Antioxidants and exercise

Exercise, Antioxidants, and Cardioprotection

Scott K. Powers, Ph.D., Ed.D. Professor Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences and Department of Physiology University of Florida Gainesville, Florida In addition to the cardioprotective effects of regular exercise, there is also a growing interest in nutritional antioxidant supplementation as a strategy to protect the heart during a heart attack. Indeed, the role that dietary antioxidants p...

Dietary antioxidants and exercise.

Muscular exercise promotes the production of radicals and other reactive oxygen species in the working muscle. Growing evidence indicates that reactive oxygen species are responsible for exercise-induced protein oxidation and contribute to muscle fatigue. To protect against exercise-induced oxidative injury, muscle cells contain complex endogenous cellular defence mechanisms (enzymatic and non-...

Electrolytes and Antioxidants for Exercise

exercise-induced oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants

conclusions regular consumption of various fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and beans, sprouts and seeds is an effective and safe way to meet all antioxidant requirements in physically active persons and athletes. results it seems that the best recommendations regarding antioxidants and exercise are having a balanced diet rich in natural antioxidants and phytochemicals. eviden...

Oxidant Antioxidants and Adaptive Responses to Exercise

1Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Edificio 7, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Blasco Ibañez 15, 46010 Valencia, Spain 3Department of Health and Exercise Science, Tianjin University of Sport, 51 Weijin South Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 30038...