Bioenergy RIBOSE™ in Muscle Health
There
are many physiological conditions that lead to a progressive loss of
energy in skeletal muscle. Strenuous, intense exercise, metabolic
disorders, even the effects of aging can drain energy from muscle. This
loss of energy leads to a cascade of reactions that lead to muscle pain,
stiffness, and fatigue.
In athletes or weekend warriors, muscle overexertion results in a
condition known as delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS. DOMS is felt
as the pain and stiffness that shows up a day or so following strenuous
activity, and that may last for several days before fading away. In
patients with fibromyalgia, mitochondrial dysfunction affecting energy
metabolism, circulatory problems, or chronic muscle disorders the
fatigue and muscle soreness related to low muscle energy reserves might
not disappear on their own. In these conditions, the energy level of the
cell may never be able to recover without metabolic support.
This pain and soreness can be compared to writer's cramp, a condition we
have all suffered at one time or another. When we write continually for
an extended period of time, we use up the energy in our finger muscles.
The result is a stiffening of the muscle, making it impossible to
straighten our fingers. Only by grasping the finger with the other hand
and pulling it straight can we loosen the stiff muscle.
Bioenergy RIBOSE helps muscles retain their energy, or replace the
energy that is lost by overexertion or metabolic dysfunction. D-Ribose
is the fundamental structural building block of the cell's primary
energy compound, adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP cannot be made in
the cell unless ribose is present in a sufficient amount to stimulate
this metabolic process. Unfortunately, skeletal muscle lacks the
capacity to make ribose quickly, or in enough volume to make ATP when
the muscle is chronically stressed.
For athletes, this chronic stress may take the form of repeated exercise
bouts. Weekend warriors may face the same challenge following a weekend
of gardening or climbing up and down a ladder cleaning the gutters. As
we age, the same result may come from a stroll around the block or
chasing the grandchildren around the garden. But, for most of us, it may
manifest simply as we struggle to rush through our daily lives.
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