Sports nutrition\ Marché - N°66 post-exercise muscle soreness although Other ingredients to explore BASF launches this strategy has little effect on the indirect PeptAIde™ markers of muscle damage. Several studies A few studies, not very many, on other ingre- to support have actually shown that the consump- dients are expected to shed new light in the recovery tion of a moderate dose of caffeine (4.5 to upcoming years on the integration of nutritional 5.5mg/kg) ingested 47 minutes to 1 hour Using artifi cial care in the recovery stage. They mainly relate intelligence, BASF prior to and after exercise has no effect on to polyphenols extracted from black tea, blue- and Nuritas explored serum creatine kinase levels nor on lactate berries, chondroitin sulfate, chlorogenic acid with the aid of algorithms able to dehydrogenase but would significantly extracted from coffee, garlic, leucine metabo- process multiple reduce muscle pain. lites, lemon verbena, lychee, Mate tea, pequi scientifi c data the potentially interesting fruit, quercetin, saffron, selenium, sesame, effects of molecules • Methylsulfonylmethane spinach and tomato juice. found in food. Thus, bioactive peptides Methylsulfonylmethanes have anti- extracted from brown inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The future: selecting ingredients rice were identifi ed as Several studies report beneficial effects according to the expected objectives capable of regulating infl ammation by on the markers of muscle damage during acting on the release post-exercise recovery when ingested at The decision to implement nutritional strate- of cytokines triggered by intense exercise. doses of 50 mg/g/day for 10 days, on the gies in order to offset the consequences of The PeptAIde™ inflammatory response at doses of 3g/day training on muscles must be taken into account peptide complex was consumed for 28 days prior to and three while remembering that they will maximize the tested in volunteers and it was shown that days after exercise, but not on muscle or recovery capacity to the detriment of long-term a single dose of 20 joint pain (3g/day for 21 days). adaptation to training. Nevertheless, these g was suffi cient to observe an effect on strategies may increase the training volume the blood markers of • Pre-workout boosters in trained athletes and reduce the unpleasant infl ammation such as The diversity of pre-workout boosters in symptoms associated with training in untrained TNF- α. terms of composition profiles makes it diffi- subjects and thus support the regularity of their https://nutrition.basf. com/en/Human-nutrition/ 021 cult to compare the effects reported by the training. PeptAIde.html studies. Their effectiveness and mechanism The ingredient shall be chosen depending on all of action can vary considerably. Until now, the physiological effects it exerts. Thus, endu- clinically-tested combinations (caffeine, rance athletes who need sustained recovery creatine and branched-chain amino acids) will be able to enjoy the double benefi t of bee- have not been demonstrated as having troot juice on the symptoms associated with beneficial effects on recovery. Never- post-exercise muscle damage and improved theless, more advanced research should endurance performance when consumed in be conducted using different formulations chronic amounts. At the same time, power ath- and pre-workout boosters before conclu- letes looking for an effective nutritional reco- ding on the absence of an effect. very will enjoy the ergogenic effects - backed up by strong evidence - of chronic creatine • Waters high in minerals ingestion in addition to its benefi ts on recovery. The first available data suggests that the Finally, the future strategies should study the consumption of waters high in minerals may combined effects of several ingredients acting reduce pain and improve muscle function on various mechanisms and exerting a syner- by acting on post-exercise hydration. The gistic action such as sour cherry juice for its consumption of water extracted from under antioxidant effects; curcumin, which exerts the seabed has been studied, in particular, an anti-infl ammatory action by inhibiting the as this water has high levels of electrically synthesis of Cox2; β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate, charged minerals (sodium, magnesium, which enhances muscle protein synthesis, and calcium and potassium). These studies show vitamin D3, which regulates the skeletal activity, a better maintenance of the muscle capacity muscle function and infl ammation. ■ and a reduction in the markers of muscle damage. Also, research studies using elec- trokinetically modified water produced the Source: Nutritional and Supplementation Strategies to Prevent same results when such water is consumed and Attenuate Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: a Brief Review. two weeks prior to and after exercise. Harty PS, Cottet ML, Malloy JK, Kerksick CM. Sports Med Open. 2019 Jan 7;5(1):1. News on Functional & Health Ingredients \ N°66 \ January - February - March 2019 \ ■