Nutritional News

Did you know that apples may help reduce fatigue and improve physical performance during exercise, based on a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study from Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, where they studied the effects of Applephenon(R), a polyphenol extract and ascorbic acid administration on physical fatigue.  The researchers concluded that the active component of Applephenon(R) is procyanidin, a type of flavonoid with antioxidant activity that reduces physical fatigue and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) does not.