Toronto Functional Medicine Centre Offers Guide on IV Therapy in Toronto with BCAA's for Post-Exercise Recovery

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Toronto Functional Medicine Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada, has recently published an article that provides a guide to IV therapy Toronto with BCAA's for muscle recovery after exercise. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), when combined with a medley of amino acids and a healthy living style, has been noted to help with achieving fitness goals. A published study in “Nutrients,” has indicated BCAA supplementation may help decrease protein degradation and/or muscle enzyme release, mitigate feelings of soreness, reduce skeletal muscle damage from intense resistance exercise, decrease central fatigue, and help with recovery of muscle function.

Within the IV Lounge of the Toronto Functional Medicine Centre, their healthcare practitioners can combine various amino acids to provide a custom-fitted post-exercise recovery IV drip. This IV drip may include BCAAs, which is a group of essential amino acids that are often utilised for boosting athletic performance, mitigating post-workout fatigue, and helping with weight loss. The components are isoleucine, valine, and leucine.

There are a number of positive health effects of BCAAs, especially for athletic recovery. First of all, they may contribute to the mitigation of muscle damage. In an article published in “The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition,” it was shown that BCAA administered before and after resistance exercise may decrease muscle damage and speed up recovery in resistance-trained men. Second, BCAAs may help in minimizing lingering muscle aches after a workout. In one study, participants who were given BCAAs before doing their squat workouts had less muscle soreness and muscle weakness compared to the placebo group.

A third benefit of BCAAs is that they may promote the healthy growth of bones. This is because BCAAs may help in activating the synthesis of muscle proteins, enabling the creation of new muscles that can help in boosting physical performance. A fourth benefit is that BCAAs may serve as adjunct support for reducing workout fatigue. Research has shown that the BCAA levels in the body go down during physical exercise and in response, the brain causes an increase in tryptophan levels, which results in fatigue. Some studies have shown that BCAA supplementation in athletes resulted in less fatigue and also in better athletic performance.

The health care team from the private downtown clinic of the Toronto Functional Medicine Centre can provide help in finding out if BCAAs may be applicable for a particular individual’s health issues. By becoming new patients at this functional medicine centre, people can be taught how they can make changes in their diet to include BCAA-rich foods and how to take them in powder or capsule form.

They are also well aware that some patients may not be able to take oral supplements, particularly for those who have chronic illness or those who have malabsorption problems. For such cases, they can provide IV therapy drips with a broad range of amino acids, including BCAAs. IV therapy offers the advantage of full absorption of the nutrients without the undesirable side effects from taking oral supplements because the nutrients go directly to the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract.

The Toronto Functional Medicine Centre is a functional medicine facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that uses the integrative functional medicine strategies. This combines acupuncture, bio-identical hormone replacement, allopathic medicine, naturopathic medicine, and more. These approaches may be applied for various health problems, including: postmenopausal health issues, acute health issues, neuropathic pain, athletic recovery, hormone imbalances, tissue repair, cellular damage, DNA repair, mineral deficiencies, thyroid issues, chronic fatigue, skin rejuvenation, immune function, adrenal function, and more.

People who are interested in learning more about IV therapy in Toronto, including the use of isoleucine in IV therapy, IV therapy with selenium, taurine, and others, can visit the Toronto Functional Medicine Centre website or contact them through the phone at (416) 968-6961 or by email at info@tfm.care. They are open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Tuesday and Thursdays; and from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on alternating Saturdays.