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Mustard Plant May Build Muscles

Call it a “must read”: A plant steroid found in mustard plants, among other plants, has been shown to increase lean body mass and muscle mass, not to mention the potential for a new generation of cheesy internet ads for natural supplements. The FASEB Journal reports that when researchers at the University of North Carolina fed homobrassinolide (a type of brassinosteroid found in plants) to healthy rats for 24 days, they found that the rats increased lean body mass and gained weight. Other experiments, FASEB reports, showed that homobrassinolide helped to increase the number and size of muscle fibers crucial for increased physical performance. The journal quotes Slavko Komarnytsky, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the university’s Plants for Human Health Institute, saying he hoped that brassinosteroids might provide an effective, natural, and safe alternative for age- and disease-associated muscle loss, or be used to improve endurance and physical performance.

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