Sports drinks provide fluid, electrolytes, and carbohydrates.
Energy drinks rely mainly on caffeine or other stimulants.
PerformanceDrink has 2 separate drinks to choose from PerformanceDrink Oxygen Water and PerformanceDrink Athletic which combines stabilized oxygen water, with its Isohypotonic and Hypoisotonic carbohydrate formulas. It is designed to support sustained physical and cognitive performance "WITHOUT STIMULANTS".
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PDQPI International PERFORMANCE ENHANCING BEVERAGE STANDARD
All 12 Categories Are Required to Qualify as a Performance Enhancing Beverage
PerformanceDrink® is a new category of beverage developed to support sustained physical and cognitive performance through measurable physiological outcomes.
Unlike conventional sports drinks that primarily focus on hydration, or energy drinks that rely on stimulants, PerformanceDrink® was developed to support multiple aspects of human performance through measurable scientific evaluation.
Independent university research, peer-reviewed scientific publications, operational field testing, and decades of documented performance evaluation provide the evidence presented throughout this website.
We invite you to review the evidence and determine whether PerformanceDrink® meets the qualification standards of a true Performance Beverage.
PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Oxygen, Glucose, Brain and Physical Performance
Physical performance depends on muscular output, mental awareness,
executive function, reaction time, coordination, glucose availability,
oxygen delivery and hydration. These studies provide scientific context.
They are not direct PerformanceDrink studies unless PerformanceDrink was tested.
How the evidence is classified
PubMed-indexed research provides independent scientific context for the physiological principles, testing methods, and performance measurements discussed below. These publications did not test PerformanceDrink unless a card clearly states that PerformanceDrink was tested.
When published findings align with direct PerformanceDrink studies, they provide converging supporting evidence and biological context. They do not independently establish PerformanceDrink product effects.
Product-specific conclusions are based only on research that directly tested a named PerformanceDrink formula. Operational field evidence is reported separately from controlled research.
1. Brain Function During Prolonged Exercise
Why It Matters
Executive function, reaction time and working memory affect decisions, coordination and safety during demanding activity.
What Researchers Found
Exercise intensity affected executive-task performance and prefrontal oxygenation. Different cognitive functions responded differently during prolonged physical demand.
Connection to PerformanceDrink Research
This provides context for evaluating EEG findings, cognitive testing and mental awareness during exercise.
The brain requires a continuous energy supply. Cognitive performance becomes important when fatigue and physical demand increase.
What Researchers Found
Carbohydrate ingestion tended to improve cognitive performance during exercise, particularly cognitive flexibility.
Connection to PerformanceDrink Research
This provides context for PerformanceDrink blood-glucose measurements and university cognitive testing. It does not independently verify product effects.
Reduced oxygen availability can affect attention, judgment and cognitive performance during physical activity.
What Researchers Found
Research examining exercise under hypoxia reports that reduced oxygen availability can impair cognitive performance.
Connection to PerformanceDrink Research
This supports the importance of studying oxygen availability. It does not prove that drinking oxygenated water improves systemic oxygen delivery or performance.
Training volume affects conditioning capacity and the amount of high-quality work completed during a session.
What Researchers Found
A meta-analysis found that acute carbohydrate feeding can improve resistance-training volume, particularly during longer or glycogen-demanding sessions.
Connection to PerformanceDrink Research
This provides context for strength, power and sustained-work findings. The result should not be generalized to every workout or athlete.
aGlucose and other fuels provide chemical energy. Oxygen enables efficient
oxidative metabolism inside mitochondria. Together, these processes support
ATP production for sustained physical work, brain function and organ function.
Oxygen and blood glucose remain separate physiological measurements. An
increase in one does not automatically produce an increase in the other.
Established Human Physiology
Aerobic metabolism uses oxygen to extract energy from glucose, stored
carbohydrate and fat. Exercise also uses energy pathways that produce ATP
without requiring oxygen at the point of production.
Reduced oxygen availability can change glucose uptake, insulin sensitivity
and glucose regulation. The direction and size of the response depend on
the severity, duration and pattern of hypoxia, exercise and individual health.
