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The Benefits of Bicarbonate Ketones
Bicarbonate is a buffer. It's basically a mop or a sponge that soaks up all those hydrogen ions, brings the pH and the muscle cell back down to where it's supposed to be. You can go either harder before you hit the ceiling or you can go for slightly longer at that ceiling. In principle, way back when bicob was studied and found to be performance enhancing for sprint duration exercise,. I've seen studies on 200m kayakers, which is like a 30 second bart. Wingate type 30 second cycling 500 meter sprints.
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