Question
Posted on: September 7 2018Sodium bicarbonate as lactate buffer
For top athletes the lactate buffer after baking soda 1 g would be used. The oral intake in drink is perceived as unpleasant. A coated hard gelatin capsule with 1 g bicarbonate can be tested. Would you know when a spike is seen in the blood level of bicarbonate. Now they take as loading three days before a match 3X 1 g/day in.
Answer
I recommend that you read the following article and make sure to apply the useful items
https://www.gssiweb.org/sports-science-exchange/article/sse-124-buffers-and-their-role-in-the-nutritional-preparation-of-athletes
Use as capsules the new DR capsules Vane Capsugel, obtained from wholesale