PerformanceDrink records describe Isohypotonic and Hypoisotonic formulation
systems designed to provide different carbohydrate-delivery profiles.
Performance must be judged from measurements of the complete finished formula.
Recovered McMaster records report improved time to exhaustion and blood-glucose
maintenance. Recovered University at Buffalo records report physical-output
and cognitive results compared with Gatorade and water. Final numerical claims
must follow the original study reports and statistical tables.
Granted Controlled-Release Patent
U.S. Patent 5,980,968 is titled “Controlled-release formula for performance drinks.”
It describes performance-drink formulations using carbohydrate with selected
biodegradable polymers. The patent was filed October 9, 1996 and granted
November 9, 1999.
PerformanceDrink identifies newer proprietary technology involving the
controlled integration of its carbohydrate-delivery systems and stabilized
dissolved-oxygen platform. Public descriptions should protect confidential
formulation details and should not state or imply patent status unless a
formal application has been filed.
Evidence distinction:
Published physiology explains why oxygen, glucose, hydration and cognition matter.
Only research that tested PerformanceDrink can establish what the finished
PerformanceDrink formula achieved.
OXYGEN TECHNOLOGY
Oxygen Stability, Measurement and Performance Context
PerformanceDrink oxygen technology is based on retaining dissolved molecular
oxygen in the finished beverage under defined conditions. Initial oxygen
concentration does not establish long-term stability. Verification requires
the measurement method, retained concentration, packaging, storage duration
and temperature conditions.
What Science Establishes
Oxygen is essential for aerobic ATP production. Oxygen delivery depends on
breathing, lung exchange, haemoglobin, circulation, tissue extraction and
mitochondrial use.
What Product Testing Must Establish
PerformanceDrink-specific oxygen claims require finished-product laboratory
measurements, stability records and human testing. Orally consumed oxygen
does not replace oxygen delivered through the lungs.
BLOOD GLUCOSE TECHNOLOGY
Controlled Availability During Sustained Performance
Blood glucose reflects the balance among carbohydrate intake, liver glucose
release, storage, muscle uptake, insulin, glucagon, stress hormones and exercise
demand. The objective is appropriate glucose availability, not the highest
possible blood-glucose level.
Published Exercise Science
During prolonged strenuous exercise, carbohydrate intake can help maintain
blood glucose, carbohydrate oxidation and exercise tolerance.
PerformanceDrink records describe sustained blood-glucose availability during
prolonged testing from a comparatively small carbohydrate intake. The final
website values must state the original protocol, units, baseline, endpoint,
comparator intake and statistical results.
RECOVERY AND INJURY SCIENCE
Post-Exercise Recovery and the Biology of Tissue Repair
Recovery depends on restoring fluid balance and energy stores, repairing tissue,
obtaining sufficient protein and micronutrients, sleeping and following an
appropriate rehabilitation plan. Oxygen is required for normal cellular metabolism,
blood-vessel formation and bone repair, but oxygen alone does not strengthen bone.
Bone and Tissue Repair
Bone repair requires circulation, oxygen, nutrients, inflammatory signaling,
blood-vessel formation, calcium, vitamin D, protein and appropriate mechanical loading.
Hyperbaric oxygen is a medical treatment delivered under pressure. Its research
cannot establish the recovery or fracture-healing effects of an orally consumed
oxygen beverage. PerformanceDrink recovery claims require direct product testing.
Converging Evidence Across Multiple Testing Methods
Multiple testing methods recorded measurable physical and cognitive changes after participants consumed PerformanceDrink. These methods included EEG brain activity, controlled cognitive testing, exercise testing, recovery measurements, biofeedback, pulse-oximeter observations, and BioWell functional-response analysis.
This pattern is called converging evidence through methodological triangulation. One positive result may reflect one instrument, outcome, participant, or testing condition. Consistent findings across methods that measure different aspects of human performance provide stronger support than any single test alone.
The findings support an association between PerformanceDrink consumption and recorded performance-related measurements. Each study and field test must still be assessed according to its design, sample size, controls, and measurement limits.
