TOPLINE SPORTS
Prices 2006/2007
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Vitargo CARBOLOADER – ORANGE or UNFLAVOURED
RRP - £35 - Topline Sports Price - £26.00
Vitargo + ELECTRLOYTE – CITRUS / PINK GRAPE – 2KG
RRP - £35 - Topline Sports Price - £26.00
Vitargo + CREATINE – TROPICAL – 2KG
RRP - £39 - Topline Sports - £20.00
Vitargo + PROTEIN – STRAWBERRY - 2KG
RRP - £40 - Topline Sports Price - £28.00
Vitargo – PERFORMANCE ENERGY BAR – 25No.
RRP - £45 - Topline Sports - Price - £35.00
Product Information
Vitargo CARBOLOADER
An unusual carbohydrate drink – with a noticeable effect.
Vitargo®CARBOLOADER is based on the unique patented carbohydrate Vitargo® which is specially
developed to meet the demands and needs of elite athletes. This unique carbohydrate
Vitargo®CARBOLOADER is the complete carbohydrate supplement, which is most effective when
loading carbohydrates before competition, as a sport drink during training/competition and last, but by
no means least, to restore the energy balance after training/competition. Clinical studies 1 at the
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm has proved this.
Maximum endurance through carbohydrate loading
It is widely known that a lack of glycogen negatively affects one’s physical endurance level. One quite
simply can not keep up with the pace and intensity of a whole training session. A basic well-balanced
diet is fundamental to a sportsman’s performance. But for those who train and compete a lot, it is
difficult to satisfy his/her need for easily accessible energy (carbohydrate) through their normal diet.
This is where Vitargo®CARBOLOADER comes into the picture.
Vitargo®CARBOLOADER allows the body to load carbohydrates in a suitable way.
If one weighs 70-75kg dieticians recommend 600g of digestible carbohydrates a day, for the last
three days prior to competition. This would require the athlete to eat around 5kg potatoes or 2,5kg
boiled pasta per day. With hand on heart, could you manage that?
With Vitargo ® CARBOLOADER you are able to eat your normal amounts of food and at the same
time load carbohydrates to the body’s maximum level.
Optimum training through reloading
Ensuring the right energy balance is important for both the elite athlete and the enthusiast. A body
that does not receive enough energy is more susceptible to infections and over-training symptoms.
What is most important is reloading the bodies carbohydrate stocks (liver and muscles) within ½ - 1
hour after training/competition.
Vitargo®CARBOLOADER is the ultimate supplement in these situations since one can quickly and
easily take in carbohydrates together with a liquid. The carbohydrate in Vitargo® has been shown in
studies by the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm to be 70% quicker in reloading glycogen levels after
training/competition than other sport drinks.
Keep up the tempo through the entire race
Vitargo®CARBOLOADER is a sport drink for you that demand a lot of your body. During work the
body needs 1 – 1½g carbohydrates per hour per kg of your body weight to keep up the blood sugar
level (if the blood sugar level drops, concentration and speed are affected). Drinking a carbohydrate
solution is the best way of retaining the right level, if you weigh between 70 – 75kg you should drink a
75g packet of Vitargo®CARBOLOADER every hour.
Vitargo+ELECTRLOYTE
The mineral supplement sports drink that quickly passes through the stomach
An unusual sport drink – with noticeable effects
Vitargo®+ELECTROLYTE contains the unique patented Vitargo® with added minerals. With
Vitargo®+ELECTROLYTE you can ensure, in an effective way, the right blood sugar level and
mineral balance during training/competition whilst restoring glycogen levels, mineral and fluid
balance in the body after an activity. Vitargo®+ELECTROLYTE has a low osmolality and is an
ultra-hypotonic sport drink, i.e. the drink passes quickly through the stomach into the small
intestine where the uptake of fluid and energy occurs.
Vitargo®+ELECTROLYTE contains the following mineral salts: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium and
Magnesium.
The function of minerals in the body
Sodium and Potassium:
regulates the fluid balance in the blood and tissues, which is important for energy renewal and
muscle contractions.
Calcium: Important for nerve and muscle cell functions, as well as preventing the reduction of
calcium levels in the bones.
Magnesium: Low magnesium levels results in lower metabolism, decreased stamina and
increases muscle cramps.
