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Cranberries have the highest polyphenol and antioxidant capacity among fruits and vegetables and may protect against exercise-induced free radical production, consequently improving performance. Andreas Bergdahl and Francis Parenteau investigate the effect of polyphenol-rich cranberry extract (CE) on time-trial performance and lactate response following exercise.

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This video discusses a study on the effects of cranberry supplementation on athletic performance, particularly in trained endurance athletes. The speaker mentions the significance of minimal improvements that can drastically affect competition outcomes, leading athletes to explore changes in training, diet, or supplements for enhancements.

The initial research involved rodents, revealing that cranberry supplementation resulted in a notable increase in running capacity, which prompted further investigation into its effects on humans. Cranberries are highlighted for their antioxidant properties and high polyphenol content, specifically a type called proanthocyanidin, which helps mitigate tissue damage caused by reactive oxygen species during intense exercise, thus aiding recovery.

The human study included 14 elite runners who underwent testing over three visits: a baseline assessment, an acute dose trial, and a chronic supplementation trial lasting 28 days. The athletes performed 400m and 1500m time trials to assess both anaerobic and aerobic energy systems.

Key findings indicated that chronic cranberry supplementation improved aerobic performance, with participants showing a 1.5% improvement in running times during the 1500m trial. The study suggests that the supplement enhances muscle oxygenation and recovery, creating potential for athletes to train harder and longer.

In contrast, results for the 400m trial did not show significant improvements; however, some buffering effects on lactate production were observed. Overall, the research concludes that cranberry supplementation provides an ergogenic benefit, particularly for aerobic performance, helping athletes gain a competitive edge without the use of synthetic substances.

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The difference between coming in fifth

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and ending up getting a gold medal.

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That could be, minimal.

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It just could be a minimal improvement.

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And that, so athletes tend to strive for that improvement.

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And it could be changing their training regimen,

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or it could be changing their diet,

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or it could be looking into specific supplements.

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So, and that's kind of the origin of this.

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And then, so Francis is one of my PhD students.

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And, and, one of the very first studies he did,

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or completed, was on rodents on mice.

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And as a little bit of a side, discovery, we noticed

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that the mice had a better activity.

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Uh, they were better runners.

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They were, we actually have a, a mouse treadmill,

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so we put 'em on the treadmill,

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and we noticed that they were much better runners than the,

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the, the siblings

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that didn't get the cranberry supplement.

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And the nice thing, or the advantage

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of doing animal studies is that with animal studies,

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you can actually at the end, take out the

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tissues you're interested in.

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So we, we did that.

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We, we had them do a, a four week protocol,

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and we gave them the cranberry supplement.

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We noticed, about a 30% increase

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in their running capacity.

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And then at the end of the study, we, took out their,

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the, the corresponding skeletal muscles

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and looked at their energy production

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and oxygen, consumption, which corresponded very nicely

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with the increase in performance.

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And so this was, really striking

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and it was very interesting.

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So then we decided, yes, Misa mycin, humans are humans.

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So, how would this cranberry supplement

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have the same effects in humans?

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And this is really the origin of, of the study

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that we're talking about today.

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Cranberries are, are well known for,

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treating like urinary tract infections and things like that.

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Uh, and the origin of, of that,

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and many of the other health benefits comes, like you said,

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from the, the fact that they are high in antioxidants.

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Uh, besides the antioxidants, they also have a lot of,

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substances that we call polyphenols.

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And in fact, one of these specific polyphenols

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that we studied in the rodent project was,

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what we call ous sidin, one or,

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or the A type pro pack.

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And this pack is, the highest concentration out

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of all fruits and vegetables

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that are consumed in the North American diets you can find

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in, in cranberries.

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Uh, so these substances, they, they tend to

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reduce the effect of something we call reactive oxygen

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species, which are compounds that are produced

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during exercise, especially intense exercise.

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And these are compounds that are normally produced

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and actually in lower concentrations help, our body.

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It triggers the, the benefits that come with training.

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However, when you have really high concentrations

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of these raw or reactive oxygen species, they can,

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that can cause tissue damage and cell damage.

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And that's where these, the antioxidant effect

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of the cranberries come in.

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Like they can pretty much sequester that really high amount

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of frost that would potentially damage the

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tissues and, and affect

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The athlete's ability to recover.

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For this study, we, recruited 14 competitive,

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slash elite level runners, from varsity, university

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of varsity teams, as well as,

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two different running clubs in Montreal.

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Um, the athletes, came in on three occasions,

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and they visited a, an indoor track.

