{"id":20944,"date":"2026-05-17T18:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.vitamic.com\/studies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:16:19","slug":"studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20944\" class=\"elementor elementor-20944 elementor-2419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af25aa5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1af25aa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cafac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63cafac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c8c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6c8c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SCIENCE AT VITAMIC<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322c23a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"322c23a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tested in real-world conditions. Not just in the lab. <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac75ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ac75ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pilots, nurses, runners, and basketball players: ZEROLIMITS was tested in settings where physical strain is part of everyday life. In addition, a clinical study was conducted with BIOSEN, which included both questionnaires and blood tests. This page lists all five studies, including their methodologies, results, and limitations. The information is presented in full\u2014even when the numbers aren\u2019t so encouraging.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbd4ba8 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fbd4ba8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cebd9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cebd9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fcea76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40fcea76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f7a190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56f7a190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Studies<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55243441 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55243441\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208c80fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"208c80fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">167<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330cc677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"330cc677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participants<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1434abe6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1434abe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296397d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4296397d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b73af3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b73af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Countries and Settings<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76987dd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76987dd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dce5376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dce5376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">clinical trial<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e763ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64e763ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ba5e79 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"69ba5e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"OverviewofPrograms\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffc028e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ffc028e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b11df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b11df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GO DIRECTLY TO THE STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b74173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b74173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Five studies, one page.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c2da96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51c2da96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each study has its own URL. The link takes you directly to the relevant section, without having to go through the overview page. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200687db e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"200687db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f04513 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57f04513\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"#biosen-long-covid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f5e38ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f5e38ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f16c8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62f16c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-768x370.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-22004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-1024x493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-1536x740.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-2048x986.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/labor-bg-scaled-2-600x289.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08eaff elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e08eaff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2933763d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2933763d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0a61bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b0a61bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clinical \u00b7 n = 60<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ebc828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ebc828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOSEN \u00b7 Clinical Trial<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3e7fc5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f3e7fc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b4395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60b4395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 of 4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610cc7e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"610cc7e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reduced levels of a marker in the blood<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f3c87ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f3c87ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go to the study \u2192<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12bb8f9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12bb8f9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"#basketball-jena\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a856d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34a856d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1d5d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e1d5d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/basketball-jena-2-768x516.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-22005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/basketball-jena-2-768x516.webp 768w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/basketball-jena-2-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/basketball-jena-2-600x403.webp 600w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/basketball-jena-2.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71970e89 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71970e89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c5942a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40c5942a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c53f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64c53f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Double-blind \u00b7 n = 16<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf26a48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bf26a48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Basketball<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62bc31f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62bc31f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fc5ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23fc5ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,2 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616cf7be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"616cf7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Regeneration vs. Placebo<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2511891b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2511891b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go to the study \u2192<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca4c18c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ca4c18c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"#pflege-wien\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa8377a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fa8377a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220830d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"220830d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Krankenschwester-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-22006\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Krankenschwester-2.webp 700w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Krankenschwester-2-300x224.webp 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Krankenschwester-2-600x448.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fad16f5 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fad16f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487bc58e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"487bc58e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35a3b2ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35a3b2ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observation \u00b7 n = 49<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262f606d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262f606d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Caregivers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58689b8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58689b8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8be25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8be25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">74 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce2a6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce2a6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">reported less fatigue<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d9e5df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35d9e5df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go to the study \u2192<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a6db6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61a6db6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"#running-california\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41289322 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41289322\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b830a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b830a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/running-california-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-22007\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/running-california-2.webp 700w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/running-california-2-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/running-california-2-600x403.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2a1d59 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f2a1d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320ff8d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"320ff8d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a545de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a545de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observation \u00b7 n = 22<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c56337d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c56337d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Runner<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a83e0cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a83e0cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2846f2a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2846f2a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">27% \u2192 83%<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7c5188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d7c5188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Restful Sleep, Week 4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e94e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2e94e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go to the study \u2192<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdf433b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fdf433b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" href=\"#piloten\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36634088 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36634088\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e252976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e252976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-768x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-22008\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Focus-4-of-4-2.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc0e37f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cc0e37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5211b7cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5211b7cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f1b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84f1b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observation \u00b7 n = 20<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23478a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23478a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Pilots<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6619b624 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6619b624\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c722fe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c722fe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">79 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0c2caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e0c2caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">reported less fatigue<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad8762f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ad8762f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go to the study \u2192<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b98740d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b98740d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15becdac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15becdac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed6bb99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ed6bb99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW WE NAME OUR STUDIES<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bdab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1bdab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Not every study is a clinical trial.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5388a57b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5388a57b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These terms are not interchangeable, and the difference determines what a number can actually convey. For each of our five studies, we use precisely the term that is methodologically appropriate. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179834d6 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"179834d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db74171 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db74171\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e561721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e561721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1 of 5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e057f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e057f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clinical Trial<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33357846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33357846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Study protocol, approval from an ethics committee, defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, objective measurements, and an external publication with a permanently citable DOI. In our case, this applies exclusively to the BIOSEN study. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f77a646 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f77a646\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b413598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b413598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1 of 5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ddad9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55ddad9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilot Study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2f747d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e2f747d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A controlled study with a comparison group, random assignment, and blinding of participants and the research team, but with a small sample size and an exploratory research question. In our case, this is the double-blind basketball study. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bdfd1b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bdfd1b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e68348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53e68348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3 out of 5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b688a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27b688a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Applied and Observational Study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8070d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8070d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A study conducted under real-world conditions, before and after, without a control group and without blinding. It describes what participants report and does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship. This applies to the studies involving nurses, runners, and pilots.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbf8479 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fbf8479\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d8c79b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68d8c79b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For us, no observational study becomes a clinical trial, and no pilot study becomes proof of efficacy. Whenever a figure is presented without a control group, that fact is noted. