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Does taking arginine make you bike faster?
Original Title
The effects of acute and chronic oral l-arginine supplementation on exercise-induced ammonia accumulation and exercise performance in healthy young men: A randomised, double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled trial
doi:10.1016/j.jesf.2022.02.00360%
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Methodology score · 60/100
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What’s the bottom line?
Scientists gave guys arginine pills to see if it helped them bike harder or feel less sore. It made some blood chemicals go up and reduced muscle damage, but didn’t help them bike faster or reduce tiredness during exercise.
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Authors
Hiratsu A, Tataka Y, Namura S, Nagayama C, Hamada Y, Miyashita M