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It was a 200 meter track that,

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that we used for this study.

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Um, the three visits, included a baseline visit

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where we, we looked at their,

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their baseline performance metrics.

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Uh, then they came back for a second visit

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where we tested the effects of, an acute

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or a large acute dose of the cranberry supplement.

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And then finally, on the third visit,

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we tested the effects of chronic consumption

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of the cranberry supplement, in this case, 28 days

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of, of supplementation.

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Um, for, for each visit, we, asked the participants

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to, perform two different time trials, a 400 meter

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and then a 1500 meter time trial.

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Uh, the two were separated by 10 minute rest to ensure,

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full recovery of the athletes.

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Um, the reason why we chose those two, time trials was

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because we wanted to look at the different,

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energy systems involved.

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Uh, so we, for the 400 meter time trial, we were,

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specifically,

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looking at the anaerobic energy systems.

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Um, anaerobic just means in the absence of oxygen,

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and for the 1500 meter time trial,

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we were looking at the aerobic, energy systems,

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aerobic means in the presence of oxygen.

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Uh, for, during the, each time trial, we,

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took different measurements.

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Uh, we first, had the, athletes set up with,

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a small device known as a moxy, monitor.

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Uh, the Moxy monitor, uses a technology known as,

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near infra infrared spectroscopy or ns.

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Uh, and how the, the way NS works is that, it,

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it emits, light

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or near infrared light, I should say,

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that penetrates into the, athlete's muscle.

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Uh, in our case, we use the, the thigh muscle

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or the va laterals muscle.

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Uh, and that light, utilizes,

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four different wavelengths, that, can,

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that will basically, bounce off, hemoglobin,

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in the muscle.

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We have, some hemoglobin that will, be bound

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to oxygen and some that will, not be bound to oxygen.

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Uh, we refer to that as oxygenated

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and deoxy oxygenated in hemoglobin.

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Uh, so the, the different wave wavelength, sorry,

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of near infrared light will bounce, differently,

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on oxygenated hemoglobin versus deoxygenated,

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hemoglobin, which allows the device to be able

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to measure, the proportions of, hemoglobin

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that is oxygenated and deoxygenated.

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Uh, it's also able to measure the total hemoglobin,

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and then from those measurements, it's, able

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to extrapolate the, percentage of,

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the muscle that is, oxygenated.

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So the, muscle oxygen saturation.

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So this is a very useful device to, to record,

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during ex to record muscle oxygenation metrics

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during exercise.

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Um, so that's, that's why we, we used, that device.

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Um, and then afterwards, no.

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Uh, so after each time trial, we also measured,

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exercise induced blood lactate production.

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Blood lactate is produced, when the energy de,

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demand, sorry, of exercise are too high, for the amount

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of oxygen available, in the muscle.

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Uh, which means that, when that happens, the,

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the muscle relies, more on the anaerobic energy system,

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therefore creating,

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or pausing the production of lactate, as a byproduct.

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So the higher the lactate,

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the more the body is relying on the,

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anaerobic energy system.

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Uh, so we measured that at one minute

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and three minutes post, time trial.

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So after the 400

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and the 15, hundred meter time trials, in order

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to see,

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or get an idea of the, the proportion of,

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of each energy system, the main finding, of our study,

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was that cranberry supplementation seems

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to improve the aerobic,

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performance in already trained athletes

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or endurance athletes, in this case.

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Um, now it also shows that,

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a single dose is not enough to cause those adaptations

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or cause those, those improvements in performance.

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Uh, in fact, we, you need a longer exposure,

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in our case, 28 days, for the su

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the supplement to be effective.

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Now, when we look at the specific results,

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we saw a trend towards faster running times.

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Uh, as a matter of fact, it was about a 1.5% improvement,

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in running speeds, during the 1500 meter time trial.

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Um, that's a very significant, improvement,

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as Andreas was mentioning earlier.

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Um, a, a small,

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such a small improvement can make a big difference on

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finishing fifth, for example, or, or getting

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or stepping on the podium, for those athletes.

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Um, now when we look a little deeper in the,

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oxygenation metrics we saw for the 1500 meter time trial,

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a, trend towards slower deoxy oxygenation, meaning

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that it took a little bit more time for the muscle to,

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get depleted of oxygen, at the beginning of the, the,

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the, the run.

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Uh, and then,

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we saw a significantly higher reoxygenation rate

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after the 1500 meter time trial, which means

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that the muscle's ability to replenish,

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its oxygen was improved, which could have some,

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implications in training for those athletes.