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe1c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abe1c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16c58884 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"16c58884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"biosen-long-covid\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e8e3ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67e8e3ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e8dab5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69e8dab5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d74b8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40d74b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDY 01 \/ 05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428b56db elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"428b56db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clinical Trial<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb8c2d3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7eb8c2d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOSEN<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35da140f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35da140f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Madrid \u00b7 Barcelona \u00b7 Valencia \u00b7 Castell\u00f3n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b1dfdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33b1dfdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Four inflammatory markers in the blood. All four were significantly reduced. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508a0b65 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508a0b65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Six weeks, 60 participants, four Spanish hospitals. This is the only VITAMIC study in which measurements were taken in addition to collecting data: Blood samples were taken from 20 participants before and after they took the medication. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5576a308 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5576a308\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2314d64c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2314d64c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92c90d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b92c90d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d38f944 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d38f944\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b00dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44b00dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE OF STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538371e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"538371e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clinical trial, single-arm, open-label<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad63869 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ad63869\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1769f546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1769f546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTICIPANTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecb6c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ecb6c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">60 \u00b7 Blood Subgroup 20<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce91203 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce91203\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac15467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac15467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DURATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4602113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4602113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6 weeks<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec4fffb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ec4fffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb3767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bb3767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOSAGE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c9db2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11c9db2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2 \u00d7 10 drops daily<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-205187a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"205187a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdbd5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cdbd5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608411f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"608411f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Francisco Mera Cordero<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d2a18d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d2a18d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4c4846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e4c4846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LOCATIONS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750f2ff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"750f2ff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 hospitals in Spain<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24429668 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24429668\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ad3d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13ad3d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ETHICS VOTE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bff23f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bff23f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519c0852 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"519c0852\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6546eee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6546eee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PUBLICATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68052716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68052716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BJSTR, Vol. 47\/3, 2022<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2147569f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2147569f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f83bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29f83bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The key finding: the blood test results<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388d108e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"388d108e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Questionnaires measure how someone feels. Blood tests measure what is happening in the body. In the blood subgroup, four established markers of inflammation were measured before and after the six weeks. All four were significantly lower afterward, with three of them showing the highest level of statistical significance.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4a6360 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d4a6360\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d3b0604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d3b0604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 of 4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30aa9f32 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30aa9f32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Measured inflammatory markers in the blood were significantly reduced after six weeks. The ENCHEPAX\u2122 panel was analyzed, with all samples tested on the same analytical plate to rule out any bias. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d40fd6c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d40fd6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c9915c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55c9915c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.001<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d92de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"550d92de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CRP<br><small>An acute-phase protein produced by the liver. The most commonly measured inflammatory marker worldwide. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763c4b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"763c4b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.001<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648ca113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"648ca113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A2M<br><small>Acute-phase protein. A marker of systemic inflammatory response. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58029acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58029acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.001<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64926bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64926bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fetuin-A<br><small>Acute-phase protein. It is associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548b982c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"548b982c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.01<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f16e4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77f16e4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AGP (Orosomucoid)<br><small>Hepatic acute-phase protein. Elevated in cases of chronic inflammation and infection. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf598db elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bf598db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The data were analyzed using the t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, chi-square test, and Fisher\u2019s exact test, supplemented by hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). The PCA clearly distinguished the values measured before and after administration. Other markers measured, such as BDNF, RANTES, NCAM, and PF4, did not show consistent significance.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32da2c03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32da2c03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff14ebb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ff14ebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Symptoms<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b85ba3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b85ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nine symptoms were assessed on a 10-point scale at the start of the study and after weeks 1, 2, 3, and 6. The results were analyzed across all 60 participants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2844a3b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2844a3b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aba63f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5aba63f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7 of 9<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1119fc7d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1119fc7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The reported symptoms improved significantly over the course of the study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722e8599 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"722e8599\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-671d7cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"671d7cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.01<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413f13ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"413f13ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Concentration<br \/><small>Highest level of significance among all symptoms assessed; significant starting in Week 6.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e3f9b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44e3f9b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58de0051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58de0051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pain<br \/><small>Musculoskeletal pain, decreasing across all measurement time points.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce38b64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ce38b64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">p &lt; 0.05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc76a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dc76a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anxiety<br \/><small>In addition, the EuroQol-5D quality-of-life scale showed positive trends.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaabbc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eaabbc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">significant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48c75aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48c75aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fatigue<br \/><small>Significant starting in week 3.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f5cb963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f5cb963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">significant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e02cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11e02cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mental confusion<br \/><small>Significant starting in week 6.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dbf3289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dbf3289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">significant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c92c05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c92c05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shortness of breath<br \/><small>Decreasing across all measurement time points.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d45fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21d45fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">significant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e44fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29e44fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep disturbances<br \/><small>Decreasing across all measurement time points.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef4cfac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ef4cfac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two other symptoms recorded\u2014loss of smell and taste\u2014showed no significant change. Both are virus-specific and are not related to the inflammatory response. For sleep disturbances and headaches, the p-values in the Fisher\u2019s exact test were 0.086 and 0.07, respectively\u2014values at the borderline of statistical significance; however, the differences were significant in the analysis of the Likert scales and in the pairwise comparison of the measurement time points.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380aa0a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"380aa0a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8ad655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a8ad655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why These Findings Extend Beyond the Context of the Study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f176a7d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f176a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The original research question was post-viral. The markers measured are not. CRP, A2M, fetuin-A, and AGP are general inflammatory markers that are used in medicine completely independently of this research question.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204459c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"204459c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542a3ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"542a3ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marker<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610bbc14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"610bbc14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Established, context-independent<br \/><small>These four markers are recognized indicators of low-grade chronic inflammation.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a76a425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a76a425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consistency<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6189dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d6189dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three measures, one trend<br \/><small>: Likert-scale symptoms, EuroQol-5D quality of life, and blood biomarkers all show the same trend.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-425a7cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"425a7cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objectivity<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b23d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57b23d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cannot be Explained by Expectation<br \/><small>A blood test result does not change simply because someone expects a certain outcome.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1127d29b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1127d29b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af82099 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4af82099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Francisco-Mera-Cordero-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22009\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Francisco-Mera-Cordero-1.webp 500w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Francisco-Mera-Cordero-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Francisco-Mera-Cordero-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vitamic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Francisco-Mera-Cordero-1-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b590b64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b590b64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c18bf03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c18bf03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;BIOSEN, with its unique combination of curcumin, boswellia, and vitamin C, demonstrated a significant improvement in symptoms in the study.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9feb7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e9feb7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52baa8d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52baa8d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Francisco Mera Cordero<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282065fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"282065fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Study Director \u00b7 Director of the Long COVID Unit, Blue Health Care, Spain<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f7f97c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74f7f97c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15654110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15654110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Study Cannot Show<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3d821a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d3d821a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study is our greatest asset. That is precisely why we identify its limitations just as clearly as we do its findings. