Amino-ELITE

Amino-ELITE Neil Hill Approved – Amino acid-based food supplement with plant extracts

Today’s market is filled with a vast range of food supplements intended as “pre-workouts” or as “thermogenics” and “fat burners,” often marked by flashy or misleading claims. Many include ingredients of questionable quality, with poor transparency or dubious effectiveness, and some even contain substances that could be harmful to consumers’ health.

A common denominator in stimulating and thermogenic pre-workout formulations is caffeine, included in varying doses and often paired with other stimulants. These products have become popular among athletes to support energy, focus, and fatigue resistance during training. Caffeine, the leading component, exerts noticeable effects by blocking brain adenosine receptors. This suppression helps reduce sensations of tiredness and promotes alertness. It works effectively even under mental stress, sleep deprivation, or dietary deficits.

Additionally, these products often contain nitric oxide boosters like arginine or its esters—preferably citrulline—and vasodilators that increase blood flow, nutrient delivery, and waste removal. Combined with caffeine and plant extracts, these products also deliver thermogenic benefits, promoting fat burning.

However, not every athlete wants or tolerates stimulants. Some avoid caffeine to prevent nervous overstimulation, especially if they train in the afternoon or evening, or because they seek to avoid adrenal overstimulation and its hormonal consequences. This growing awareness drives demand for stimulant-free formulas that can still improve focus, concentration, and vascularity while promoting fat oxidation and energy—without affecting nervous system function or sleep quality.

The market now includes a new category of “non-stim” pre-workouts that deliver energy, focus, and muscle pump without the use of stimulants.

Yamamoto® Nutrition proudly presents Amino-ELITE, a stimulant-free pre-workout formula designed for athletes seeking improved physical condition, performance, and body composition without nervous system interference.

As top trainer Neil Hill—who oversaw this formulation for the Neil Hill Approved line—states:

“This new product, destined to become another bestseller, was born from the growing need for an effective supplement that can be taken multiple times a day, maintains muscle mass, supports oxygenation and nourishment, and promotes fat burning—all while avoiding negative effects on the nervous system or recovery.”

Amino-ELITE contains:

• Instant BCAAs (InstAA®): extremely soluble branched-chain amino acids for protecting muscle during intense training, accelerating recovery from DOMS, supporting mental fatigue, and providing emergency energy—especially under hypocaloric or low-carb conditions.
• L-Citrulline: a powerful nitric oxide stimulator that improves blood flow to muscles and waste removal, boosting endurance and training output.
• Green Tea Extract: recognized for its thermogenic and diuretic-supporting effects.
• Rhodiola rosea: a renowned adaptogen used for centuries to support resistance to physical and mental stress.

This formula is anti-catabolic and highly effective during calorie restriction or low-carb phases, supporting fatty acid mobilization, enhancing thermogenesis, and improving performance and fatigue resistance. Amino-ELITE is highly versatile and can be used once or even twice daily by athletes seeking fat loss while maintaining lean mass. It’s suitable pre-workout, before fasted cardio, or as a daytime metabolic booster. It delivers real efficacy without side effects like anxiety, tachycardia, excessive sweating, or nausea, and it helps preserve muscle while effectively burning excess fat.

The standout element of this product is the patented Slendacor®, a clinically validated, stimulant-free thermogenic complex designed to support body composition improvement.

Slendacor® is a patented blend of three traditional herbs—Curcuma longa, Murraya koenigii, and Moringa oleifera—selected for their synergistic ability to reduce fat accumulation in adipocytes and promote safe, well-tolerated fat oxidation. Developed by Laila Nutraceuticals, it was chosen from over 400 Ayurvedic herbs based on its dual action: inhibiting lipogenesis and stimulating lipolysis. In vitro and in vivo testing determined the optimal ratio for maximum results.

Clinical studies show that Slendacor® significantly reduces fat mass and body weight beginning from day 14 of supplementation, helping to maintain weight loss and improve overall body composition over time—without harmful side effects or banned substances. Unlike many fat-burning supplements with vague claims, Slendacor® has well-documented efficacy and safety.

In a recent clinical trial, subjects (healthy overweight individuals) experienced statistically significant reductions (p < 0.0001) in weight, BMI, and waist circumference as early as day 14, with no loss of lean mass. Adiponectin levels (a hormone regulating glucose and fatty acid use) increased by over 20%, while ghrelin (the “hunger hormone”) levels dropped substantially.

Slendacor® is already used in many of the best-selling fat burners in the US, Brazil, Australia, Asia, and now, Europe.

Nutraingredients Ingredient of the Year Award (2017) winner in top-selling consumer weight management.

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