Men may benefit more from turmeric than females for exercise recovery 🔋

Sex differences for curcuminoids.

A randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial to evaluate the effect of a turmeric formulation on muscle soreness and function recovery in moderately active adults

Study Details

This new study recruited 44 active participants (34 males + 10 females) to consumed either…

1️⃣ Turmeric (300 mg/day, thereof 90 mg of active curcuminoids)

2️⃣ Placebo

…for 5-days, on the 2nd day performing 30-min downhill running to induce muscle damage 💥

Here is what they found ⬇️

Key Findings

Muscle soreness recovery (difference between soreness at 72 hours and maximal post-exercise soreness)…

…was significantly greater with the turmeric formulation compared to placebo (-7.9%) ✅

(with men experiencing a greater benefit of -10.7%)

Male participants taking turmeric also experienced significantly…

📉 Lower decreases in peak force

⚡️ Lower decreases in isokinetic peak torque

⤴️ Greater vertical jump power

…vs placebo, whereas women did not experience these benefits 🧐

Conclusion

Turmeric may be more effective for men than women when it comes to exercise recovery 🙋‍♂️

However more research needs to be completed to confirm these findings 🔬

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41040018/

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