Dietary antioxidant supplementation combined with quercetin improves cycling time trial performance.

@article{Macrae2006DietaryAS,
  title={Dietary antioxidant supplementation combined with quercetin improves cycling time trial performance.},
  author={Holden S H Macrae and Kari Mefferd},
  journal={International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism},
  year={2006},
  volume={16 4},
  pages={
          405-19
        }
}
  • H. MacraeKari Mefferd
  • Published 1 August 2006
  • Psychology
  • International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism
We investigated whether 6 wk of antioxidant supplementation (AS) would enhance 30 km time trial (TT) cycling performance. Eleven elite male cyclists completed a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study to test the effects of twice daily AS containing essential vitamins plus quercetin (FRS), and AS minus quercetin (FRS-Q) versus a baseline TT (B). MANOVA analysis showed that time to complete the 30 km TT was improved by 3.1% on FRS compared to B (P < 0.01), and by 2% over the last 5 km (P < 0… 
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