Battle of the studies: Strength training builds more muscle with vitamin C & E

[G.I.Bro]

Just goes to show for every study, there seems to be a contradictory study eventually.

Human study: strength training builds more muscle with vitamin C and E

A few years ago, a controversial study was published which showed that high doses of vitamin and C sabotage the positive effects of cardio training on the body's insulin and glucose metabolism. In that study the researchers had used healthy young men. Another study showed that high doses of vitamin C have a negative effect on muscle recovery.

For these reasons, many of use kept antioxidants and C/E away from training by about 2 hours. This became the recommended routine as it was thought they could interfere with the inflammatory muscle building process.

However, at least in ELDERLY people, it seems to be beneficial. The key distinction here is the subjects were all elderly. May not play out the same for middle age people and the prior advice may still be prudent. I thought this was still interesting though. So you old 50+ fucks might as well still slam your vitC pre-workout?!

If elderly men and women take 1000 mg vitamin C [structure below] and 600 mg vitamin E daily, they build up more muscle mass than elderly people who only do strength training. Researchers of ageing processes at the Canadian University of Sherbrooke published an article on this in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Are the discredited antioxidant vitamins good for something after all?

 

[Whey2Heavy]

Ibuprofen was also found to be anabolic in older individuals, as opposed to younger people. However, the elderly tend to suffer from chronic inflammation and while acute inflammation in response to training is beneficial, chronic low grade inflammation as seen in older individuals are counterproductive for muscle growth. I believe that the results of this study could also be related to this. Still, it's always good to have studies examining both sides of any argument.

 

[Phidias]

Don't really know anything about the muscle building ability of vit C & E, but I can vouch for those two when it comes to strenghtening the immune system... the only rare times I feel febrile or even catch a cold is when I run out of C, wich I usually use around 2-3g a day all year long, split into 500mg doses.

High doses vit C also has a slight diuretic effect.

 

[TrinityD]

Vitamin C,curcumin,resveratrol,b12,and glutathione had me sleeping in the same bed as my fiancee that had a miserable contagious flu without getting sick.
I used to have one of the worst immune systems imaginable and now my immunity is like a fortress of titanium.

I'll keep popping my vitamin C and getting swole IMO.