When I was in the early years of medical training, a few of our lecturers were quite excited about new research into the role of intracellular free radicals on cell’s aging and mutation. Anti-oxidant molecules can protect from free radicals.
“You can’t out-run a bad diet”
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If the furnace is hot enough you’ll burn anything”
Firstly, actual “cortisone” is very rarely used anymore (if at all?) but, as it is a term everyone is familiar with, the name cortisone is usually used when referring to any corticosteroid injection. I can’t think of any other class of medication where this is done. In this article I’ll refer to cortisone and corticosteroids as CS and corticosteroid injections as CSI.
When we run there is a vast increase in blood flow in and out of our legs. Our contracting calves work a bit like a heart in helping to pump and squeeze blood back out of the legs. The more flow and pressure in our blood vessels, the more they leak fluid.
Did you know that the MAJORITY of failed doping tests in Australia in 2016 were from tainted supplements?
