Recommended Use
CherryActive Concentrate
Mix 30ml (up to 60ml depending on size and/or training load) with 250-500ml water or add to your preferred post-workout powder/drink. Take within 20 mins of exercise, or with breakfast on rest days (try with smoothie or natural yoghurt).
CherryActive Capsules
(low carb and convenient)
Take two capsules instead of concentrate if on carbohydrate-restricted diet or if more convenient whilst travelling. Can also be taken in conjunction with concentrate, before bed to optimise recovery during night hours.
Scientific Studies
Muscle Recovery Research
Research from London South Bank University has shown muscles recover faster with less soreness, after strenuous exercise, when CherryActive Concentrate is included in the diet.
Current Research
A team of highly-regarded sports performance research professionals has been studying whether muscles recover faster from strenuous exercise when the diet is supplemented with CherryActive Concentrate versus supplementation with a placebo. The double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover designed study took ten well-conditioned male subjects, who participate regularly at Rugby, Football or Tae Kwon Do. The participants consumed CherryActive or a Placebo before and after a strenuous bout of exercises, designed to cause damage and soreness to the selected muscle groups.
Blood tests and other examinations were taken before and at set intervals during the following days after the damaging exercise to study the muscles’ strength and function and their recovery. Muscle soreness, inflammatory markers and other measures related to recovery were also taken.
Please see a précis of the research protocol, results and conclusion below. If you are a sports scientist, nutritionist, coach, or other professional, interested in studying the full research study and results, please email: enquiries@cherryactive.com.my
Protocol
- 10 male, well-trained participants in intermittent high intensity sports (rugby, football, taekwondo) completed two 10 day trials with either CherryActive (2 x 30 ml per day) or isoenergetic placebo supplementation. The trial was double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over in design
- On day 8, participants completed a one leg knee extension protocol with accentuated eccentric phase designed to replicate an intensive strength training session (10 sets of 10 reps at 80% 1RepMax)
- Measures of muscle function (isometric muscle strength, EMG), muscle soreness (analogue scale, pressure pain threshold), muscle damage (creatine kinase), oxidative damage of proteins (protein carbonyls, nitrotyrosine) and anti-oxidant status were taken pre-, immediately, 24 and 48 h post-exercise
Results summary
- Recovery of muscle function was significantly faster with CherryActive consumption. · Muscle soreness tended to be lower during CherryActive trials
- Exercise-induced muscle damage was similar for both trials
- There was less exercise-induced oxidative damage to proteins with CherryActive consumption
Conclusion
CherryActive supplementation resulted in significantly faster recovery of muscle function and a tendency for less muscle soreness after completing a bout of damaging eccentric exercise than when consuming an isoenergetic placebo. This may be due to the reduction in protein oxidative damage as a consequence of CherryActive consumption.
The extent of muscle damage as indicated by serum creatine kinase activity was similar between trials. This suggests that although the supplement speeds functional recovery, the extent of muscle damage which may underlie chronic training adaptations, is not compromised.
Graph demonstrating significant improvement in recovery of muscular strength after strenuous exercise (consuming CherryActive Concentrate vs Placebo).
Antioxidant Capacity of CherryActive Concentrate
Tests at two of the world’s leading antioxidant testing laboratories in the UK and US have revealed the powerful antioxidant levels present in CherryActive Concentrate.
Antioxidants have been shown to help “mop up” or neutralise free radicals. Free radicals are a by product of using oxygen in our body, so are produced in greater quantities when undertaking exercise. They are known to cause damage (known as oxidative stress) to muscle and other cells, potentially reducing muscle bulk and strength, as well as contributing to long-term health decline.
By taking a regular powerful antioxidant, like CherryActive Concentrate, as part of your nutritional plan, you can help reduce free radical damage and optimise muscle bulk and strength gains, as well as promoting long-term health and vitality.
Testing at Brunswick Laboratories, USA, demonstrated that a single 30ml shot of CherryActive Concentrate had an ORAC value of 8260 Umol TE (ORAC = Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, the standard measure of antioxidants in food). To put this into perspective, a diet with an average of five portions of fruit and vegetables a day typically contains an ORAC value of between 1470 and 1870 umol TE.
Please follow this link for our ORAC Certificate from Brunswick Laboratories
Another test at Knight Scientific Laboratories, UK, tested a 30ml shot of CherryActive Concentrate against single servings of other popular antioxidant drinks. The results are shown below.
Quality Sleep
Recent tests have confirmed that CherryActive Concentrate and Capsules contain significant quantities of melatonin. This powerful antioxidant occurs naturally in Montmorency cherries and is also produced by the pineal gland in the brain to regulate our sleep-wake cycles.
Melatonin may help promote quality sleep, which is another essential element in an athlete’s recovery process, as many of the body’s repair processes occur in the deep stages of sleep.
Naturally-occurring melatonin quantified in CherryActive Concentrate and Capsules
Research Study quantifying the naturally-occurring melatonin in Montmorency cherries
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Report Research Study investigating melatonin and the sleep/wake rhythm
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