The brain is composed of 79% water and uses 20% of the body's oxygen. Reduced oxygen impairs brain function.
PerformanceDrink Oxygen remains present in the bloodstream, as its stability is unaffected by variations in body temperature, unlike conventional oxygen.
PerformanceDrink Oxygen is absorbed directly into the blood stream through the mouth's mucosa and stomach in seconds.
Oxygen facilitates cellular proliferation and function across all tissues of the body.
Dr. Christopher Wyllie Brain Optimization Specialist EEG Evaluation Findings *33% improvement in measured cognitive performance. *Significant improvements across six of seven cognitive categories *Above-average performance in the seventh category. *Findings consistent with independent research published by the University at Buffalo and the Journal of Athletic Enhancement
Four University of Buffalo PhDs and thirty-five PhD students tested 50 drivers over 24 hours at the Rolex Daytona 24 Hour Race. Professional drivers and doctors discuss the benefits of PerformanceDrink at peak exertion. Proven on the spot results!
Bill Auberlin #1 BMW Driver in North America w/ Rahal Letterman Racing Team. " You have given me life to my career thank you very much" Bill Auberlin.
Fire Department and Hazmat Teams use PerformanceDrink for safety and mental awareness
Fire Department and Hazmat Teams use PerformanceDrink for safety and mental awareness.
IndyCar driver James Davidson who drives for AJ Foyt Racing
Colton Faccitti 4 Time Canadian Motocross Champion explains how PerformanceDrink works at 40 degrees C or 104F. Dillion Wright came from 37 after the first turn to finish finish 3rd.
lBioWell functional response analysis was performed before and 10 minutes after consuming PerformanceDrink®. The assessment demonstrated measurable improvements in functional response, supporting the physiological changes observed in independent university research and operational performance studies.
Find answers to the most common questions about PerformanceDrink®, the science behind it, how it works, who it is for, and the research supporting its performance benefits.
FAQs
Q: Why have I not heard of Performance Drink up to now when it has been out on the market for so long?
As an athlete you can value the benefit of a product that works very well. Do you want to share it with the competition so they can beat you? That is what has happened with Performance Drink up until now. The secret is out, and its now becoming a disadvantage if you’re not using it!
Q : It is true that one drink can work with every sport and type of athlete?
Absolutely not! That is like asking to use track shoes on a tennis court, or a road bike on a mountain bike course. It simple doesn’t work. Why would anyone think a 6’8 330-pound NFL lineman, a 100-pound female gymnast and a 5’5 140-pound race car driver could use the same drink? Their events are as different as are their physical needs. Performance Drink can cater to those differences with their custom pro formulas.
Q: What benefits do custom formulas have over the training formula?
Like most things that can have many variations, if you can get a custom version just for you, you can increase the benefit to your body. Performance Drink is no different. The base training formula works great, but if you really want to see the difference, a custom formula will take advantage of your metabolism to make sure that you are at your best for your event.
Q : What is the difference between Performance Drink and other "sports" or "energy" drinks?
Sport drinks (isotonic drinks have a 6% active ingredient)on the market are simply replenishment drinks. They are drinks that attempt to give back some of the sugar and electrolytes that you sweat out. That’s where PerformanceDrink is different. You take PerformanceDrink before your event to last you through it and give you a nice even glucose level you need for the duration and recovery.
Q : What is an isotonic drink and an hypotonic drink?
These terms relate to the concentration of active drink ingredients. Isotonic drinks have a heavier concentration of nutritional ingredients 6% solution whereas Hypotonic drinks have much less with a 2% active solution. There are a possible 5 million different combinations of ingredients that can be used to create these types of solutions. Carbohydrates or polysaccharides, are now recognized as the most information dense structures in the human body.
