Red Deer Antler Velvet to Strength and Recovery
The New Zealand Game Industry Board and Ag Research are working hard to prove scientific - that New Zealand red deer velvet may have a convinced result on athletic performance.
Although requiring further examination, the most previous human clinical trials (conducted by the Otago University Human Performance Cente on behalf of NZGIB and AgResearch) do indicate a possible link between New Zealand red deer velvet and improved athletic performance on two fronts; improved strength and endurance in answer to training, and improved recovery from muscle tissue damage associated with exert.
In the beginning study, people at Otago University Human Performance Centre compared the development of muscle strength and endurance in groups of males taking different forms of New Zealand deer velvet to a control group taking a placebo. In the study, 51 male athletes undertook a 12 week period of supervised training during which strength and endurance were monitored. The group taking a powdered form of New Zealand Red Deer Antler Velvet demonstrated greater improvements in isokinetic strength and muscular endurance as a result of training than the control group.
The moment study was designed to determine what role New Zealand has in athletic performance by pretending recovery from muscle injury. A substance found in the bloodstream called creatine kinase, was used as an indicator of muscle tissue damage.
Muscle biopsies and blood samples were then taken. The thirty athletes in the trial ran downhill on a treadmill to cause muscle tissue damage in the muscles at the front of their thighs.
Those athletes who had been on a grade of New Zealand red deer velvet powder for two weeks previously showed significantly reduced elevation of creatine kinase levels in their bloodstream, possibly indicating less muscle damage.
A trend also issued in which athletes taking powdered New Zealand deer velvet described a recovery from muscle soreness 24 hours earlier than the subjects receiving a placebo. The benefit of this is that they could bring back to training more quickly. While not yet being a complete picture, the statistically significant results bode well for further research.
Deer velvet is one of the few productions where New Zealand accounts for the majority of world trade and any substantial advances in the uses of deer velvet will be excellent news for the industry and the New Zealand economy as a whole.
Awareness of New Zealand deer velvet antler and its gains is already high among New Zealand athletes. Hamish Carter, currently number one ranked triathlete in the World, is a firm advocate.
For further information please contact:
Michael-John ("MJ") Loza, General Manager Marketing, NZGIB Ph (04) 381 6012 Mb (021) 993389
Mark O'Connor, Velvet Manager, NZGIB Ph (04) 381 6013 Mb (025) 743 624
Dr James M Suttie, AgResearch Invermay Ph (03) 489 9228
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