Honey an anti-inflammatory strategy for overtraining 🍯
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The Effect of Honey Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle-Related Inflammatory Markers Among Military Graduates After Overtraining
Background
Honey has been shown to posses specific anti-inflammatory properties, but does this result in improved exercise recovery? 🧐
Study Details
This new study recruited 42 overtrained military graduates who were randomly assigned to received either…
🍯 Honey (5 ml of 12% honey solution / kg bodyweight)
🥤 Placebo
…twice daily for 6-weeks 🗓️
Overtraining was confirmed via questionnaires + cortisol:testosterone ratio 🩸
Key Findings
Those in the 🍯 group exhibited significantly smaller increases in…
🔥 C-reactive protein
🔥 Tumor necrosis factor-α
🔥 Aldolase A
🔥 Creatine kinase
The mean changes in the honey group were notably lower than placebo 📉
Conclusion
Honey may therefore be a useful recovery food / ingredient for controlling excess inflammation during periods of overtraining ✅
An implementation of this finding could be to include honey daily during intense training periods as an additive to other recovery strategies 🍯