TAXIFOLIN (DIHYDROQUERCETIN) in SPORT
Taxifolin — new possibilities in sports nutrition
Performance and endurance
training, required in professional sports, is closely related
to the training of one’s cardiovascular system in order
to adapt it to exercise workload. This is especially
important during the competition period, when physical demands are
at their peak and athletes strive to push their limits.
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An individual, undergoing
intense physical training, utilizes oxygen at levels exceeding 75%
of maximum values. The challenge here is that sustained physical
exercise may result in an inadequate supply of oxygen
to working muscles (known as tissue hypoxia), a result
of insufficient blood supply to the tissues due to poor
microcirculation.
Moreover, during maximal
exercise, the metabolism of the tissue is violated. Muscles
accumulate lactic acid, which causes fatigue and complicates recovery after
training.
Studies show that the application
of taxifolin is able to solve these problems very efficiently.
Specifically, taxifolin is able to:
Studies of taxifolin (dihydroquercetin)
were conducted during the training period of the Russian Olympic Team
prior to the 2008 Olympic Games. The studies were supervised
by S. A. Parastaev, M. D., a member of the
medical commission of the Russian Olympic Committee, Professor
of Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine, and Physical Education of the
Russian State Medical University.
The studies showed that taxifolin
can be utilized by professional athletes in daily doses
of up to 100-200 mg during the training period, which requires
aerobic and anaerobic endurance, as well as during the competition
period when the workload is at its maximum.
When
dissolved, taxifolin is rapidly and completely absorbed by the human
body (bioavailability), thus promoting antioxidative activity.
Federal State
Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training
RUSSIAN STATE
UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORT AND TOURISM (RGUFKSMIT)
Sport Research
Institute
RESEARCH REPORT
Effect of Taxifolin
(Dihydroquercetin) on physical work capacity in top athletes practicing cyclic
sports
Project Director
S.K. Sarsania, M.D., Prof.
INTRODUCTION
Topicality of the research.
Professional sport training and participation in competitions involve strenuous
efforts and constantly growing training loads to be executed by athletes. For
this reason we feel the need to detect and investigate specific factors, which
may help improve physical work capacity in top athletes and speed up the
recovery after training exertion. On the one hand, these factors are related to
optimal planning of both competition and training loads according to biological
adaptation laws with the use of pharmacological support. On the other hand,
these factors comprise efficient recovery of the organism after physical
training. The recovery process is based on well-balanced nutrition and intake
of food supplements of high biological value and high metabolic capacity, which
intensify the synthesis of morphological structures and activate favourable
physiological reactions. In a long list of biologically active additives, we
found it interesting to study a product with the trade name Taxifolin, chemical
name (Dihydroquercetin)-98%, produced by the company "Taxifolia"
Ltd., Belgorod (Registration #77.99.11.3.У.7914.8.09; date of registration
24.08.2009). A preliminary information study showed that this product might be
called a model antioxidant free of admixtures (pitches, essential oils), its
purity being not less than 98%. The base substance is found in the bottom part
of Siberian larch and Dahurian larch [18].
Principal properties of
Taxifolin:
Hypothesis. Taking into account
the ability of Taxifolin to protect capillaries and improve microcirculation,
we suggest that the use of Taxifolin increases oxygen supply and utilization in
skeletal muscles, thus resulting in development of aerobic capacities and
growth of results in endurance sports.
Purpose. The purpose of our
research was to estimate short-term and long-term effects of Taxifolin intake
on aerobic capacity of working muscles, functional capacity of the
cardiovascular system, and short-term recovery after maximal physical exertion.
Subjects. 5 top-class male
athletes (Masters of Sport; Masters of sport, International Class) participated
in the research. The age of the subjects varied from 23 to 28 years; all the
subjects have been practicing skiing, cycling, and mountain running for many
years.
Object of investigation: aerobic
capacity of skeletal muscles and functional capacity of the cardiovascular
system.
Principal tasks:
1. estimate short-term adaptive
effects of Taxifolin intake on
1) functional
capacity of the cardiovascular system at rest and
2) immediate
recovery of physiological parameters after physical exertion;
2. estimate long-term adaptive
effects of Taxifolin intake on
1) functional
capacity of the cardiovascular system at rest and
2) immediate
recovery of physiological parameters after physical exertion;
3. estimate short-term adaptive
effects of Taxifolin intake on aerobic capacity of skeletal muscles;
4. estimate long-term adaptive
effects of Taxifolin intake on aerobic capacity of skeletal muscles.
Taxifolin (Dihydroquercetin) is
not a medicine and a doping.