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Uh, if the they can recover faster after,

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after each run, it means that potentially they could,

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end up, training for longer and,

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and performing better during each,

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subsequent trainings.

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Now, we, also for the 400, meter time trial,

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we didn't see any improvements in, in the time,

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per se or any of the oxygen, oxygen metrics.

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Uh, that being said, we did see a buffering effect, on

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of the cranberry supplementation, on lactate production,

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after the 400 meter time trial, which suggests to us

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that the, muscle may have relied, on oxygen more

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after the consumption of the supplement.

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Uh, which again, kind of, ties into, what we saw

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for the 1500 meter time trial, making us suggest that,

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the cranberry supplement has effects more on the

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aerobic, energy systems versus

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the anaerobic energy systems.

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It's kind of clear, I think that our study demonstrates

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that this cranberry supplement has an ergogenic effect,

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and that it improves some of these physiological markers

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of performance, when it comes

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to short and long distance running.

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And, what was mentioned a couple times already is

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that the athletes are always striving to get this extra edge

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that within, of course, the allowed

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and legal restrictions will take them to the podium.

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And because cranberry is,

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it's basically a fruit, it's nothing synthetic.

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Uh, taking the cranberry supplement,

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taking this cranberry supplement,

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could give elite level athletes that extra edge

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that brings them to the podium, or,

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but it could also help, recreational athletes to, to get

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that boost that they might need to

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maybe see improvements in their training

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and their everyday activity,

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that will kind of keep them going.

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Right.

"Exploring the Impact of Cranberry Supplementation on Athletic Performance: From Rodents to Runners"

00:00:00 - The difference between coming in fifth and ending up getting a gold medal. That could be, minimal. It just could be a minimal improvement. And that, so athletes tend to strive for that improvement. And it could be changing their training regimen, or it could be changing their diet, or it could be looking into specific supplements. So, and that's kind of the origin of this. And then, so Francis is one of my PhD students. And, and, one of the very first studies he did, or completed, was on rodents on mice. And as a little bit of a side, discovery, we noticed that the mice had a better activity. they were better runners.
00:00:43 - so we put 'em on the treadmill, and we noticed that they were much better runners than the, the, the siblings that didn't get the cranberry supplement. And the nice thing, or the advantage of doing animal studies is that with animal studies, you can actually at the end, take out the tissues you're interested in. So we, we did that. We, we had them do a, a four week protocol, and we gave them the cranberry supplement. We noticed, about a 30% increase in their running capacity. And then at the end of the study, we, took out their, the, the corresponding skeletal muscles and looked at their energy production and oxygen, consumption, which corresponded very nicely with the increase in performance.
00:01:24 - and it was very interesting. So then we decided, yes, Misa mycin, humans are humans. So, how would this cranberry supplement have the same effects in humans? And this is really the origin of, of the study that we're talking about today. Cranberries are, are well known for, treating like urinary tract infections and things like that. and the origin of, of that, and many of the other health benefits comes, like you said, from the, the fact that they are high in antioxidants. besides the antioxidants, they also have a lot of, substances that we call polyphenols. And in fact, one of these specific polyphenols that we studied in the rodent project was, what we call ous sidin, one or,
00:02:07 - And this pack is, the highest concentration out of all fruits and vegetables that are consumed in the North American diets you can find in, in cranberries. so these substances, they, they tend to reduce the effect of something we call reactive oxygen species, which are compounds that are produced during exercise, especially intense exercise. And these are compounds that are normally produced and actually in lower concentrations help, our body. It triggers the, the benefits that come with training. However, when you have really high concentrations of these raw or reactive oxygen species, they can, that can cause tissue damage and cell damage. And that's where these, the antioxidant effect
00:02:50 - Like they can pretty much sequester that really high amount of frost that would potentially damage the tissues and, and affect The athlete's ability to recover. For this study, we, recruited 14 competitive, slash elite level runners, from varsity, university of varsity teams, as well as, two different running clubs in Montreal. the athletes, came in on three occasions, and they visited a, an indoor track. It was a 200 meter track that, that we used for this study. the three visits, included a baseline visit where we, we looked at their,
00:03:31 - then they came back for a second visit where we tested the effects of, an acute or a large acute dose of the cranberry supplement. And then finally, on the third visit, we tested the effects of chronic consumption of the cranberry supplement, in this case, 28 days of, of supplementation. for, for each visit, we, asked the participants to, perform two different time trials, a 400 meter and then a 1500 meter time trial. the two were separated by 10 minute rest to ensure, full recovery of the athletes.

