SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Vitamin C-enriched gelatin supplementation before intermittent activity augments collagen synthesis.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- A randomized double-blind crossover study tested vitamin C-enriched gelatin around brief exercise as a stimulus for collagen synthesis.
- Who / model studied
- Eight healthy, recreationally active young men completed all placebo, 5-g and 15-g gelatin conditions.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Participants consumed placebo, 5 g or 15 g vitamin C-enriched gelatin one hour before six minutes of rope-skipping, three times daily for three days.
- What the study found
- The 15-g condition doubled circulating PINP, a collagen-synthesis marker; serum collected after gelatin also increased collagen content and mechanics in engineered ligaments.
- Limitations & context
- The human sample was tiny and outcomes were biomarkers plus an engineered-ligament assay, not injury healing, pain, reinjury, or return to sport.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.138594