Blueberries may protect muscles from exercise damage
By Stephen Daniells
Antioxidant-rich extracts of blueberries may counter the detrimental effect of excessive exercise, according to new results from a new study from New Zealand.
Damage to muscle cells exposed to oxidative stress was significantly reduced when also exposed to doses of blueberry fruit extracts, according to findings published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research.
“In our study blueberry fruits were suggested as good candidates to combat muscle oxidative damage although further investigations especially at an in vivo level are needed,” wrote the researchers, led by Dr Roger Hurst from New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research.
Source: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
Volume 54 Issue 3, Pages 353-363, doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200900094
“Blueberry fruit polyphenolics suppress oxidative stress-induced skeletal muscle cell damage in vitro”
Authors: R.D. Hurst, R.W. Wells, S.M. Hurst, T.K. McGhie, J.M. Cooney, D.J. Jensen
