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Atashak S. A review of the effects of herbal and natural supplement on exercise performance and exercise-induced muscle damage. RJMS 2022; 28 (12) :106-126
URL: http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-6838-en.html
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran , sirvan.atashak@gmail.com
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Despite of that regular exercise training with appropriate intensity, as essential component of a healthy lifestyle, to induce a desirable and beneficial adaptation in the body, however, has demonstrated that exhaustive and strenuous exercises causes oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and structural damage to muscle cells, as well as decline in athletic performance. Therefore, there has been much effort to identify appropriate sport supplementation strategies that may help to reduce or prevent exercise-induced muscle damage and stress. So that, due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, the use of herbal medicines and natural supplements maybe very effective to prevent exercise-induced muscle damage and oxidative stress. Hence in the present review, in addition to study of possible mechanisms, it has provided the effects of some natural and herbal supplements in sports. For this review, all relevant information were collected using search of some keywords such as natural supplement, herbal supplement, herbal and natural supplement and exercise performance, herbal and natural supplement and muscle damage via some internal and external databases including Web of Science, Pubmed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Magiran, IranDoc and SID, that this information was extracted without time and geographical location limit (all time periods until 2021). The results indicated that the athletes are among those who use the herbal and natural supplement for their own benefit and it has been recognized that some herbs may help them to improve their performance, speed up recovery and reduce biomarkers of muscle damage. In conclusion, it seems that herbal and natural supplementation could exert preventive effects from exercise-induced muscle damage and oxidative stress by its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and some of these supplements have an ergogenic aids and improve physical performance in athletes.
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Type of Study: review article | Subject: Nutrition Sciences

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