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SCIENCE PULSEe latest news on the power of key supplements to boost

 sports performance and safeguard your health. BY PHIL HARVEY, PHD, RD, FISSN, FACN

Magnesium (Mg) could play a role

in prevention of age-related loss of

skeletal muscle mass, power, and

strength directly through physiologicalmechanisms or indirectly through

an impact on chronic low-grade

inflammation. Researchers from the

University of East Anglia and King’s

College London, UK conducted

a cross-sectional study of 2,570

women ages 18 to 79 years,

examining associations between

intakes of Mg and measurements

of muscle mass using dual-energy

Researchers at the Kashan University of Medical Sciences

designed at study to determine the effects of oral carnitine

supplementation on weight loss, glycemic, and lipid profiles

in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In a

prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled

trial, 60 overweight women diagnosed with PCOS received

250 mg carnitine supplements or placebo for 12 weeks.

Results showed that 12 weeks of carnitine administration in

PCOS women resulted in reductions in weight, BMI, waist

circumference, and hip circumference, and beneficial effects

on glycemic control. These findings may also benefit womenwithout PCOS. (Samimi M, Jamilian M, Afshar Ebrahimi F, et

al. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2015 Dec 15. Doi: 10.1111/cen.13003). 

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X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) methods,

leg explosive power (LEP), and

grip strength. Investigators found

a significant positive associationbetween a higher Mg and indices

of skeletal muscle mass and LEP.

Researchers concluded that dietary Mg

may aid conservation of age-related

loss of skeletal muscle mass and

power in women of all ages. (Welch

AA, Kelaiditi E, Jennings A, et al. J

Bone Miner Res. 2015 Aug 19. doi:

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 RELIEF FOR JOINT PAINResearchers from the University of Memphis set out to determine the effects

of Cissus quadrangularis (CQ) supplementation in healthy, exercise-trained

men with joint-specific pain. Twenty-nine men between the ages of 20

and 46 years, who reportedly experienced chronic joint pain as a result of

strenuous exercise, participated in the pilot study. All men received 3.2g CQ

daily for 8 weeks. Outcome measures included a questionnaire to determine

their degree of joint pain (WOMAC) and clinical measurements (heart rate,

blood pressure, blood biomarkers). Subjects taking the CS showed statistical

reductions in WOMAC scores with no adverse clinical changes. Research

concluded that an 8-week course of supplementation with CQ reduced

 joint pain in a sample of 29 young, otherwise healthy, exercise-trained men.

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