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Sports injuries(improving muscle strength and endurance)

Sports injuries are common among both professional and amateur athletes that engage in competitive sports.

Training alone is not sufficient for optimal cell function or to enhance endurance and performance; the body also needs all the essential nutrients that are involved in the metabolism of muscles, ligaments and bones. Moreover, a speedy recovery from sports injuries requires that all anti-inflammatory substances that form the anti-inflammatory defense system be present in adequate amounts throughout the body.

Recent scientific studies show that a healthy, balanced diet cannot even supply the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) amounts of basic vitamins and minerals. Basic vitamins and minerals in sufficient amounts are vital for our cells to function optimally and for us to heal faster after an injury. One study has demonstrated that not a single amateur or professional athlete that participated in this study was able to maintain a sufficient intake of 17 of the most basic nutrients even though they followed a balanced and healthy diet.

Muscle strength, coordination, speed and performance may be improved significantly with the right natural nutritional nutrients. Clinical experience from Olympic Gold medalists shows that certain nutritional ingredients (see below) can shorten the recovery time from sports injuries by up to 50 percent.

Which natural ingredients can have an effect on sports injuries?

Chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine sulfate, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), ginger root extract, coenzyme Q10, vitamins A, B2, B6, C, D3, E and folic acid, and grape seed extract, fish oils (EPA/DHA), selenium, zinc, copper, magnesium, manganese and molybdenum.

What effects do these ingredients have?

  • Effective pain relief after only a few days of supplementation.
  • 30 to 50 percent faster recovery time from sports injuries – faster healing of ligaments, capsules, muscles, cartilage and bone trauma.
  • Enhance muscle strength, mobility, speed and precision.
  • Enhance tendon and bone strength.
  • Enhance performance and endurance.
  • Reduce possible edemas.
  • Reduce risk of chronic injury.
  • Improve tissue bleeding.
  • Stimulate cartilage growth including density.

For the reader with a deeper interest:

How do these ingredients work?

  • Treat and prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
  • Antioxidant effect (counteracts muscle-produced oxidative stress etc.).
  • Improve the viscosity of synovial liquid of the joints.
  • Have none of the adverse side effects of NSAIDs (non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).
  • Is NOT considered doping by the Olympic Committee as well as other sports associations.
  • Deliver the raw materials for the production of cartilage.
  • Inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzymes.
  • Inhibit the breakdown of collagenase phospholipase enzymes.
  • Inhibit TNF-a and interleukin-1B.
  • Inhibit the production of leukotriene B4 and prostaglandin E2.
  • Stimulate the production of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans necessary for the rebuilding of joint cartilage.

The information above is based on more than 90,000 articles published in scientific journals and which are available at MEDLINE, the world;s largest medical database. Below you will find a few of them listed:

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