The Science Behind Recovery+

Recovery+ · Evidence

The Research We Stand On.

Every functional claim Recovery+ makes traces to published, peer-reviewed research, linked on this page, so you can read what we read. Our standard is simple: use the amounts published research actually studied, and never claim past the evidence.

That last part matters. We will never tell you a can treats a disease, cures a deficiency, or replaces a doctor. What we will do is show you the science we built on, and let you check it.

11 primary sources0 medical claims20g studied protein dose2.5g glycine, measured

Carbs 62%

Protein 12%

Rest

The Indian plate, per the ICMR-INDIAB survey. This gap is the reason Recovery+ exists.

Calm focus: the caffeine + L-theanine pair

The AM can's 74mg of lab-measured caffeine is paired with 270mg L-theanine, almost four times more theanine than caffeine. This pair is one of the most-studied combinations in beverage science: across multiple randomized controlled trials, caffeine with L-theanine has been shown to support attention and focus with fewer of the jittery edges of caffeine alone¹. Coffee contains zero theanine; even green tea only manages about one-to-one. The AM can →

The 2.5g glycine story

The PM can carries 2.5g of lab-measured glycine, just under the 3g used in published pre-bed research. In trials, participants taking this dose before bed reported better-rested mornings, including under deliberate sleep restriction²; mechanism work links glycine to the body's natural pre-sleep cooling process³.

Read that carefully: those are the studies' findings, at the studied dose. ELXR PM supplies that amount, it is not a sedative and not a sleep treatment, and we'll never call it one. The PM can →

Fibre and the gut

Both cans carry prebiotic fibre, ~15g in the AM can, about half a day's target, and ~6g in the PM can, the class of fibre defined by its ability to reach the colon intact and feed beneficial gut bacteria⁴. A 2024 meta-analysis of 17 randomized trials found this fibre type supports regularity at daily doses in exactly this range⁵.

The honest footnote: a gut that isn't used to fibre needs about a week to adapt. Start with one can a day. More in the FAQ →

Minerals that actually arrive

India loves the forms debate: citrate versus oxide, chelated versus not, this superior grade against that one. The debate skips the real opponent, the Indian plate: cereal-heavy meals are rich in phytates and chai stacks tannins on top, and both bind minerals in the gut before your body gets its chance¹²¹³. Minerals only work if they're absorbed, and published testing has caught entire batches of mineral tablets failing to even dissolve⁶. Recovery+ takes a delivery-first approach: fully soluble mineral forms (the kind that outperform cheap oxides in head-to-head human studies⁷), already in solution, with vitamin C riding along for the plant iron on your plate, timed hours away from the phytate-heavy meals that bind minerals in the gut. Inside the cans →

India's protein gap

The largest dietary study ever run in India, the ICMR-INDIAB survey, published in Nature Medicine, found the Indian plate is roughly 62% carbohydrate and only ~12% protein⁸. Protein quality compounds the problem: cereal proteins run short of lysine, the amino acid Indian researchers have shown adults specifically need⁹.

Each can answers with 20g of complete, total protein built on isolate-grade whey, over 90% protein by dry weight with zero fat in the finished can, lab-tested, a dose in the range shown to meaningfully stimulate muscle protein synthesis in controlled studies¹⁰, and a two-can day delivers 40g, anchored at the two emptiest slots of the Indian day: breakfast and night.

Why a sealed can matters

Independent peer-reviewed research has documented widespread mislabeling in India's protein supplement market¹¹. A sealed, pasteurized, serialized can with fixed per-serving contents is a structural answer: no scoops to mis-measure, no tub to adulterate, one batch standard, and a label you can hold us to. Batch 001 is 3,000 serialized cans.

FAQ

Do you make medical claims?

No, and we never will. Recovery+ is a food, not a medicine: it doesn't treat, cure or prevent any condition. What we claim is what the label and the linked research can back, and nothing more.

Why do you keep pointing at doses?

Because doses are where this industry plays games. Where we make a functional claim, the caffeine + L-theanine pair, the 2.5g glycine, the prebiotic fibre, the amount in the can sits in the range the cited research used. Check us on it.

Where can I read the research?

Right below, every source on this page links to the journal or database record. We cite primary research and institutional sources, not blog posts.

Is the full formula published?

The complete FSSAI-compliant ingredient list is printed on every can, as regulation requires. The formulation architecture itself is the work we spent years on, and it stays ours, but every claim we make publicly is checkable against the label and the citations here.

ELXR AM + ELXR PM · Batch 001 · 3,000 cans

Built on evidence. Proven on your label.

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