Carboloader or +ELECTROLYTE?
Which sport drink should I choose? With or without added minerals?
During shorter training sessions/competition a mineral supplement is not needed as a normal diet
more than satisfies this requirement. However if one is to undertake hard physical activity, during
longer periods of time where one sweats heavily, a mineral supplement can be required to
maintain the mineral balance and thereby prevent amongst other things muscle cramp. Mineral
supplements can also be required when the physical activity occurs in extremely hot conditions.
ENERGY GUIDE
Vitargo®
Before activity
During activity
After activity
Glycogen loading
Sport drink
Reloading
+ELECTROLYTE
Vitargo® CARBOLOADER
Vitargo® Gainers Gold
Vitargo®+ELECTROLYTE is packed in
70g sachets, 2kg - 5kg plastic container
Flavour:
Pink Grape or Citrus
PREPARATIONS
Ingredients: Barley starch, acidity regulator (citric acid), tri sodium citrate, calcium gluconate,
magnesium gluconate natural flavour, potassium gluconate, sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfameK), colour (Betacarotene). Contains a source of Phenylalanine.
Vitargo + CREATINE
Muscle creatine, supplementation and performance.
Our body's store of creatine is found in muscle muscle, where it plays a fundamental role in
maintaining energy production during exercise. The total creatine store (phosphocreatine and free
creatine) in muscle of healthy, non-vegetarian, subjects is about 124 mmol/kg dry muscle, but it can
vary widely between individuals (100-150 mmol/kg dry muscle. Dietary creatine supplementation at a
rate of 20 g per day for 5 days has been shown to increase muscle total creatine content on average
by 20 %. A similar, but more gradual, increase can be obtained when creatine is ingested at a rate of 2
g per day for 28 days.
It has been widely reported that elevating the muscle total creatine store can enhance performance
during high-intensity exercise. As a result of these scientific publications, creatine supplementation has
become enormously popular amongst athletes wishing to improve athletic performance in short
duration, very high intensity sports.
Research suggests that the metabolic and physiological effects of creatine supplementation are
positively related to the extent of muscle creatine accumulation during supplementation. It would seem
that in order to exert an optimal effect on performance and metabolism, it is desirable to increase the
muscle total creatine content by about 20 mmol/kg dry muscle or more. As already stated, creatine
supplementation at a rate of 20 g per day for 5 days can increase the muscle total creatine content on
average by 20 % (20 mmol/kg dry muscle). However, it is important to note that the variation between
individuals is large (0-40 mmol/kg dry muscle). This variation in creatine accumulation during
supplementation can be partly accounted for by differences in pre-supplementation muscle creatine
concentrations, and possibly muscle fibre type distribution, but it remains unclear why muscle creatine
accumulation can be up to 6-fold different between individuals with similar pre-supplementation
creatine concentrations.
Optimising body creatine retention.
It has been reported that creatine ingested in combination with simple carbohydrates (CHO)
substantially increased muscle creatine accumulation compared with the ingestion of creatine alone.
Furthermore, ingestion of creatine in conjunction with CHO reduced the inter-individual variability in the
magnitude of muscle creatine accumulation, such that all subjects demonstrated an increase in muscle
total creatine content equal to, or in excess of, 20 mmol/kg dry muscle. The stimulatory effect of CHO
on muscle creatine accumulation is due to insulin enhancing muscle creatine uptake, but it is clear that
creatine supplements would need to contain large quantities of simple CHO to achieve this effect.
Indeed, few products on the marked advocating that they augment insulin mediated muscle creatine
uptake actually achieve this effect due to containing insufficient amounts of CHO.
Vitargo® + creatine is a scientifically based supplement that contains a blend of Vitargo® carbohydrate
and creatine aimed at optimising muscle creatine uptake and performance gains.
Vitargo + PROTEIN (Gainers Gold)
Vitargo® protein and Vitargo® Gainers Gold: What is it?
Combination of unique patented carbohydrate and protein intended for maximising muscle protein
synthesis and inhibiting protein breakdown and thereby optimising muscle mass gains.
Vitargo® protein and Vitargo® Gainers Gold: Why use it?
Muscle mass is determined by the balance between the rate of muscle protein synthesis and the rate
of muscle protein degradation both of which can increase or decrease.
