Tuesday, June 18, 2013

MUSCLE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE


Exercise tolerance––While much has been published on the Resveratrol and the antioxidative and its anti-inflammatory properties, little research has been done on its effect on physical fatigue and exercise performance.  In Taiwan 4 groups of mice were studied.  One had no resveratrol, one had a small amount each day the third had a moderate amount and a fourth group had a large amount of resveratrol added to the diet.  They were then tested measuring for limb grip strength, exhaustive swimming time and blood levels of enzymes created by exercise after a 15 min. swim.  The  group on a small amount of resveratrol had more than twice the exhaustive swimming time as the control group.  All 3 groups treated with Resveratrol had a greater grip strength than the control group.   The level of enzymes after the 15 minutes swim were lower in all 3 resveratrol groups.  It would appear at least in mice that resveratrol increases acute muscle strength as well as endurance.
Molecule, 2013 Apr 19

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