Cordyceps medicinal mushroom continues to surprise scientists with its incredible health benefits.
Cordyceps is considered to be an anti-aging medicinal mushroom, i.e. promote longevity, as well as to boost athletic or physical performance. However, how exactly does Cordyceps fight fatigue and boost physical fitness and even enhance sexual drive?
Scienticsts at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences in Delhi, India, did research to further define the exercise endurance promoting activities of Cordyceps Sinensis medicinal mushroom.
Cordyceps May Increase Exercise Endurance Without Exercising!
Cordyceps extract dietary supplements were given orally to rats for a little over 14 days. The results were mind-boggling Animals that did NOT exercise, but digested Cordyceps, were able to improve their exercise endurance by almost 80%. This is remarkable because if you think about it…. you can increase your exercise endurance WITHOUT EXERCISING.
What about those animals that actually exercised and digested cordyceps medicinal mushroom extract? They increased their endurance by 190% as compared to rats that took placebo — in other words, rats who did not eat any cordyceps mushrooms.
According to researchers, the mechanism through which Cordyceps supplementation produced results, was the upregulation of the skeletal muscle metabolic regulators, angiogenesis and better glucose and lactate uptake.
Cordyceps May Boost Your Exercise Results
How can you take advantage of this information? This study clearly suggests that you might be able to improve your exercise endurance even if you are not exercising, simply by consuming Cordyceps supplements.
Does this work with humans as well? We will look into human clinical studies and will report back to you as soon as we have more information on medicinal mushrooms’ ability to boost exercise endurance in humans.
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