One remarkable thing about the anti-oxidant quercetin: it has an amazing ability to boost endurance. Wait: Four more things you should know: it is found in the skins of red apples, red onions, berries and grapes.
Medical News Today reports on research conducted at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, suggesting that the antioxidant significantly boosts endurance capacity and maximal oxygen capacity
(VO2max) in healthy, active but untrained men and women. The online journal reports that 12 study participants were randomly assigned to one of two treatments. Half
were given 500 milligrams of quercetin twice a day in Tang for seven
days. The other subjects drank Tang with placebos. After the seven days
of treatment, during which the subjects were told not to alter their
physical activity, the participants rode stationary bicycles to the
point of fatigue. At that point, researchers tested their additional VO2max, one of the most
important measures of fitness. The study participants then received the
opposite treatment for another seven days before riding the bicycle to
the point of fatigue and more VO2max tests. Neither the participants nor the
research staff knew who received the quercetin Tang or the placebo
Tang, and all subjects took part in the quercetin and placebo
treatments. The researchers, MedicalNewsToday reports, found that after taking quercetin for only seven days, the
participants had a 13.2 percent increase in endurance and a 3.9 percent
increase in VO2max.
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So if the Q is not followed by a “u”, then why do you spell it that way below in your article, and why does everyone else also spell it as “quercetin.”
On a separate note, does this stuff have any effect on athletes, or only on slobs?