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Drink cherry juice to recover quicker

Drink cherry juice to recover quicker

Gym-goers and joggers have been advised to drink cherry juice after a study found that it helps reduce muscle damage caused by exercise.

7:00AM GMT 11 Feb 2011

Researchers gave 10 trained athletes one ounce of an antioxidant-packed cherry juice concentrate twice daily for seven days before and after an intense round of strength training.

The athletes’ recovery after the cherry juice concentrate was significantly faster compared to when they drank other juices without the same nutrient content of cherry juice.

After drinking cherry juice, athletes returned to 90 per cent of normal muscle force in 24 hours, compared to only 85 per cent of normal at the same time point without cherry juice.

This significant difference could affect an athlete’s next performance.

Researchers at Sports and Exercise Science Research Centre at London South Bank University believe that the powerful antioxidant compounds in cherry juice cut damage to athletes’ muscles – the damage that normally occurs when muscles are worked to their maximum – allowing muscles to recover more quickly.

The research is the latest linking cherries to muscle recovery.

Researchers attribute the benefits to anti-inflammatory, antioxidant compounds in the red fruit called anthocyanins, also responsible for cherries’ bright red colour.

Dr Wendy Bazilian, a registered dietitian and expert on super nutrients, said: “Cherries are what I call the ultimate superfood.

“Not only are they a perfect complement to a training routine since they are available year-round in dried, frozen and juice forms, but they taste great.”

Dr Bazilian says some of her favourite ways to include cherries in the diet range from topping dried cherries in oatmeal to enjoying a smoothie of cherry juice and low-fat yogurt.

In addition to the benefits of recovery after exercise, researchers also suggest cherries could reduce inflammation which is linked to heart disease and arthritis.

The research was published in the American College of Sports Medicine’s journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

http://goo.gl/UbUMu

Cash appeal by carers who fear for their pamper days

Cash appeal by carers who fear for their pamper days

8:53am Tuesday 8th February 201

SPECIAL pamper days set up to help carers cope are facing the axe.

Carers of adults with disabilities say they count down the days to the special sessions which gives them some much needed “metime”, as well as a chance to meet other people in the same position as them.

But the Stress Relief Days, which have been running for the past seven years, are in danger of being axed in the wake of budget cuts.

http://goo.gl/2oqAX

Safer Internet Day 8 February 2011

Safer Internet Day
8 February 2011

Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

The topic for 2011 is “our virtual lives” around the slogan ” It’s more than a game, it’s your life”.

In 2010 Safer Internet Day was celebrated through over 500 events in 65 countries all over the world.

For more information and resources please see our toolkit.

http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/safer-internet-day