrated an important decrease in free radicals, favors an increase in oxygen consumption at the cellular level and by the mitochondria, improving the concentration of extracellular H2O2, and decreasing the extent of the response inflammation induced by TNFα, as well as improving the conditions relating to vasodilation (essential for oxygenation of the tissues with blood rich in oxygen and nutrients and for the removal of metabolic waste products) thanks to the increase in nitric oxide levels.