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949a5c2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"949a5c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">No control group. The study design is single-arm; all participants received BIOSEN. A direct comparison with a placebo was not part of the study. Therefore, an expectation effect cannot be ruled out for the subjective symptoms. This does not apply to the blood test results.    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Open-label. The participants knew what they were taking. A blinded design would have provided further validation of the subjective endpoints.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sample size: 60 participants in total, 20 of whom underwent blood testing. This is above average for a dietary supplement, but too small for regulatory conclusions.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Population: 90 percent women, average age 42.6 years, recruited through patient organizations. The generalizability of this study to other groups cannot be directly inferred from the results.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Observation period: six weeks. The study does not address long-term effects.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Concomitant medication. Existing treatments continued and were not monitored. BIOSEN was the only change; discontinuing it would not have been ethically justifiable.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Publication. The study has been published with a DOI in the *Biomedical Journal of Scientific &amp; Technical Research* and is therefore permanently citable. Nevertheless, we do not classify it as peer-reviewed because there is no evidence of a robust peer-review process for this journal.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1492d239 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1492d239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The strength of this study lies in its design, not in the journal: an ethics review by a university hospital, four clinics, objective blood test results, p &lt; 0.001. That is exactly how we present it.  More information about the ingredients can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/product\/biosen\/\">BIOSEN<\/a> product page.<\/p><p>Full text and permanent citation: Mera Cordero, F. M. (2022), Biomedical Journal of Scientific &#038; Technical Research, 47(3). 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term<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76478dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76478dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e108084 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e108084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#studien-uebersicht\">All Studies<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1e84e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b1e84e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#basketball-jena\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Basketball \u2192<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5443fe5e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5443fe5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4adbb410 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"4adbb410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"basketball-jena\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2ef7fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d2ef7fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fda5eaa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fda5eaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14efa3be elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14efa3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDY 02 \/ 05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74feb3ba elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74feb3ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilot Study \u00b7 Double-Blind<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552f1c2b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"552f1c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18847b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18847b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Science City Jena \u00b7 NBBL, Germany<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cf0e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18cf0e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS vs. a placebo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600b7bfb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"600b7bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>16 players from the Junior Basketball Bundesliga, four weeks, two groups. Eight were given ZEROLIMITS, and eight were given a control product that was identical in appearance and taste. None of the players knew which group they were in.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ad1507 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32ad1507\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3615d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d3615d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc36cad e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bc36cad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a21a826 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a21a826\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536bf5cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"536bf5cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE OF STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ba7cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61ba7cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581cc9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"581cc9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59317c77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59317c77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTICIPANTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ad2b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0ad2b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16 \u00b7 8 ZEROLIMITS \/ 8 Placebo<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f4272c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78f4272c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488602b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488602b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">POPULATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd2de7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fd2de7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Male, ages 16 to 18, actively playing in the NBBL<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e61e7ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e61e7ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da03c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1da03c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DURATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f4aa63d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f4aa63d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 weeks<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db54605 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db54605\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c18e795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c18e795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOSAGE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b3c3b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b3c3b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2 \u00d7 15 drops daily<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252b156e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"252b156e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d9a46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5d9a46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PERIOD<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5991478f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5991478f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spring 2025 \u00b7 Pre-test: Feb. 28, Post-test: Apr. 1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35aa19d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35aa19d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160b586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"160b586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COOPERATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b93ad8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b93ad8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jan de Buhr, Head Coach of NBBL Science City Jena<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30733e72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30733e72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c9ebab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33c9ebab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ANALYSIS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23903c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23903c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">t-tests, Cohen's d, significance level \u03b1 = 0.05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc59a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abc59a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8ec50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b8ec50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How the Blindfold Was Constructed<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ecc023 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ecc023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What &#8220;double-blind&#8221; means: Neither the participants nor the people supervising and conducting the measurements know who is in which group. There are five criteria involved, and all five are met. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78dfe6e e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78dfe6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe3aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebe3aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fulfilled<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea56110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea56110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>was<\/small> a blinded<small>trial. The participants did not know which bottle contained the active ingredient.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a03093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a03093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fulfilled<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abc2eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abc2eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Placebo indistinguishable<br \/><small>Both solutions were identical in appearance and taste.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df521f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df521f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fulfilled<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe35eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebe35eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Randomization<br \/><small>; 1:1 allocation based on bottle numbers.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674dc80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"674dc80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fulfilled<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a993ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a993ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small><\/small> Blinded<small>by<\/small> the Coach<small>The head coach didn't know the group assignments; he saw only bottle numbers.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10dfa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b10dfa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">fulfilled<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07fb8ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07fb8ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>,<\/small> the study leader<small>, used<\/small> a blinded<small>design. In the three performance tests as well, it was not known who had received which treatment.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35cfd3d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35cfd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It follows that the study is double-blind. This is important because it eliminates the two most common sources of bias: the expectation effect among participants\u2014since no player knew whether they were receiving the active ingredient\u2014 And the measurement bias on the part of the researchers, because even the coaches and test administrators did not know, and therefore could not unconsciously influence either the coaching or the performance tests in any particular direction. The subsequent statistical analysis was not conducted with additional blinding; that would be the next step and is discussed below.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a8c98d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a8c98d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f5377f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58f5377f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results Compared to Placebo<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5591c7b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5591c7b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eighteen parameters were measured weekly on a 10-point scale and pooled over the four weeks. Eight of them were significantly higher than those in the placebo group. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54caed4b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54caed4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ecf572 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62ecf572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,2 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534e1812 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"534e1812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>better recovery than in the placebo group. This was the strongest individual effect in the study, with p < 0.001 and a large effect size of Cohen\u2019s d = 0.95. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7418f942 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7418f942\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9c93c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c9c93c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,2 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4a756c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c4a756c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Regeneration<br \/><small>7.09 vs. 6.00 \u00b7 p &lt; 0.001 \u00b7 Cohen&#039;s d = 0.95<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37995dae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37995dae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+13,5 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d87f9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33d87f9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small><\/small> concentration<small>7.78 vs. 6.86 \u00b7 p &lt; 0.001 \u00b7 Cohen&#039;s d = 0.97<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1824cd00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1824cd00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+12,7 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7aa741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a7aa741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mental resilience<br \/><small>: 7.47 vs. 6.63 \u00b7 p = 0.003 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.77<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae6ae3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ae6ae3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+12,7 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5650b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e5650b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Subjective strength<br \/><small>: 7.34 vs. 6.51 \u00b7 p &lt; 0.001 \u00b7 Cohen&#039;s d = 0.92<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d662172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d662172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+12,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fd0a33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55fd0a33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agility<br \/><small>7.12 vs. 6.34 \u00b7 p = 0.001 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.85<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334729a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"334729a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+11,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736d25d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"736d25d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reaction<small>time<\/small><br \/><small>: 7.34 vs. 6.60 \u00b7 p = 0.001 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.82<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-797313c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"797313c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+9,8 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d6e294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76d6e294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speed<br \/><small>: 7.38 vs. 6.71 \u00b7 p = 0.021 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.58<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541e38c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"541e38c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+8,4 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3db5ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d3db5ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coordination<br \/><small>: 6.97 vs. 6.43 \u00b7 p = 0.045 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.50<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116e81d9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"116e81d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cohen&#8217;s d describes the effect size independently of the sample size: values of 0.2 or higher are considered small, 0.5 or higher are considered medium, and 0.8 or higher are considered large. Six of the eight significant values fall within the range of a large effect size. