Abbott Introduces Sports Nutrition Performance Beverage

EAS Peak helps fitness enthusiasts sustain energy, increase workout capacity and reduce muscle breakdown, creating a new category of performance beverages.

Sep 21 2010 --- Abbott announced EAS Peak, a novel sports nutrition performance beverage. EAS Peak is promoted as the only performance beverage with P3 technology, which sustains energy, increases workout capacity and protects muscles from breakdown.

Developed by Abbott sports nutrition scientists, EAS Peak features P3 technology to help fitness enthusiasts achieve their personal fitness and performance goals. Featuring a proprietary blend of beta-alanine, isomaltulose and HMB (beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate), EAS Peak goes beyond typical carbohydrate beverages to help maximize physical performance.

Backed by years of nutrition science at Abbott, the P3 technology in EAS Peak helps athletes in three ways:

* PUSH – increases workout capacity with 1.1 grams beta-alanine, an amino acid used to produce carnosine in the muscles: carnosine buffers exercise-related acidity in the muscles to help delay fatigue
* PERFORM – sustains energy with 15 grams isomaltulose, a slowly-digested carbohydrate that maintains blood glucose levels, a source of muscle energy, over a longer period of time compared with other carbohydrates
* PROTECT – reduces muscle breakdown with 1 gram HMB, a proprietary ingredient that can help slow muscle protein breakdown while promoting the production of new muscle tissue2

* EAS Peak is an excellent source of high-quality protein (10 grams per serving). It also contains 25 grams carbohydrates (15 grams isomaltulose), 150 calories and less than 1 gram fat to provide energy and help support lean muscle recovery and replenishment following physical activity.
* EAS Peak is ideal before a game or workout but can be consumed anytime.
* EAS Peak is a 16-ounce, caffeine-free beverage available in Orange Spark, Peach Surge and Fruit Power flavors.