"Investigating Energy Systems and Performance Metrics in Endurance Running: The Role of Cranberry Supplementation"

00:04:13 - because we wanted to look at the different, energy systems involved. so we, for the 400 meter time trial, we were, specifically, looking at the anaerobic energy systems. anaerobic just means in the absence of oxygen, and for the 1500 meter time trial, we were looking at the aerobic, energy systems, aerobic means in the presence of oxygen. for, during the, each time trial, we, took different measurements. we first, had the, athletes set up with,
00:04:54 - the Moxy monitor, uses a technology known as, near infra infrared spectroscopy or ns. and how the, the way NS works is that, it, it emits, light or near infrared light, I should say, that penetrates into the, athlete's muscle. in our case, we use the, the thigh muscle or the va laterals muscle. and that light, utilizes, four different wavelengths, that, can, that will basically, bounce off, hemoglobin,
00:05:34 - We have, some hemoglobin that will, be bound to oxygen and some that will, not be bound to oxygen. we refer to that as oxygenated and deoxy oxygenated in hemoglobin. so the, the different wave wavelength, sorry, of near infrared light will bounce, differently, on oxygenated hemoglobin versus deoxygenated, hemoglobin, which allows the device to be able to measure, the proportions of, hemoglobin that is oxygenated and deoxygenated. it's also able to measure the total hemoglobin, and then from those measurements, it's, able
00:06:20 - the muscle that is, oxygenated. So the, muscle oxygen saturation. So this is a very useful device to, to record, during ex to record muscle oxygenation metrics during exercise. so that's, that's why we, we used, that device. and then afterwards, no. so after each time trial, we also measured, exercise induced blood lactate production. Blood lactate is produced, when the energy de, demand, sorry, of exercise are too high, for the amount
00:06:58 - which means that, when that happens, the, the muscle relies, more on the anaerobic energy system, therefore creating, or pausing the production of lactate, as a byproduct. So the higher the lactate, the more the body is relying on the, anaerobic energy system. so we measured that at one minute and three minutes post, time trial. So after the 400 and the 15, hundred meter time trials, in order to see, or get an idea of the, the proportion of, of each energy system, the main finding, of our study, was that cranberry supplementation seems
00:07:39 - performance in already trained athletes or endurance athletes, in this case. now it also shows that, a single dose is not enough to cause those adaptations or cause those, those improvements in performance. in fact, we, you need a longer exposure, in our case, 28 days, for the su the supplement to be effective. Now, when we look at the specific results, we saw a trend towards faster running times. as a matter of fact, it was about a 1.5% improvement, in running speeds, during the 1500 meter time trial. that's a very significant, improvement,

"Enhancing Athletic Performance: The Impact of Cranberry Supplementation on Oxygenation and Recovery in Runners"

00:08:22 - a, a small, such a small improvement can make a big difference on finishing fifth, for example, or, or getting or stepping on the podium, for those athletes. now when we look a little deeper in the, oxygenation metrics we saw for the 1500 meter time trial, a, trend towards slower deoxy oxygenation, meaning that it took a little bit more time for the muscle to, get depleted of oxygen, at the beginning of the, the, the, the run. and then, we saw a significantly higher reoxygenation rate after the 1500 meter time trial, which means
00:09:04 - its oxygen was improved, which could have some, implications in training for those athletes. if the they can recover faster after, after each run, it means that potentially they could, end up, training for longer and, and performing better during each, subsequent trainings. Now, we, also for the 400, meter time trial, we didn't see any improvements in, in the time, per se or any of the oxygen, oxygen metrics. that being said, we did see a buffering effect, on of the cranberry supplementation, on lactate production,
00:09:48 - that the, muscle may have relied, on oxygen more after the consumption of the supplement. which again, kind of, ties into, what we saw for the 1500 meter time trial, making us suggest that, the cranberry supplement has effects more on the aerobic, energy systems versus the anaerobic energy systems. It's kind of clear, I think that our study demonstrates that this cranberry supplement has an ergogenic effect, and that it improves some of these physiological markers of performance, when it comes to short and long distance running. And, what was mentioned a couple times already is
00:11:00 - that within, of course, the allowed and legal restrictions will take them to the podium. And because cranberry is, it's basically a fruit, it's nothing synthetic. taking the cranberry supplement, taking this cranberry supplement, could give elite level athletes that extra edge that brings them to the podium, or, but it could also help, recreational athletes to, to get that boost that they might need to maybe see improvements in their training and their everyday activity, that will kind of keep them going. Right.

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