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    Delayed onset muscle soreness has always been a problem affecting both athletes and non-athletes. In a study published in The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, researchers found that some forms of nutritional intervention can help prevent inflammatory responses and oxidative stress which both lead to DOMS (Kim, J). Caffeine was found to help decrease the DOMS because it blocks adenosine receptors that decrease the activity of the central nervous system (Hurley et al., 2013). Omega-3 fatty acids were also found to help decrease inflammation that leads to soreness. This is because Omega-3 fatty acids contain Eicosanoid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) which are found to prevent inflammatory response (Jouris et al., 2011). Other nutritional components that were found to help decrease DOMS were taurine and polyphenol.Taurine can be found in animal muscle tissue while polyphenol is found in many plants. By incorporating all of these nutrients into a balanced diet, DOMS will likely decrease.

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    Hurley CF, Hatfield DL,The effect of caffeine ingestion on delayed onset muscle soreness.Riebe DA J Strength Cond Res. 2013 Nov; 27(11):3101-9.

    Jouris KB, Mcdaniel JL, Weiss EP. The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on the Inflammatory Response to eccentric strength exercise. J Sports Sci Med. 2011;10(3):432-8.

    Kim J, Lee J. A review of nutritional intervention on delayed onset muscle soreness. Part I. J Exerc Rehabil. 2014;10(6):349-56.

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