Polyphenol-Rich Supplement May Improve Physical Performance During Exercise

28 Apr 2017 --- A new study has shown how a polyphenol-rich formulation may improve physical performance during high-intensity exercise. The research, focusing on Fytexia’s supplement PerfLoad has been published in the under-review journal Nutrients.

After launching its new range of sports nutrition ingredients 6 months ago in the US, Fytexia will present them for the first time in Europe at Vitafoods 2017.

Fytexia state that as experts in the science of polyphenols, their aim of is to bring out the vast – and mostly unexploited – potential of these natural bioactives for the optimization of physical activity.

The supplement in question, PerfLoad, is a flavonoid-rich ingredient formulated from grape, pomegranate and green tea extracts, and the natural composition has been designed to target heavier performance using polyphenol strength to improve peak power and total anaerobic work capacity.

The research was a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study, and was conducted in the Research Center of High Performance Sport of the University of Murcia (Spain) to evaluate whether PerfLoad could improve physical performance during high-intensity exercise, in anaerobic condition, while sustaining physiological and biochemical processes of 15 recreationally-active sportsmen.

The Wingate test was used to assess maximum anaerobic power during a high intensity exercise on a cycle ergometer. Supplementation with PerfLoad was correlated with a significant increase in the total anaerobic work capacity by 5% which represents an increase of 876 joules developed in 30 seconds.

Taken pre-workout, 900 mg of PerfLoad was proven to provide explosive power from the very start of the exercise and the maximal peak power output was significantly increased by 3.7% without inducing higher fatigue or higher heart rate at V02max.

Blood markers showed that oxidative homeostasis was stabilized in supplemented subjects.

The company says that as pre-workout supplementation has become a significant nutritional approach in recent years, such results demonstrated that the water-soluble ingredient, PerfLoad, can be a natural and efficient solution helping athletes to improve their physical performance while balancing their metabolism and reducing exercise-induced oxidative stress.

They added that with the market evolving into the mainstream, brands willing to sustainably occupy the new space must create products suited for wider exposure, stressing the importance of perfectly safe formulas, supported by strong human evidence, and made of natural, non-GMO ingredients that people can recognize and trust.