Capsaicin can inhibit muscle atrophy
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Last Update: 2013-01-25
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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A Japanese research team found in animal experiments that capsaicin, the main ingredient in Capsicum, can promote muscle growth and inhibit muscle atrophy Capsaicin is the active ingredient of Capsicum Some studies have shown that capsaicin extracted from Capsicum can diminish inflammation, relieve pain, treat muscle ache, etc., and also reduce blood pressure and cholesterol Japanese researchers injected mice with capsaicin once or twice a day for a week Compared with the mice without capsaicin injection, the muscle mass of the former increased by about 15% In another comparative experiment, the researchers injected capsaicin at the same frequency to mice with muscle atrophy, and the results showed that the degree of muscle atrophy could be reduced by about 20%.
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