Athletes Show Microhydrin ®
Improves Endurance

December 1, 1999

by
Clinton Howard and Kimberly Lloyd

Microhydrin has been shown to reduce the accumulation of lactic acid during exercise in a double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study. Lactic acid is produced during exercise when the demand for oxygen in muscles exceeds the supply. It causes pain and limits endurance. It is a common problem for athletes, and for people who work out, play sports, or do physical labor. Reduction of lactic acid during strenuous exercise enhances endurance and speeds recovery.

Scientists in the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at a Medical School in the U.S.A. conducted the cardiovascular study. Six healthy, male bicyclists rode stationary bicycles at maximum speed in a 40 Kilometer time trial. One half of the subjects, randomly selected, took four Microhydrin capsules per day for one week before the trial and two capsules 30 minutes before the start of the exercise. The other half took placebos capsules on the same schedule. One week later the protocol was repeated as a crossover. Those who had taken Microhydrin took placebos, and those who had taken placebos took Microhydrin. The reduction in lactic acid in the athletes taking Microhydrin compared to placebo was statistically significant.

There was no significant difference in heart rates during the time trial when subjects were on Microhydrin, compared to heart rates when they were on placebos. These statistics provide additional safety data on Microhydrin. The study will be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.

This abstract will be added to future reprints of the RBC Abstracts of Studies on Microhydrin ®.

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