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10/26/2018 / By David Williams

Eat onions, apples after working out: Quercetin found to help reduce exercise-induced oxidative damage

Exercise can offer many surprising benefits. It’s a great way to lose weight and improve overall health, and if done correctly, it can even lead to muscle growth and improved bone density. It’s one of the best things you can do for your body, but did you know that it can carry some negative effects […]

10/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Exercising too hard? Prevent heart damage with ginseng and red sage

Hard exercise is rough on the muscles, even if you’ve prepared for it ahead of time. A sudden bout of eccentric exertion can cause arterial stiffening for days on end. However, the results of a Taiwanese study indicate that you can speed up your recovery from vascular stiffening by taking ginseng and red sage as herbal […]

10/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Ginseng and red sage reduce arterial stiffening caused by exercise

Taiwanese researchers tested the ability of two Chinese medicinal herbs to delay the onset of vascular stiffening in muscles after excessive exercise. They reported that a week-long treatment using ginseng (Panax ginseng) and red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) were able to improve the symptoms of arterial stiffening. This study was conducted by the National Taiwan University. […]

03/16/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Glucose tolerance can be improved with muscle-damaging exercise

A new study that has been published in an issue of the Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine seeks to identify the gravity of muscle damage and blood glucose responses in people engaging in high-intensity exercise. This was done via an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) after eccentric training of 21 healthy junior athletes with […]

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