Comment · Thu, July 25, 2013
Study: 'Anti-Aging' Antioxidant Actually Seems to Undo Effects of Exercise
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zipzopzoobitybop · 16 points
Saw this article online, thought you'd all be interested.
Article source: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/study-anti-aging-antioxidant-actually-seems-to-undo-effects-of-exercise/277993/
Study source: http://jp.physoc.org/content/early/2013/07/19/jphysiol.2013.258061.full.pdf+html
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PROBLEM: In today's issue of The Journal of Physiology, researchers led by Dr. Lasse Gliemann at the University of Copenhagen report a needling wrinkle in our antioxidant love story.
When some plants (like grape vines) are under stress, they produce a polyphenol known as resveratrol, which you may have heard of as the "anti-aging" chemical. Resveratrol has been shown to improve cardiovascular performance and extend the lives of non-mammals and mice -- specifically improving the lipid profiles and longevity of mice who ate a lot of fat. We believe that's because of its work as an antioxidant.
The mice in that study got a boatload of resveratrol, though. Red wine has 1.5 to 3 mg of resveratrol per liter, so an average person would need to drink 1,000 liters of red wine daily to get that much. Resveratrol does come in supplement form, but is that good for h…
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PotatoTime · 1 points
So you're saying that antioxidants will probably impede the process if circulating during any point in the entire 2-3 day recovery?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Yes, due to the effect it has on inflammation of the damaged muscle. It's been seen in normal doses like 1,100mg vitamin C, and 900mg N-Acetylcysteine.