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Primary Research · 2007

Quercetin reduces illness but not immune perturbations after intensive exercise

Nieman DC, Henson DA, Davis JM, et al. · Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2007

Key finding

Double-blind RCT (n=40) in cyclists found 3 weeks of 1g/day quercetin reduced upper respiratory tract infection incidence during an intensive training block without altering immune markers.

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Quercetin

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17805089/

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