Antioxidant Ingredient Can Relieve Stress

Source:Nutrition Horizon

抗氧化成分可降低壓力

從哈密瓜萃取的SOD酵素是豐富的抗氧化成分，可降低壓力。在BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal的測試裡發現，這些含抗氧化的保健食品對健康的被實驗者降低了壓力和疲勞。法國賽比克的Marie-Anne Milesi為了評估針對70個人進行的抗壓力效果，與研究團體進行合作。她說:”一些研究報告顯示出心裡壓力和體內的氧化壓力質有相關性。我們想要測試提高人體的氧化物有可能對人的抗壓力有效。 在服用SOD含量膠囊的35個人身上看到對壓力和疲憊有所改善”研究者發現很大的安慰劑效果，被實驗者按照我們所預測一樣，有壓力時服用安慰劑澱粉膠囊，但另外保健食品組的人身上在28天過後相當多的改善。

Milesi說placebo效果是從服用之後只持續7天而已，若有更多的被實驗者和長期時間下有把握這些效果且抗氧化劑對壓力所反應的更深的了解，應該會很有趣。

Summary:Marie-Anne Milesi from Seppic, France, worked with a team of researchers to evaluate its anti-stress effects in 70 volunteers. She said: "Several studies have shown that there is a link between psychological stress and intracellular oxidative stress.

15 Sep 2009 --- A dietary ingredient derived from a melon rich in antioxidant superoxide dismutase enzymes has been shown to relieve stress. In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, researchers found that the supplement decreased the signs and symptoms of perceived stress and fatigue in healthy volunteers.

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Marie-Anne Milesi from Seppic, France, worked with a team of researchers to evaluate its anti-stress effects in 70 volunteers. She said: "Several studies have shown that there is a link between psychological stress and intracellular oxidative stress.

We wanted to test whether augmenting the body's ability to deal with oxidative species

might help a person's ability to resist burnout. The 35 people in our study who received capsules containing superoxide dismutase showed improvement in several signs and symptoms of perceived stress and fatigue."

The researchers found a strong placebo effect in the volunteers who received inactive starch capsules, as can be expected when studying subjective feelings like stress. However, the improvements seen in the supplement group were significantly greater, especially after 28 days.

According to Milesi: "The placebo effect was only present during the first 7 days of supplementation and not beyond. It will be interesting to confirm these effects and better understand the action of antioxidants on stress in further studies with a larger number of volunteers and a longer duration."