Do you want to improve the performance of your training? Every day we discover new ingredients that increase our resistance, provide proteins, essential amino acids and other nutrients necessary to perform 100% in careers, competitions, etc., but what is its real effect? Has it been shown to act as promise?
Posted by Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela 04/12/2019 edited by Hifas Da Terra Communication
Index
More energy and rapid recovery
Unlike other products, Reishi and Cordyceps extracts They have shown that they can increase energy production and reduce recovery periods after extreme effort.
This is collected in a study conducted by the University of Pavia (Italy) in which it is concluded that the continued taking of the pure extracts of these medicinal fungi species:
- Metabolic energy production (ATP) increases
- increase muscle power
- reduce muscle recovery time
- They favor the elimination of lactic acid
Control indices: testosterone and cortisol
This research was conducted for three months to a group of cyclists who participated in different long -term tests. During this period two relevance biomarkers were analyzed in physical exercise: testosterone and cortisol.
The testosterone It is a virilizing hormone, but it is not exclusive to male sex. It is fundamental to the sexual health of men and women and has important Anabolic effects:
- Increase mass and muscle strength
- Increase bone density
- stimulates bone development
He Cortisol It is also a hormone that, however, increases in response to factors such as stress. It is therefore one of the main hormones of Catabolic effect:
- Reduces protein synthesis
- Increase degradation
- Inhibits the immune response
Adequate and effective training
The testosterone/cortisol ratio (t/c) is considered an index of the organism's anabolic activity:
- The decrease in this value indicates a tendency to catabolism (Reduction of protein synthesis, increased protein degradation and inhibition of immune response)
- The increase indicates a tendency to anabolism (Increased mass and muscle strength, increased bone density and bone development stimulation).
At times when the workload intensifies, a certain decrease in report T/C reflects an adequate and effective training index. However, if this decrease is greater than 30% - with respect to the initial values - it is considered that an indicator of Risk of overcoming.
Cordyceps "has an important stimulating effect"
Results after Reishi and Cordyceps
For three months, the participants of this study took 3 capsules of Pure Cordyceps Extract (Mico Cord) and 2 capsules of pure extract of Ganoderma lucidum (Mico Rei).
The analytics carried out before and after the race, as well as their comparison with the control group showed that complementation with Cordyceps sinensis and Ganoderma lucidum It is capable of modulate and reduce oversight syndrome (overtraining syndrome, OTS), being also a safe complementary treatment.
The levels of testosterone (anabolic effect) They increased before and after the race after taking mushroom extracts. In addition, compared to the control group, after three months of supplementation, The risk of overcoming decreased almost 9%.
Applications in other sports
According to this study, the Athlete on the athlete (Overtraining Sydrome) affects the 65% of athletes at the apex of his professional career.
In this syndrome there is a imbalance between workload stress and athlete recovery capacity: It is said that the athlete suffers that, after 72 hours, is not able to recover from extreme physical effort.
Summary
The conclusions of this study raise new hypotheses according to which it is considered that the Mushroom extracts could be important in races in stages in which an effort programming is necessary to allow the body to recover properly.
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References
- Paola Rossi et al. (2014) Improving Training Condition Assessment in Endurance Cyclists: Effects of Ganoderma lucidum and ophiocordyceps sinensis dietary supplementation.evndennce-base complementary and alternative medicine. VOLUME 2014, ARTICLE ID 979613, 11 pages. Link