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SCIENCE PULSE The latest news on the power of key supplements to boost
sports performance and safeguard your health.
BY PHIL HARVEY, PHD, RD, FISSN, FACN

Amla Intake
Enhances Cellular
Energy Production
Researchers from Shiga University of Medical
Sciences in Japan recently studied the effect of
Amla (an Indian fruit)
intake on cellular ability
to protect itself from
oxidative stress, or
cellular damage
caused by normal
metabolism plus
toxins taken in
through air, food,
and water. Stressed
cells need more
energy in the
form of ATP, which
is produced in the
mitochondria.
In the study,
scientists found that
Amla treatment of a
stressed mouse cell acted as an antioxidant to
reduce the reactive molecules in the cell (cell-
damaging molecules occurring with oxidative
stress), and also improved the mitochondrial
function, activating the ability to produce extra
ATP in case of a sudden increase in energy
demands.
Source: (Yamamoto H, et al. Oxid Med Cell Longev.
2016;2016:1735841.)
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Mushroom Blend May Improve
Exercise Performance
A recent study by researchers from the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, concluded that supplementation with a mushroom
blend containing Cordyceps militaris may give you that extra push in
the gym. Cordyceps militaris is a fungus used in traditional Chinese
Medicine and is used in some workout supplements.
In the study, a group of 28 people were assigned either a capsule
filled with Peak02, a mushroom blend produced by Compound
Solutions, or a placebo of maltodextrin and hemp protein.
Performance factors measured during high intensity exercise were
maximal oxygen consumption, time to exhaustion, and ventilatory
threshold (the point during exercise when ventilation increases at
a faster rate than the volume of oxygen entering and exiting the
lungs, when youre forced to rely on your anerobic energy system).
After one week of supplementation, the researchers found no
significant improvement in any of the exercise
performance factors. But after three weeks,
maximal oxygen consumption improved
significantly in the Peak02 group versus
the placebo group. While there was less
improvement in time to exhaustion and
ventilatory threshold in those who had
supplemented with Peak02, the authors
concluded that longer term supplementation
with Cordyceps militaris may help with these
exercise performance gains.
Source: (Hirsch KR, et al. J Diet Supp. 2016
Jul 13:1-13)
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Omega-3 + Weight Training Boosts Muscle Function in Older Women

A new study led by the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen published in the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition determined that older women can improve their muscle function
and quality when combining resistance exercise training with omega-3 supplements. In the
study, the researchers randomly assigned 50 older men and women to either an omega-3
fish oil supplement (3 grams) or a 3 gram safflower oil placebo, then had them participate in
lower limb resistance training twice weekly for 18 weeks.
As anticipated, the resistance exercise training improved muscle size, function, and
quality in all study participants. But those women who were taking the fish oil had a
significant increase in their muscle function and quality, but not size, over those taking the
placebo. This difference was not noted in men. An additional finding was that the omega-3
supplementation reduced blood triglyceride levels in both men and women.
Source: (Yamamoto H, et al. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:1735841.)
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