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105c7c5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"105c7c5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d20b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5d20b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And the values with no significant difference<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234213a7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234213a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although five additional parameters were higher in the ZEROLIMITS group, they did not reach the significance level. We are including them here because a list of results without the non-hits is not a complete list of results. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ebeaae e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18ebeaae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6fd65a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d6fd65a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+5,8 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-174290e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"174290e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep quality<br \/><small>, p = 0.234 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.29<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d700fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d700fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+4,4 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219b1a23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"219b1a23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General performance<br \/><small>p = 0.178 \u00b7 Cohen's d = 0.34<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d73d53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47d73d53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+3,8 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcdb971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bcdb971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Respiration<br \/><small>, p = 0.475; Cohen's d = 0.17<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3967643e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3967643e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+3,2 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42903f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42903f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mobility<br \/><small>, p = 0.515; Cohen's d = 0.16<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1de947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u221213.8%<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35a861ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35a861ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stress level (lower is better)<br \/><small>; p = 0.106; Cohen's d = \u22120.40<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a88438d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a88438d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3829e09b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3829e09b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Objective Performance Tests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354fac9b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"354fac9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to the self-assessment, three objective tests were administered before and after the four-week period: maximum strength in the bench press over three repetitions, jump height in the drop jump, and thirty free throws.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53508dce e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53508dce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5514c18b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5514c18b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+3.9 kg<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58fc0355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58fc0355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3-RM Bench Press<br><small>Significant within the ZEROLIMITS group, p = 0.009. Placebo +3.2 kg, p = 0.059. No significant difference between the groups, p = 0.679.  <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e59b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78e59b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+1.1 cm<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9c8cf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b9c8cf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Drop-jump height<br \/><small>\u2014about three times as high as in the placebo group ( ), with a difference of +0.3 cm, but not statistically significant, p = 0.479.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b819a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b819a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+0,1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3554fe91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3554fe91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">30 free throws<br><small>Virtually unchanged in both groups. Ceiling effect among trained NBBL players. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479f8333 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"479f8333\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With 16 participants, there is insufficient statistical power for group comparisons in objective tests, regardless of how well the study was blinded.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5252ebc7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5252ebc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9dfe34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c9dfe34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d0ccf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78d0ccf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cAs part of a pilot study, we investigated the effect of VITAMIC ZEROLIMITS\u00ae on the performance of young basketball players. We tested three key performance parameters: drop jump, 3-RM bench press, and 30 free throws. The results provide initial interesting insights into possible correlations between taking ZEROLIMITS\u00ae and athletic performance in youth competitive sports.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d267ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30d267ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484b5b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"484b5b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jan de Buhr<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ee3605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49ee3605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head Coach, NBBL, Science City Jena<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2071b53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2071b53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5a03b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c5a03b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Study Cannot Show<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-445714f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"445714f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study is the only one that is randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled. It is therefore our most methodologically robust ZEROLIMITS study. Nevertheless, it remains a pilot study with 16 participants, and these limitations still apply.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd7c93 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5dd7c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sample size: 16 participants. This is sufficient for the pooled subjective measures, but not for reliable group comparisons in the objective tests.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Primarily subjective endpoints. Self-assessment on a scale of 1 to 10, supplemented by three objective tests at two time points. No wearables, no blood tests.   However, because of the blinding, expectation effects are largely ruled out here.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Four weeks. The study does not address long-term effects or habituation. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">A limited population. Male junior competitive athletes between the ages of 16 and 18. The findings of this study cannot be generalized to other groups.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">No correction for multiple testing. This is standard practice in an exploratory pilot study, but would be required in a confirmatory follow-up study. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Not published in a peer-reviewed journal. The study was designed and evaluated in an association setting and funded by VITAMIC. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3547d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d3547d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A result based on 16 participants remains an indication, not proof. The value of this study lies in the fact that it is the only one of our five that allows for a true comparison: two groups, randomly assigned, and no one in the room knew who had which bottle. Given these conditions, the fact that the eight significant values correspond exactly to the ranges identified by the other three ZEROLIMITS studies carries significantly more weight. 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term<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301ccb97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"301ccb97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdc2682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bdc2682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#biosen-long-covid\">\u2190 BIOSEN \u00b7 Clinical Trial<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfde910 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dfde910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#studien-uebersicht\">All Studies<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6d2433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c6d2433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#pflege-wien\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Caregivers \u2192<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5389d011 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5389d011\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1ed2ce elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6a1ed2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"care-vienna\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb5a6c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eb5a6c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c44996 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14c44996\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a1db554 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a1db554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDY 03 \/ 05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e008fc3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e008fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Study<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa7de8d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fa7de8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1370958a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1370958a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Several hospitals in Vienna, Austria<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225ad2e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"225ad2e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Four weeks of 12-hour shifts.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73760fb0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73760fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>49 certified nurses from several hospitals in Vienna. Night shifts, shift changes, constant stress: It\u2019s hard to imagine a tougher real-world test. And no other professional group in the DACH region evaluates a healthcare product more critically.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed333d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ed333d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4adebfe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4adebfe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9284e1 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a9284e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41beef75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41beef75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fbf3f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78fbf3f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE OF STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51abd9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51abd9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observational study, before\/after, without a control group<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279adc3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"279adc3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780425f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"780425f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTICIPANTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770087d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"770087d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">49 valid pairs out of 50 final questionnaires<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766a025e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"766a025e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29f02f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b29f02f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COMPOSITION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33cb5c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33cb5c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">82% female \u00b7 Average age 47 \u00b7 Range 25 to 61<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14530922 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14530922\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af05d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2af05d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DURATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1cb876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1cb876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 weeks<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44329fc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44329fc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ee6e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59ee6e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOSAGE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5162c359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5162c359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2 \u00d7 15 drops daily<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2377dda8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2377dda8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11582a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11582a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PERIOD<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b53597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29b53597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">May through July 2025<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc6f96b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5dc6f96b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b01fda9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b01fda9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SURVEY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb33be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb33be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Standardized online questionnaire, 11 items, scale from 1 to 10<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4c3be9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c4c3be9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c3658a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50c3658a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SETTING<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308e16f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"308e16f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Several hospitals in Vienna, licensed nursing staff<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1ac5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e1ac5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531e6b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"531e6b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The results after four weeks<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c7032a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c7032a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data were collected both before and after. The table shows the percentage of participants who reported an improvement, followed by the absolute numbers. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ef53b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61ef53b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd8398f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cd8398f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">74 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a77eb2e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a77eb2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>reported feeling less exhausted after four weeks. That&#8217;s 36 out of 49 participants. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-366af672 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"366af672\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25e86dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25e86dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">74 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5118a95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5118a95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reduces fatigue<br \/><small>36 of 49<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5c91f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d5c91f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">63 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3894bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d3894bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy up<br \/><small>31 of 49<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a500a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43a500a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">53 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2d2ca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d2d2ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Better concentration<br \/><small>26 of 49<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8d4290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c8d4290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">47 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28eb65f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28eb65f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>,<\/small> Who Is Emotionally Resilient<small>23 of 49<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34bae29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34bae29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">41 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5495ab84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5495ab84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Improved muscle and joint function<br \/><small>13 out of 32 who had reported symptoms at the start<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8ca6d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e8ca6d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">29 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3146bf6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3146bf6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep Improves<br \/><small>14 of 49<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32317f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32317f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">26 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce50a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44ce50a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Improved digestion<br \/><small>10 out of 39 who had reported symptoms at the start<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75173658 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75173658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sleep, at 29 percent, is the lowest figure in the study. This makes sense: For shift workers, sleep quality is determined more by the work schedule than by anything else. We\u2019re showing this figure anyway, rather than just listing the top three rows.