Dietary supplement speeds silver cyclists

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

Taking arginine supplements can improve the cycling ability of over-50s. Researchers tested a combination of the amino acid and an antioxidant in 16 cyclists, finding that it enhanced their anaerobic threshold -- the amount of work done before lactic acid begins to accumulate in the blood.

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