VITAMIN E CUTS MUSCLE DAMAGE FROM WEIGHT-TRAINING

A new study conducted by researchers at Ball State University
demonstrates that vitamin E protects muscles during weight training. As
part of the experiment, 11 men, aged an average of 25 years, began a
circuit weight-training program. Six of the men took vitamin E
supplementation and five took placebo pills. Subjects, blood levels of
creatine kinase (an indicator of muscle damage) were assessed at the
study,s onset and after three weeks.

Kinase levels increased immediately in control subjects. In contrast,
among subjects taking vitamin E, levels of the enzyme remained constant
until 48 hours post-training.

The key to vitamin E,s muscle-protective powers is its ability to quench
free radicals, speculates study author professor Bruce Craig. "Vitamin E
may reduce the oxidative and mechanical damage induced by resistance
training, noted Craig. "From a weight trainer,s point of view, if you
don,t have as much muscle damage and soreness, you can recover faster.

Ball State University November 1, 2000.

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