CAN VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION FORESTALL MUSCLE-DAMAGING EFFECTS OF A SINGLE BOUT OF RESISTANCE TRAINING?
Vitamin E may enhance insulin production by the pancreas; results being presented at a meeting on exercise and physiology by international scientists during Olympics PORTLAND, ME Exercise has been shown to lead to the formation of membrane-damaging oxygen free radicals. The damage created by these free radicals has been associated with the loss in muscle function and insulin sensitivity that intense exercise induces, says Bruce Craig, Ph.D. Dr. Craig is a member of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State University in Muncie, IN and will present his findings during the American Physiological Societys interdisciplinary meeting, “The Integrative Biology of Exercise,” being held September 20-23, 2000 in Portland, ME. Background: Free radicals are unstable and tend to react with the fats within the cell membrane. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts as an antioxidant; it is important in the formation of red blood cells and has been shown to protect the cell membrane against
