Drinking tomato juice reduces exercise fatigue, the study said

japanese team reported that drinking pure tomato juice before and after exercise had the effect of reducing exercise fatigue.previous studies, researchers have found that tomatoes contain the antioxidant lycoprene, as well as nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and organic acids, to reduce fatigue. To find out the specific role of tomato juice in anti-fatigue, a joint research group was set up by Japan's leading food company Kogome and Suzy Deer Medical University to investigate the effects of tomato juice on fatigue biomarkers in the blood and the effective ingestion time.In the experiment, the researchers asked a group of laboratory mice to drink tomato juice
1
hours before exercise, another group of mice to drink tomato juice after
1
hours on the device, and a group of laboratory mice to drink tomato juice after
30
minutes of exercise, rest for an hour and then continue to run for
30
minutes.
6
hours after exercise, researchers tested the concentration of fatigue biomarker cytokines
TGF-b
" in the blood of laboratory mice and found that tomatoes were drunk before and in exercise. The indicator was
50% to

60%
less than in drinking mice, while the mice who drank tomato juice after exercise showed little change.team believes this suggests that tomato juice has anti-fatigue effects, but does not eliminate fatigue. The team believes that water-soluble ingredients in tomatoes such as amino acids and citric acid have a role in relieving fatigue.