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268c3ff7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"268c3ff7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508f56ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"508f56ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy Value in Detail<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4d0a1a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4d0a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Energy was the only metric that was measured as a score both before and after, making it directly comparable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e69ee4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35e69ee4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cdfc583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cdfc583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.2 \u2192 6.7<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef03b98 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ef03b98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Average energy score on a scale of 1 to 10, an increase of 1.45 points. The median rose from 5 to 7. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1bdb12 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d1bdb12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17fc6d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17fc6d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">63 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56174926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56174926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>, 31 out of 49 participants<\/small> reported a higher value<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e246e07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e246e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">24 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbab60f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fbab60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>, 12 of 49 participants<\/small> reported no change<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db1b039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5db1b039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7febe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c7febe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">reported a lower value<br \/><small>6 out of 49 participants<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b71fe93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b71fe93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">20 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76c8fbe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76c8fbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>, 10 out of 49 participants<\/small> reported an increase of 3 points or more<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ab0299 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48ab0299\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f53b692 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f53b692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where the effect occurs<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7901d821 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7901d821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When broken down by the initial value, the pattern becomes clear: Growth occurs where energy levels were low at the start.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5e4314 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f5e4314\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ecadf48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ecadf48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+59 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9eb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f9eb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initial value of 5 or less<br \/><small>, n = 28 \u00b7 from 3.96 to 6.32<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3507c421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3507c421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+12 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8baf8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d8baf8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initial value 6 to 7<br \/><small>n = 14 \u00b7 from 6.50 to 7.29<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265e8f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"265e8f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u22122%<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3cc368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a3cc368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initial value 8 and above<br \/><small>n = 7 \u00b7 from 8.00 to 7.86<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718ef0bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"718ef0bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you start at 8 out of 10, there&#8217;s hardly any room to go up. The last line shows a slight decline and is listed here just like the first one. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eee3a5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4eee3a5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384bba88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"384bba88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three individual findings<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760e6a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"760e6a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each of these three values applies only to the subset that specified the characteristic at the beginning. The denominators are shown below them. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c8edc6 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c8edc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67aeb98b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67aeb98b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">72 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6e8fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d6e8fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Among those with high stress levels<small>, 26 out of 36 who had reported frequent or very frequent exhaustion at the start<\/small> reported an improvement<br \/><small><\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e877bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62e877bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">67 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43719836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43719836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Those who are frequently prone to infections remained infection-free<br \/><small>10 out of 15 had three to four infections per year and spent more than four weeks in a hospital setting<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca9f06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ca9f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">56 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc352bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cc352bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">took fewer painkillers<br \/><small>9 out of 16 who took painkillers at least once a week<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a5f830 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15a5f830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Without a control group, no cause can be inferred from these figures. They describe what the participants reported, not what ZEROLIMITS achieved. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-325db0c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"325db0c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26199971 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26199971\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284a30f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"284a30f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t need to take a nap after work anymore\u2014I just have more energy. I was already taking the drops before, but only once a day, and I didn&#8217;t experience this effect then.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e621b2d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e621b2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497097af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"497097af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maria Aschacher, 53<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf32bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bf32bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caregiver, Vienna \u00b7 Participant in the observational study<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1a6440 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f1a6440\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5496aea3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5496aea3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78989f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78989f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t stand the taste of frankincense over the long term. Although the drops help improve my quality of life, I can no longer take them.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190de655 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"190de655\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e9043be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e9043be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Romana Wallek, 47<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4509447 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4509447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nurse, Vienna \u00b7 Critical feedback from the same survey<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124c1acc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"124c1acc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efbd885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3efbd885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Study Cannot Show<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398d75fd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"398d75fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An observational study is not proof of efficacy. It describes what people report under real-world conditions. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77635cce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"77635cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">No control group. Expectation and placebo effects cannot be ruled out. These figures do not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Self-reported data. No blood test results, no objective measurements. Data was collected exclusively through questionnaires.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Four weeks is a short time. Several participants say so themselves; we quoted one of them above. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Shift work as a confounding factor. Irregular medication times and rotating shifts have a particularly strong impact on sleep outcomes. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Selection. Participation was voluntary. People who sign up for a survey like this tend to be more health-conscious than the average person.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Gender distribution. 82 percent of the participants were female. This is consistent with the nursing industry, but makes the results less meaningful for male target groups.  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Not published in a peer-reviewed journal and funded by VITAMIC.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc1d145 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc1d145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What makes this survey valuable nonetheless is that nursing staff are medically trained, work under constant real-world stress, and evaluate health products critically. And the three most prominent factors\u2014exhaustion, energy, and concentration\u2014are exactly the same three identified in the other three ZEROLIMITS studies.  The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/zerolimits-focus\/\">ZEROLIMITS<\/a><\/span> website describes this same stressful situation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in terms of work and focus.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25dd64a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25dd64a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46633300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46633300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#basketball-jena\">\u2190 ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Basketball<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf06a4d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bf06a4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#studien-uebersicht\">All Studies<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f3abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7f3abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#running-california\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Runner \u2192<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e000daa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e000daa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9a0ed9 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7e9a0ed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"running-california\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc94594 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cc94594\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b74c734 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b74c734\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26899f5c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26899f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDY 04 \/ 05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-138bef72 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"138bef72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observational study<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cefbc0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17cefbc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7a69dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e7a69dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">California, USA<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278c0d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"278c0d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Six months on a long-haul flight.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3390d305 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3390d305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>22 long-distance runners in California, ranging from a runner returning to the sport after a five-year hiatus to a marathon runner with a personal best of 2:22. They were followed for six months, and their performance was analyzed based on the data available for the first four weeks. