Tag: muscle
Eat chocolate for enhanced exercise performance
Epicatechin a major component of cacao (raw chocolate) has shown itself capable of enhancing muscle endurance capacity.
Mice given epicatechin had enhanced treadmill performance and muscle fatigue resistance.
Creatine of greater benefit to vegetarians
Those following a vegetarian diet maybe more liable to a potential creatine insufficiency. Meat and fish represent the primary dietary sources of creatine, so it makes sense that their exclusion from the diet would result in a greater chance of reduced body creatine stores. Vegetarians would therefore have to rely to much greater degree on [...]
Ginseng protects your muscles
Panax (Korean ginseng) may help reduce exercise induced muscle damage (Jung et al 2011). Supplementing Korean ginseng helped to lower creatine kinase activity – a measure of muscle protein breakdown, and it also lowered levels of an inflammatory marker called interlukin-6. Interestingly it helped to improve insulin sensitivity as well, perhaps making it of some [...]
CLA improves exercise endurance and aids weight loss
Mice fed a CLA supplemented diet for 10 weeks had improved endurance and better weight loss, than a control group fed on a normal diet. Endurance was assessed by a running task, and the CLA fed mice were able to run for a time period that was 26% longer than the control group. CLA seems [...]
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