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New study: Peppermint oil increases endurance
In a study that tested male recreational runners (as opposed to, say, non-running college students), subjects who consumed water + “essential peppermint oil” vs water-only were able to continue running 10 minutes longer in a time to exhaustion test. The subjects had a vo2 max indicating they were in sub-19:00 shape for 5K.
All subjects were asked to run as long as they could at 70% of their vo2 max. They received a drink (water, or water + peppermint oil) before running, and modest additional amounts during their treadmill run. On average, they hung in there for 1 hour, 50 minutes with the peppermint oil, and a significantly less time (1:38:30) without the peppermint