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Volume 6, Issue 5(Suppl) J Sports Med Doping Stud
ISSN: 2161-0673 JSMDS, an open access journal SNOC 2016
December 08-09, 2016
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Sports Nutrition and Ortho Congress
December 08-09, 2016 | Philadelphia, USA
Berry polyphenols: New ergogenic aids in sport and exercise?
Berries are multi-ingredient functional foods with the anthocyanin content linked to health benefits by known anti-inflam-
matory and anti-oxidant activity. Recently, certain berry products (e.g., New Zealand blackcurrant) have shown beneficial
effects on cardiovascular, metabolic and physiological responses during and in recovery from exercise. Specific anthocyan-
in-containing foods and products seem to emerge as a new direction in sports nutrition research. Future work on multi-in-
gredient fruits and anthocyanin-containing products may provide justification for nutritional strategies used by athletes to
enhance performance and aid recovery but also promises broader implications within the global world of sport and exercise.
Biography
Mark Willems has completed his PhD in 1994 from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since 2003, he has been working at the University of Chich-
ester, UK. His current research interests focused on eccentric-contraction induced muscle injury, muscle fatigue and sports nutrition. He is on the Advisory Editorial
Board of the European Journal of Applied Physiology, Editorial Board of the European Journal of Sport Science and the Journal of Sports Medicine. He is a Fellow
of the European College of Sports Science.
Mark Willems
University of Chichester, UK
Mark Willems, J Sports Med Doping Stud 2016, 6:5 (Suppl)