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39794bc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39794bc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f4b42b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15f4b42b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb44b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7eb44b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e4da19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50e4da19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a42f0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a42f0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE OF STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61499e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61499e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Observational study, without a control group<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7290cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7290cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ea0b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48ea0b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTICIPANTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65a92aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65a92aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">22 included \u00b7 21 actively responding \u00b7 9 with complete before-and-after data<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e7108d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77e7108d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7b896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e7b896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DATA POINTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfdf4c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dfdf4c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">93 questionnaire responses<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31cf54b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31cf54b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc9386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cc9386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DURATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e97134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72e97134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6 months \u00b7 March through September 2025<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773b1b59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"773b1b59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1818adfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1818adfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EVALUATED<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f90f5ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f90f5ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Start through Week 4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11433560 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11433560\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570b5d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"570b5d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROFILE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399a3fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"399a3fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Average age: 28.4 years \u00b7 82% exercise more than 5 times a week<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a485cdd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a485cdd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d721b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d721b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BACKGROUND<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e49bc54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e49bc54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fitness 8.05 \/ 10 \u00b7 Recovery 7.00 \/ 10<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1b3e06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e1b3e06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cdea2ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cdea2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SURVEY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c4ea00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65c4ea00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Baseline plus recurring self-assessment, scale of 1 to 10, and free-text response<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-119c8fa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"119c8fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51ae8d02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51ae8d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most important single factor: sleep<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794eb3f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"794eb3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At each measurement point, participants were asked whether they found their sleep to be very restful. The percentage increased steadily over the four weeks. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120efcaa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"120efcaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115da85c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"115da85c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">27% \u2192 83%<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380c46b9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"380c46b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>rated their sleep as very restful. At the start of the study, 4 out of 15 did so; after four weeks, 10 out of 12 did. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d29d83 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36d29d83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26402a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26402a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">27 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7816a0ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7816a0ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Start<br \/><small>, Answer 4 of 15<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4affaef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4affaef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">47 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-673f459c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"673f459c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 1<br \/><small>, 8 of 17 answers<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9489470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9489470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">53 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c3a21a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42c3a21a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 2<br \/><small>8 of 15 answers<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21159801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21159801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">56 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbdc626 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fbdc626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 3<br \/><small>, 9 of 16 answers<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f9a2fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28f9a2fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">83 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d683dac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d683dac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 4<br \/><small>: 10 of 12 answers<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273ab9c4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"273ab9c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The denominator decreases over the weeks because not all participants responded at every point in time. With 12 responses in Week 4, each individual accounts for about 8 percentage points. This is an important factor to consider when interpreting this figure.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c01bfe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63c01bfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c48b16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47c48b16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">All recorded values, from the start through Week 4<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec2b58c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ec2b58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Analyzed based on the nine participants for whom data are available for both time points. Scale of 1 to 10. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e700a3 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64e700a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d89404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36d89404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+28,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62538587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62538587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Athletic Confidence<small>:<\/small><br \/><small>5.89 to 7.56<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c189ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c189ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+25,0 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75466475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75466475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mood and Motivation<small>:<\/small><br \/><small>6.67 to 8.33<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45dc5a36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45dc5a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+23,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ca7a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28ca7a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep Quality<br \/><small>: 6.67 to 8.22<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4df84f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4df84f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+20,7 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282989ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"282989ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recovery from Muscle Soreness<br \/><small>6.44 to 7.78<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22444e1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22444e1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30670dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30670dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy<br \/><small>: 6.67 to 7.89<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a1d404b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a1d404b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efd5aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7efd5aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Focus and Mental Sharpness<br \/><small>: 6.67 to 7.89<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1331580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1331580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+17,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c724945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c724945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stress Management<br \/><small>: 5.78 to 6.78<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c52625e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c52625e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+16,9 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c9f417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18c9f417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>'s<\/small> total performance:<small>6.56 to 7.67<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1c9dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e1c9dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+15,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa31bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fa31bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General Well-Being<br \/><small>6.56 to 7.56<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587af172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"587af172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+14,0 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c00a45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c00a45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flexibility and Stiffness<br \/><small>6.33 to 7.22<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c2d71f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53c2d71f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+11,3 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c53bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32c53bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Endurance<br \/><small>: 6.89 to 7.67<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f5f421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19f5f421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+9,8 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278da6ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"278da6ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>: From 6.78 to 7.44<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c52e0a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c52e0a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+9,5 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6eec42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a6eec42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br \/><small>'s<\/small> recovery:<small>from 7.00 to 7.67<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abad2d6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5abad2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nine participants is a small sample size. What is noteworthy is not so much the specific percentage values as the fact that all thirteen values surveyed point in the same direction and none of them is decreasing. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba9965f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ba9965f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de29e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4de29e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Data, Presented Transparently<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed5ff55 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ed5ff55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study has a problem that we won&#8217;t hide: The response rate drops off starting in the second month. For this reason, we are only analyzing data up to week 4 and are not presenting aggregate figures for the later months. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd1a626 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bd1a626\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63487c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63487c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5e2fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c5e2fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Start<br \/><small>, solid baseline<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccf1379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ccf1379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">17<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8eefd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b8eefd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 1<br \/><small>: Highest Response Rate in the Study<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac1291f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ac1291f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7593b874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7593b874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 2<br \/><small>, good<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4e3673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c4e3673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384247b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"384247b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 3<br \/><small>, good<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a48099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29a48099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f55e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20f55e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 4<br \/><small>: good, still usable \u00b7 last time evaluated<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-761ad92f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"761ad92f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd28d8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dd28d8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month 2<br \/><small>: A Significant Decline Begins<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea09650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ea09650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc0ef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fc0ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month 3<br \/><small>, now only readable as a direction<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a96c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22a96c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430b2ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"430b2ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month 4<br \/><small>, very small<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6220ed4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6220ed4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275e873f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"275e873f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month 5<br \/><small>: Cannot be evaluated<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c421c24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c421c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">0<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a8d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a8d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month 6<br \/><small>: no data<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee437a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ee437a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A six-month study period sounds good. Four weeks of that are feasible. That\u2019s exactly how we\u2019re communicating this study.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e1d585 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e1d585\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4f7942 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b4f7942\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44907a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44907a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;It took me about three days to recover. Usually, it takes five on average.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f19270f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f19270f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24182dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24182dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moises Marquez<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf4a3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cf4a3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5,000 m in 14:34 \u00b7 Week 1 \u00b7 Translated from English<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fbb0e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36fbb0e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b69f9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b69f9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3495b3ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3495b3ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t get as much sleep as usual this week, but I still feel well-rested, no matter how many hours I slept.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d55c533 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d55c533\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7cdfce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b7cdfce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daniel Ozan<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640598f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"640598f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recreational Runners, Getting Back into Running \u00b7 Week 4 \u00b7 Translated from English<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fe7075f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fe7075f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539724c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"539724c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Study Cannot Show<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6f7b1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe6f7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This study provides the strongest individual statistic in our portfolio and, at the same time, the weakest data set over the entire time period. Both should be mentioned together. