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Biosteel High Performance Sports Drink

Backed by 15 studies

Overall grade based on research across 8 ingredients.

D
45out of 100Grade D
Research evidence score

Weighed against 15 published studies · led by Calcium

How the ingredients work together

Known interactions from published nutrition research — separate from the evidence grade.

Calcium vs ZincCompete

High-dose calcium can reduce zinc absorption — the two compete for uptake pathways.

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Ingredient breakdown

D
CalciumSupports bone density and muscle contraction
Research: Established essential nutrientDaily Value: 1%Dose: 12.6 mgEvidence strength: Established nutrient — only a token dose in this product
D
MagnesiumImproves sleep quality and muscle recovery
Research: Established essential nutrientDaily Value: 1.3%Dose: 5.4 mgEvidence strength: Established nutrient — only a token dose in this product
D
ZincSupports immune function and testosterone
Research: Established essential nutrientDaily Value: 1.5%Dose: 162 mcgEvidence strength: Established nutrient — only a token dose in this product
C
TaurineSupports cardiovascular function and exercise performance
Research direction: InconclusiveEvidence: 5 studiesEvidence strength: Moderate - supportive but mixed
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FatSupplementation and health effects
Research direction: No studies foundEvidence: 0 studiesEvidence strength: Not enough research yet - no studies found for this specific claim
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Vitamin BSupplementation and health effects
Research direction: No studies foundEvidence: 0 studiesEvidence strength: Not enough research yet - no studies found for this specific claim
C
Proprietary Of Amino AcidsSupplementation and health effects
Research direction: InconclusiveEvidence: 5 studiesDose: 3841 mgEvidence strength: Moderate - supportive but mixed
Automatic Recording Apparatus for Use in Chromatography of Amino Acids (1958)A MODIFIED NINHYDRIN REAGENT FOR THE PHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF AMINO ACIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS (1954)PHOTOMETRIC NINHYDRIN METHOD FOR USE IN THE CHROMATOGRAPHY OF AMINO ACIDS (1948)
C
Proprietary Organic Mineral MatrixSupplementation and health effects
Research direction: InconclusiveEvidence: 5 studiesDose: 59 mgEvidence strength: Moderate - supportive but mixed
Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix. (1959)Fluorescence Excitation−Emission Matrix Regional Integration to Quantify Spectra for Dissolved Organic Matter (2003)CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice (1994)

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