Tendon healing research, Vitamin B-5

[Will S]

I've probably beat this drum elsewhere, but the site ergo-log.com is one I read at least once a week and recommend that you bookmark.

Saw this today:

www.ergo-log.com/vitamin-b5-tendons.html

A taster (I don't want to steal their traffic by doing a full cut-n-paste) -

"A hefty dose of vitamin B5 – aka pantothenic acid – speeds up the healing of wounds. Researchers at the French institute Inserm discovered this in the early 1980s. Their animal study showed that vitamin B5 speeded up the recovery of damaged tendons in particular, but also the healing of damaged skin. "

It goes on to lay out the research results. Bear in mind that a lot of what we as climbers call "tendon injuries" are actually pulley injuries rather than problems with the tendon itself. But this research also showed improved healing of other tissues as well (skin, for example).

Happy holidays to you and yours!

[daustin]

Interesting, and thanks for sharing! Are you planning any sort of B5 supplementation based on this research, or is this just more of a "FYI" in your eyes?

[tango]

I'm working through an A2 strain and am planning, for pure speculation, to give it a shot over the next few weeks.

[Will S]

Dec 31, 2015 10:41:06 GMT -7 daustin said:

Interesting, and thanks for sharing! Are you planning any sort of B5 supplementation based on this research, or is this just more of a "FYI" in your eyes?

I'm not personally planning to supplelement any right now. Luckily, I am more or less injury-free at the moment, aside from a little arthritis in a joint or two.  I also looked at what foods naturally have the highest levels of B5, and found that I eat all of the Top 5 as regular part of my diet already.

Portabella mushrooms, oily fishes (salmon/trout/tuna), avacados, eggs, certain cheeses.

If you like, and can find, norwegian whey cheese (gjetost cheese), it's pretty much the highest natural food source for B5. Of course you just buy supplements, but any excuse for cheese is a good one for me. Blue and feta have good amounts, but gjetost has about 10x as much by weight.

[daustin]

Jan 3, 2016 19:34:51 GMT -7 Will S said:

Dec 31, 2015 10:41:06 GMT -7 daustin said:

Interesting, and thanks for sharing! Are you planning any sort of B5 supplementation based on this research, or is this just more of a "FYI" in your eyes?

I'm not personally planning to supplelement any right now. Luckily, I am more or less injury-free at the moment, aside from a little arthritis in a joint or two.  I also looked at what foods naturally have the highest levels of B5, and found that I eat all of the Top 5 as regular part of my diet already.

Portabella mushrooms, oily fishes (salmon/trout/tuna), avacados, eggs, certain cheeses.

If you like, and can find, norwegian whey cheese (gjetost cheese), it's pretty much the highest natural food source for B5. Of course you just buy supplements, but any excuse for cheese is a good one for me. Blue and feta have good amounts, but gjetost has about 10x as much by weight.

Thanks! If nothing else, this has given me excuse to hunt down and try a new type of cheese with a rad name