If you're an athlete looking for a competitive edge, a recent
study suggests a few daily tablespoons of seed oil can dramatically
improve performance on the court or playing field.
Thirty-five of forty-one runners, cyclists, boxers, and triathletes
who supplemented their diets with daily doses of a mixture
of flax, sesame, and sunflower oils combined with six other
natural ingredients -- marketed as Udo's Choice Oil Blend
-- reported a variety of sports-related benefits over a sixty
day trial.
"Athletes who exercised to exhaustion to build stamina charted
the changes in the time it took to become exhausted," says
Dr. Udo Erasmus, who developed the oil blend used in the study.
"Two-thirds of the athletes experienced increased endurance
and stamina within a month of adding one tablespoon of oil
per 50 pounds of body weight per day to their diets," he says.
For a copy of the study, see the DANISH
ATHLETES STUDY (summary, or full
version), or call 800-446-2110 for more information on
"Udo's Choice Oil Blend."
Dr. Erasmus says one cyclist in the group who initially reached
exhaustion after riding 90 kilometers was able to ride 146
kilometers to exhaustion within a month of beginning daily
oil consumption.
"This constitutes a 60% improvement in performance from oil
blend consumption alone -- no other dietary changes were made,"
says Dr. Erasmus.
Dr. Erasmus says the performance boost experienced by the
athletes in the study came from nutrients called "essential
fatty acids."
"When blended in the right ratio, certain seed oil mixtures
are rich sources of these performance boosting nutrients,"
says Dr. Erasmus.
"In this study, the oil blend used also showed other benefits
including improved muscular development, quicker recovery,
faster healing, less joint pain, and improved sleep pattern,"
he says. "Other research confirms that certain fatty acids
help the body repair damaged and inflamed tissues. They also
act as natural pain killers."
During the study, Dr. Erasmus says several boxers went from
90-minute workouts twice-a-day to 150-minute work outs twice-a-day.
One runner increased his distance from 120 kilometers per
week to 180 kilometers per week without any symptoms of over-training.
Dr. Erasmus, who authored a book on essential fatty acids
entitled "Fats That Heal Fats
that Kill," says that appropriately constructed oils are
the best natural performance-enhancers for athletes, and make
anabolic steroids and other illegal enhancers unnecessary.
"Essential fatty acids introduced in the correct ratio appear
to improve the efficiency of the body's own performance hormones,"
says Dr. Erasmus. "Men and women experienced similar increases
in stamina and performance from adding the oil blend to their
diet."
Dr. Erasmus says not all oils enhance performance -- some
may even hinder it. "We have not seen these kinds of results
with other oils or blends, which indicates that the ratios
of the various ingredients, particularly the ratio of Omega
3 to Omega 6, must be precise."
In a subset of athletes who maintained this protocol for
106 days, the oil blend significantly increased the good HDL
cholesterol, decreased the bad LDL cholesterol, and increased
the HDL/LDL ratio. Serum triglycerides decreased by a significant
twenty percent.
"These findings suggest that in addition to improving athletic
performance, this oil blend significantly reduced cardiovascular
risk factors," said Dr. Erasmus.
"I call them 'fitness fats', and predict that this oil blend
will become a staple of trainers and athletes at all levels
of competition," says Dr. Erasmus.
"Fats that Heal Fats that Kill"
is available at health and bookstores nationwide. The book
and free additional information are available at 800-446-2110.
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