Novel Ingredients for Sports Nutrition Products -- October 2008
Despite a shaky economy, properly marketed and targeted sports nutrition and energy products are still selling1, and scientists are churning out research on many novel ingredients and finding new applications for existing ones. Recent research also has helped develop specific categories within sports nutrition, including products targeted to enhance recovery and minimize muscle soreness, as well as sports-specific products for sports not typically associated with nutrition-specific supplements (golf, for instance).
Recovery is a hot topic among scientists jockeying to find ingredients that will buffer physiological processes that contribute to fatigue, enhance glycogen storage and mitigate muscle soreness and inflammation.