A four-unit carbohydrate has over 5 million variations while a four-unit protein has just 160 thousand variations and a four-unit DNA sequence only 256 variations. This means a four-unit carbohydrate has 33 times the information capacity of a protein and over 20,000 times the information capacity of DNA. This tremendous complexity is both the barrier to understanding carbohydrates, and the key to their potential. PerformanceDrink has found a way to combine the benefits of an isotonic (6% active solution) and the benefits of a hypotonic (2%active solution) to make an Isohypotonic or and hypoisotonic formula without the negative effects of either isotonic or hypotonic. Now it can be thick and thin at the same time! PerformanceDrink Oxygen water can also make a huge difference to your present formula as the oxygen stays in the solution even in high temperature up to 135°s F. Normally major amounts of oxygen leave the water at 68° F.
Q : What is really in this stuff?
Performance Drink is a proprietary blend of carbohydrates which may consist of organic grains, fruits, vegetables, sea salt and pure fruit flavors depending on events and personal requirements.
PerformanceDrink Oxygen water can also make a huge difference to your present formula as the oxygen stays in the solution even in high temperature up to 135°F. Normally major amounts of oxygen leaves the water at 68°F.
Q : What is a Isohypotonic or Hypoisotonic drink?
A four-unit carbohydrate has over 5 million variations while a four-unit protein has just 160 thousand variations and a four-unit DNA sequence only 256 variations. This means a four-unit carbohydrate has 33 times the information capacity of a protein and over 20,000 times the information capacity of DNA. This tremendous complexity is both the barrier to understanding carbohydrates, and the key to their potential. PerformanceDrink has found a way to combine the benefits of an isotonic (6% active solution) and the benefits of a hypotonic (2% active solution) to make an Isohypotonic or and hypoisotonic formula without the negative effects of either isotonic or hypotonic. Now it can be thick and thin at the same time! PerformanceDrink Oxygen water can also make a huge difference to your present formula as the oxygen stays in the solution even in high temperature up to 135°s F. Normally major amounts of oxygen leave the water at 68° F.
Q: What is PerformanceDrink Oxygen Water?
PerformanceDrink Oxygen Water is infused with oxygen to approximately 20 parts per million where normal water has less the 2 parts per million. Normal oxygen with come out of the water at 68 degrees F but PerformanceDrink Oxygen water will stay in the water up to 130F. Why is this a benefit? The body needs oxygen to work with nutrients to make power. If either one is lacking the body is compromised. Worse than that when oxygen is does the brain s ability to make executive decisions is compromised or decreased significantly as 20% of all oxygen is used for brain function.
Miller Motorsports Park Broadcast with PerformanceDrink Drivers
Mario Marietta
Shane Lewis Koni Challenge Banquet
Koni Challenge 2007 VIR 6 Hour Champions
Shane Lewis in 12 hour race in Magny Cours, France
Patrick Dempsey
James Davidson Star Mazda 2nd Place in Championship
2007 Grand Am Rolex Banquet Photos
Mark White IMSA Lites
Shane Lewis
Koni Challenge 2007 GS Champions
Sebastien Bourdais Photos
Sunchaser Grand Am Finale 2007 Miller Motorsports Park
Koni Challenge 2007 Miller Motorsports Park
Jonathan Goring in Star Mazda Pro Series
Marcus Ericsson Formula BMW and Coach Kenny Brack
Tom Pernice Jr. at the US Open Golf Tournament
Nürburgring 24 Hours 2007
Alexander Rossi
Miami Homestead Photos
Jay Howard
Katherine Legge
Joy Stanton Rowing
2007 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
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Dubai 24 Hour Race
Grand Am Rolex 2008 Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Safety First AMA Pro Racing Laguna Seca 2008
First British Formula 3 Pole Position
James Davidson Indy Pro Series
Larry Pegram AMA Formula Xtreme
Miller Motorsports Park Broadcast with PerformanceDrink Drivers
Mario Marietta
Shane Lewis Koni Challenge Banquet
Koni Challenge 2007 VIR 6 Hour Champions
Shane Lewis in 12 hour race in Magny Cours, France
Patrick Dempsey
James Davidson Star Mazda 2nd Place in Championship
2007 Grand Am Rolex Banquet Photos
Mark White IMSA Lites
Shane Lewis
Koni Challenge 2007 GS Champions
Sebastien Bourdais Photos
Sunchaser Grand Am Finale 2007 Miller Motorsports Park
