- nitric oxide. This molecule, Peterson explains, can have the effect of increasing muscle power.
- A small study from scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine
- The study looked specifically at the muscles that extend the knee. Also, it included only patients with heart failure since their muscles don't deliver as much power. That can make it easier to measure improvement in them, the scientists say.
- other studies with 12 healthy individuals and another with 13 trained collegiate athletes. show improvements too
- "And we're seeing these improvements within about an hour and a half to two hours after ingestion,"