Ingesting Vespa Amino Acid Mixture Improves Plasma Lactic Acid Clearance During Anaerobic Exercise in Juniors

Certain kinds of amino acid may have special physiological function, such as improvement of muscle protein synthesis. While in the present study, a mixture composed of 17 kinds of amino acids in special ratio is confirmed to have benefits on exercise tolerance. This special amino acids composition is identical to the larvae’s larval saliva of Vespa Mandarinia (Vespa amino acid mixture, VAAM). Adult hornet flies velocities over 30 km/hour all day long taking the larvae’s larval saliva as the only food. The VAAM beverage was provided to young athletes with 6000mg amino acids per day for 10 weeks. Oral ingestion of VAAM beverage improved the blood lactate clearance rate, decreased the injury of red blood cell and maintained lower heart rate during exercise, shortened the running time for athletes, increased 6-km jog sweat volume and decreased body fat percentage for athletes. These results by this special amino acids composition is leading to a decreased incidence of sports injuries, which associated to improving the running times and exercise tolerance of young athletes in middle-distance running exercises.