Intensive exercise increases muscle protein synthesis and degradation, but the increase in the former
is greatest thereby increasing mass over time (Rennie 1996).
carbohydrate and amino acid administration enhance post-exercise muscle protein synthesis (Tipton et
al. 1999, Rasmussen et al. 2000) and inhibit post exercise muscle protein degradation (Roy et al.
1997).
These observations have been attributed to the stimulatory effects of insulin and amino acids on
muscle protein synthesis, and the inhibitory effect of insulin on protein breakdown.
The timing of protein intake appears to be critical, with a greater stimulation of protein synthesis being
reported with earlier amino acid intervention (Esmarck et al., 2001).
Vitargo® protein and Vitargo® Gainers Gold: Who uses it?
Athletes of all types wishing to maximise muscle mass gains.
Athletes wishing to maximise muscle power and strength gains.
Vitargo Performance Bar
The first Energy/protein bar with Vitargo® inside.
The combination of milk proteins and Vitargo® is a brilliant mix to maintain stamina and optimise
recovery after exercise. Vitargo® is a patented carbohydrate (starch), with unique properties,
specially formulated for elite athletes to give an effective loading of easily accessible muscle
energy(glycogen) in the body. Vitargo® has been clinically tested at the Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm and compared with other "ordinary" sports carbohydrates. The results showed that
Vitargo was quicker in replenishing glycogen levels and passing through the stomach compared
with other combinations of carbs.
Increase performance and recovery
A smart thing is to take your recovery seriously. Vitargo® Performance Bar helps you, by giving
you both carbohydrates and proteins quickly after your exercise. Have a couple of tasty bars in
your trainers trunk, always ready to be eaten.
How to use
Common use during exercise: Have a bite every 15-30 minutes along with water or sports drink
(preferably a sugar free one like Vitargo® ).
Team Sports, as soccer: ½ a bar after warming up, ½ a bar for half time. As recovery, eat 1 bar.
Cycling, Running, Endurance sports: Have a bite (piece), every 15-30 minutes or so, drink
water or sports drink, like Vitargo® .
As an in between meal: Have one Vitargo® Performance bar as an in between meal, have it
along with a fruit and a glass of water. Have a Vitargo® Performance bar directly after training
together with water or a Vitargo® drink.
Vitargo® Performance Bar
Ingredients: Milk protein, glucose syrup, yoghurt coating[sugar, cocoa butter, skim milk, yoghurt
powder, lactose, emulsifier (soy lecithin), acidulant (citric acid), flavours], invert sugar syrup,
amylopectin barley starch(Vitargo® ), soy protein, soy oil, flavours, emulsifier (soy lecithin).
Weight per bar: 65g.
Flavour: VANILLA.
Nutritional information
Per 100g Per bar (65g) % of Energy (E %)
Energy value 1640 kJ (389 kcal)
Energy value 1066 kJ (253 kcal)
26
Protein 25,4g
Protein 16,5g
51
Carbohydrate 49,5g
Carbohydrate 32g
(34)
Of which
Of which
(17)
Mono/Disaccharides. 32,7g
Mono/Disaccharides. 21,2g
23
Other carbohydrates. 16,8g
Other carbohydrates. 10,8g
(12)
Fat 9,9g
Fat 6,4g
(11)
Of which saturated 5,1g
Of which saturated 3,3g
Unsaturated 4,8g
Unsaturated 3,1g
Dietary fibres –
Dietary fibres –
Sodium 0,1g
Sodium 0,1g
This product is manufactured in a facility that uses peanuts, other nuts and seeds.
This bar is not Mineral – or Vitamin fortified.
Storage: In a cool, dry place.
ABSENCE OF ALLERGENS
1
Milk constituents
+
7
Wheat flour
-
2
Milk powder
-
8
Wheat meal
-
3
Soy lecithin
+
9
Wheat starch
-
4
Soy flour
+
10
Bread crumb
-
5
Soy meal
-
11
Egg yolk
-
6
Gluten *
+
12
Barley starch
+
+ Contains
- Free of
* Regarding content of gluten, the absence is far less than 200ppm.
Earlier, content below 200ppm gluten was called "GLUTEN FREE".