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a26399c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1a26399c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">No control group, no blinding. Expectation and self-selection effects cannot be ruled out. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Self-reported data without objective measurements. No blood test results, no wearable data, no standardized performance tests. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Only nine participants provided complete before-and-after data over the four weeks.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">There was a significant decline in the response rate starting in month 2. The data from months 3 through 6 cannot be analyzed.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Field-related disruptions. Two participants were injured or fell ill during the study; one case of mononucleosis and one thigh injury were documented. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Some dates were filled in retroactively, which limits the accuracy of the recollection.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Not published in a peer-reviewed journal and funded by VITAMIC.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377f4116 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"377f4116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The value of this survey lies in its consistency: Thirteen metrics were collected, all pointing in the same direction, along with independent feedback from a group that closely monitors their bodies on a daily basis. The complete breakdown is available on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/product\/zerolimits\/\">ZEROLIMITS<\/a><\/span> product page <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3e6f5e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a3e6f5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698dc740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"698dc740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#pflege-wien\">\u2190 ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Caregivers<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718ffde3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"718ffde3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#studien-uebersicht\">All Studies<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463b838d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"463b838d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#piloten\">ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Pilots \u2192<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301d76c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"301d76c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f2a2e28 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2f2a2e28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"pilots\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163adcaa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"163adcaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72039e03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72039e03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cbb187 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70cbb187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDY 05 \/ 05<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7903a54d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7903a54d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Study<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e76364 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e76364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ZEROLIMITS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b45b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15b45b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Europe and the Middle East<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-307c6a32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"307c6a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Concentration, when it's not optional.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b95b77 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15b95b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>20 professional pilots and air traffic controllers on active duty, 14 of whom were fully evaluable. Time zone changes, night flights, shifts lasting up to 16 hours. A professional group that undergoes regular medical examinations and for whom alertness is not a matter of convenience.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77883c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77883c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa2cfb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5aa2cfb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a Glance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8046b35 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8046b35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212ed361 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"212ed361\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79562290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79562290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TYPE OF STUDY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c069db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61c069db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prospective, open-label observational study under real-world conditions<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71bbdc85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71bbdc85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103e7605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"103e7605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PARTICIPANTS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bec812f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bec812f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">20 recorded \u00b7 14 usable \u00b7 3 with complete before-and-after data<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd9b85b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cd9b85b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d784b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d784b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6521ba3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6521ba3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial airline pilots, air traffic controllers, military pilots, helicopter pilots<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56eb2074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56eb2074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692ed542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"692ed542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DURATION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a5cb56d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a5cb56d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 weeks per participant<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f2f279 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11f2f279\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-618242fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"618242fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOSAGE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bae6d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15bae6d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2 \u00d7 15 drops daily<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241b6e75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"241b6e75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e17c04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14e17c04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">REGION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3749ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e3749ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Europe and the Middle East<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0cf413 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a0cf413\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2338d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d2338d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PERIOD<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a97669a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a97669a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">January through April 2025<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3b147 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a3b147\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263bbd40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"263bbd40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BACKGROUND<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12fd3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f12fd3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Well-being: 7.25\/10 on average \u00b7 Average work shift: 12.2 hours<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c29c563 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c29c563\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ba33b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39ba33b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Results<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d06369 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20d06369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fourteen evaluable participants, four weeks, endpoints measured partly as yes\/no questions and partly on a scale from 1 to 10.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7723e5af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7723e5af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5ad2bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d5ad2bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">79 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50610e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50610e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>reported feeling less exhausted after four weeks. That\u2019s 11 out of 14 participants; 3 reported no change. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e2c82ae e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e2c82ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3e764e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a3e764e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">79 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4427c8e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4427c8e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Less Fatigue<br \/><small>11 of 14<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd8c1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdd8c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">71 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258068c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"258068c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Better Focus and Greater Mental Clarity<br \/><small>10 of 14<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4563c67f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4563c67f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">71 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17aa707c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17aa707c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Better concentration on long flights<br \/><small>10 out of 14 \u00b7 3 showed significant improvement, 7 showed some improvement, 1 showed a decline<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6191615a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6191615a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">71 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13bc0ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13bc0ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Would you recommend ZEROLIMITS to colleagues<small>?<\/small><br \/><small>10 of 14 \u00b7 3 undecided, 1 no<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1b42eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d1b42eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">64 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb01e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fb01e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Morning Energy of 7 or higher<br \/><small>9 of 14 \u00b7 Average 7.1 out of 10<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16fb1600 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16fb1600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">50 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab97270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ab97270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Longer sleep duration<br \/><small>7 out of 14 \u00b7 2 significantly longer, 5 slightly longer<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ea450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7ea450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8,6 \/ 10<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15224269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15224269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mental clarity at the endpoint<br \/><small>; median across all evaluable participants<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69a64120 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69a64120\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd520a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fd520a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The three complete sequences<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54862ea4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54862ea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For three participants, both baseline and final values are available for all four dimensions. For all three, all four values improve; not a single one remains the same or decreases. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e3e314b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e3e314b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659ffae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"659ffae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+3,0<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7547f57d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7547f57d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sleep Quality<br \/><small>Average change on a scale of 1 to 10<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95fdbeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95fdbeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+1,7<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f458537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f458537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy<br \/><small>Average change<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6330ec92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6330ec92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+1,7<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53715bd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53715bd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alertness<br \/><small>: Mean change<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8591b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd8591b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+1,3<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155e4816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"155e4816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mental Clarity<br \/><small>Average Change<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e511d9a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e511d9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of course, three people are not enough to draw a reliable conclusion, but these figures were collected nonetheless.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7689f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e7689f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243f700c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"243f700c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ec0750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58ec0750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I started using ZEROLIMITS during an extremely mentally challenging period while I was retraining to fly a new aircraft. It feels like it has helped me tremendously in managing physical and mental stress, as well as my energy levels and recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3780d0db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3780d0db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6b5917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d6b5917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">S\u00e9rgio Pinto da Silva<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2081f0aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2081f0aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Airline Pilot in Type Rating Training \u00b7 Second Month<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51aa3847 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51aa3847\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71be28a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71be28a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281a86ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"281a86ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t noticed any changes. This may be because I&#8217;m already taking a variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and herbs as supplements. The effect of ZEROLIMITS on me is minimal to nonexistent.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2727a1d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2727a1d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73abbd2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73abbd2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gideon Reisel<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542e3468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"542e3468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participants \u00b7 Third Week \u00b7 Feedback with No Observed Effect<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df33dd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7df33dd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2beaa022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2beaa022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Study Cannot Show<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77512e3c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77512e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Methodologically, this is the weakest of our five studies. We are including it nonetheless because it was conducted and because omitting it would be dishonest. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a1d996 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"76a1d996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">No control group, no placebo arm, no blinding. Placebo, Hawthorne, and self-selection effects cannot be ruled out. