Torq – Ribose 500g

PLEASE NOTE: Not all supplements are this pure. TORQ’s RAW range provides a guarantee of purity and high potency. We use the highest quality pharmaceutical-grade, non-animal based material. We do not mix, blend or dilute.

A naturally-occurring sugar

Boosts recovery by 340-430%

Ensures maximal muscular energy charge

Ribose is present within every living cell of the body and is used to manufacture ATP (the energy currency of the cell) from scratch. Whilst the body can manufacture its own ribose from glucose, this requires energy and is a very slow process. Research into ribose supplementation* has proven that taking as little as 3-5grams per day will return cellular levels of ATP to normal within 6-22 hours of exhaustive exercise. Without supplementation, this is likely to take between 26 and 93 hours.

* For further information on the conclusive research into ribose supplementation read “D-RIBOSE, what you need to know” by Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D. Avery Publishing Group (1999). Also, in Edmund Burke’s latest book “Serious Cycling” published by Human Kinetics (2002) he dedicates a couple of pages to the positive and significant properties of ribose (pp 167-169). These books are both available for order through www.Amazon.co.uk.

Ed Burke was consultant to Chris Carmichael, coach to Lance Armstrong (seven times Tour De France winner).

We include 0.5g of ribose in every TORQ bar to aid cellular recovery ‘on the hoof’, however the optimal dose of ribose is 3-5grams consumed immediately post exercise. This represents as many as 6 to 10 TORQ bars!

TORQ recovery (our comprehensive recovery formulation) contains ones full complement of ribose (3-5 grams depending upon bodyweight), so it may not be necessary to purchase TORQ ribose separately if you are using this product. However raw TORQ ribose can be added to our TORQ energy drink to maintain muscular power during ultra-endurance event.

Ribose, which has only recently become commercially available and in the coming years we suspect that it will be as talked about as creatine. Ribose is the precursor to ATP (energy) production in the cell. Whereas creatine quickly recycles ADP + Pi to make ATP, ribose is actually used to manufacture ATP from scratch. The benefits of creatine, carbohydrate or any other nutrient will be seriously hampered if cellular ATP, ADP and AMP are low – and ribose is the only solution. Either wait for your body to manufacture its own or take a fast-acting supplement, the choice is yours?

Every cell in your body contains ATP (adinosine triphosphate), an energy-rich compound that provides virtually all the energy needed to function on a second-by-second basis. When ATP is broken down into ADP + Pi (adinosine diphosphate + inorganic phosphate) energy is released and this is used to power all our bodily functions. Naturally then, it is the breakdown of ATP within the cells of the working muscles that provides the energy for exercise. Without it you wouldn’t be going anywhere!

It is through the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein that ADP + Pi is reformed to make ATP. This ATP is then available to be used for muscular contraction. As the muscle uses it, once again it will break down to ADP + Pi and so it goes on. When exercising, this cycle rapidly and continually takes place in order to satisfy the substantial turnover of energy required.

Research has shown that after maximal high load exercise, the pools of ATP and ADP + Pi in skeletal muscle cells are reduced by as much as 20-28 percent. The mechanisms behind this are rather complex and involve the loss of a compound called AMP (adinosine monophosphate). However, the net effect is that the overall pools of ATP and ADP + Pi within each cell is reduced, which seriously limits their energy potential. It doesn’t matter how much carbohydrate you ram into your body, if these nucleotide levels are low, you’re not going to have the raw materials available to exercise effectively. To further compound the problem, once AMP has left the cell, there’s no getting it back and so ATP and ADP + Pi levels will remain low, perhaps sinking further if another high intensity bout of exercise is experienced.