Common cranberry can help improve performance of competitive athletes

Mar 19 2024Concordia University Competitive athletes are always looking for an extra edge that can help them improve performance. According to a new study by Concordia researchers published in the journal Physical Activity and Nutrition, they can find one in the common cranberry.

Andreas Bergdahl, Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology and the paper's senior author "We selected these distances to test the effects the cranberry extract had on different energy systems," says Francis Parenteau, a PhD candidate and the paper's lead author. "The 400-metre is shorter and of higher intensity and involves the anaerobic system. The 1,500-metre uses the aerobic system but is shorter than what the athletes usually run. Since they do not train to run that distance, we were able to isolate training effects as a variable.

The data also indicated that the cranberry extract promoted better oxygen extraction by the muscle, improved lactate clearance and slower muscle deoxygenation.

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