Exercise is a good thing, no doubt. When you exercise, though, you are breaking down your body's tissues, and this in turn causes the body to build back up. Hence the reason muscles grow in number and stronger, and/or the heart and lungs are able to handle more endurance exercises. Since the body needs to recover from the (good) stress of exercise, it is important to provide it the right nutrition. While that means plenty of good lean proteins, some compound carbohydrates, and even more fruits and especially vegetables, most of us fall short of those demands. Here's one way that Juice Plus+® may help --
GREENSBORO, N.C.—A combination fruit/berry/vegetable supplement (Juice Plus+®) may fight oxidative stress and improve exercise performance, according to a new study (Med Sci Sports Exerc. ePub 2 Aug 2010. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181f1ef48). Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, recruited 41 healthy adults to take either placebo or Juice Plus+ capsules for 28 days prior to an acute bout of eccentric exercise, and for four days after. The exercises included four sets of 12 repetitions of eccentric elbow flexion with the non-dominant arm; blood, muscle soreness (MS), range of motion and maximal isometric force of the elbow flexors were obtained before and immediately after exercise, as well as at 2, 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-exercise.
Muscle soreness and plasma creatine kinase levels increased over time, while range of motion and maximal force declined in both groups. Consuming Juice Plus+ helped prevent the increases in oxidative stress markers in the blood seen in placebo subjects, serving as an antioxidant. The research team concluded consuming [the fruit and vegetable capsules] could attenuate blood oxidative stress markers, but did not affect functional changes related to pain and muscle damage. source...
Comments: So while it is good to exercise on a regular basis - daily is good, it is just as important to be sure you're feeding your body the proper nutrition for recovery. Ask any professional athlete and they will tell you that diet is more important than the exercises they do, because of the power of the nutrients in keeping the cells healthy. Also, this is a great step toward aging well. So be sure to exercise and eat right for a life of health and longevity.
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