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Small sample size. 14 evaluable participants, only 3 of whom had complete before-and-after comparisons. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Exclusively self-reported outcomes. No reaction tests, no sleep trackers, no objective measurements. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">A heterogeneous group. Given the size of this group, it is not possible to analyze airline pilots, military pilots, air traffic controllers, and helicopter pilots separately. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Inconsistent data collection. Several scales and categorical questions were mixed together, which limits the ability to directly compare the endpoints. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Data quality. Duplicate participants and seven questionnaires without a clear assignment had to be corrected during the post-analysis. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Open-label study design. New participants are being enrolled on an ongoing basis; the figures shown here refer to the 4-week cohort from January through April 2025. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Not published in a peer-reviewed journal and funded by VITAMIC.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f346c4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12f346c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This survey is not suitable for drawing regulatory conclusions, and we do not draw any such conclusions from it. What remains is this: a professional group that works under constant demands for alertness reports findings consistent with those of nurses, runners, and basketball players\u2014including the voice that finds no effect.   For shift work and long workdays, we have this on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/zerolimits-focus\/\">ZEROLIMITS for Work and Focus<\/a><\/span> .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1542283a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1542283a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6fabc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a6fabc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#running-california\">\u2190 ZEROLIMITS \u00b7 Runners<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30141097 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30141097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#studien-uebersicht\">All Studies<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294ea8a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"294ea8a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae8502e elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7ae8502e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"the-pattern\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41bc1195 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41bc1195\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5711ff98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5711ff98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE ACTUAL FINDINGS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6532429a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6532429a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where fields of study converge.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a39ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0a39ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A single result could be a coincidence. But the same trend across four separate groups, in four different locations, under four different types of stress is far less likely to be a coincidence. That is precisely where the value of this portfolio lies\u2014not in a single percentage figure.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d5153a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55d5153a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7818de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e7818de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three Topics, Four Studies with ZEROLIMITS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9789ae e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9789ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9e824 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af9e824\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121e5958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"121e5958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rest and Recovery<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11debcaa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11debcaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104e1a4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"104e1a4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basketball vs. Placebo<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597e53b7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"597e53b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18,2 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f39ab9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f39ab9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2146c1d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2146c1d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Runner, California<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-367408d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"367408d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+21 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa1c9b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fa1c9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68641b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68641b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nurses in Vienna<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e827403 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e827403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">74 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0cda92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a0cda92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cec544f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cec544f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilots<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9f23f1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b9f23f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">79 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42acb448 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42acb448\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2849a3b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2849a3b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Focus and Clarity<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de2f5d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de2f5d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746b0f59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"746b0f59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basketball vs. Placebo<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a6f379 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21a6f379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+13,5 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b43701 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77b43701\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d9052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43d9052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Runner, California<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f2b33e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73f2b33e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+18 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b7c064 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42b7c064\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dbf7a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dbf7a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nurses in Vienna<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eff17dd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4eff17dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">53 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac6e04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ac6e04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f535887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f535887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilots<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799de7f7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"799de7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">71 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49536e24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49536e24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f11c50f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f11c50f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy and Propulsion<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-443d936e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"443d936e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200f7a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"200f7a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basketball vs. Placebo<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58205af4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58205af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+12,7 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdde50 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cdde50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31377e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31377e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Runner, California<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223c6268 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"223c6268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+25 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e67c1be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e67c1be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493b202a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"493b202a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nurses in Vienna<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780c9d6f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"780c9d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">63 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2a2cc8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c2a2cc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eec4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4eec4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilots<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66b0dd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b66b0dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">64 %<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd1313c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd1313c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The four studies use different scales and reference values. The values themselves are not directly comparable. However, the general trend is comparable.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b825eef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b825eef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-193ede9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"193ede9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The clinical BIOSEN study stands apart methodologically because it was the only one to measure objective blood values. However, it fits into the same overall picture: concentration reached the highest level of significance among all symptoms assessed, and fatigue and sleep improved across all measurement time points. The same three topics, just measured using a different method.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a963963 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a963963\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7073f7d elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7073f7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"transparency\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731a56ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"731a56ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4378cc0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4378cc0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TRANSPARENCY<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613c1b70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"613c1b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What these five studies are\u2014and what they are not. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40007eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40007eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This page explains the limitations of each study. Five points apply to all of them. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2630d1a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2630d1a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb8b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cb8b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Applies to all five studies<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3062fb2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3062fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">All five studies were initiated and funded by VITAMIC. None of them were conducted independently of us. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Only one of the five is a clinical study that has received ethical approval and includes objective blood test results. The other four rely primarily on self-reported data. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Only one of the five had a placebo-controlled (double-blind) group. The other three ZEROLIMITS studies are before-and-after observational studies without a control group. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">None of the five has been published in a scholarly journal with a verifiable peer-review process. The BIOSEN study has been published with a DOI and can be cited permanently; nevertheless, we do not classify it as peer-reviewed. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">When a figure is presented without a control group, we do not claim to establish a cause. We simply report what the participants have said. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724db23 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7724db23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most dietary supplements don\u2019t have a single study of their own. We have five; we present them in full and explain where their limitations lie. What remains is the feedback from 167 people who took BIOSEN or ZEROLIMITS under real-world conditions.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb172cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb172cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9157f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9157f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What a methodologically robust follow-up study would require<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369f2a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"369f2a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The basketball study is randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled. This means that the study design is no longer its biggest weakness. Five points would nevertheless make it significantly stronger.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4d415 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad4d415\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8813a78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8813a78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22552e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22552e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blinded Analysis<br><small>The analysis is conducted using anonymized group labels A and B; unblinding is documented only after the analysis is complete. While participants, the coaching staff, and the test administrators are blinded, this is not the case here. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da294f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da294f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9cf01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de9cf01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larger sample<small>size<\/small><br \/><small>: 16 participants provide pooled subjective data but do not allow for a reliable group comparison in the objective performance tests.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0d3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba0d3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bbe8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6bbe8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Longer period of time<br><small>Four weeks will show whether and when something happens. They say nothing about long-term effects or tolerance. <\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d86541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d86541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8279a59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8279a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objective endpoints<br \/><small>: At least one laboratory value, such as inflammatory markers in the blood, as in the clinical BIOSEN study.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f495ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f495ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af285c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af285c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Independent implementation<br \/><small>: Planning, data collection, and analysis conducted by an entity with no financial interest, followed by submission to a peer-reviewed journal.<\/small><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd337d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd337d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924b8d3 elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"924b8d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e82aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52e82aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5cfd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f5cfd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35acd32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35acd32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most common questions we get asked about our programs.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8682531 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8682531\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab62dd6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab62dd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae50108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae50108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Were the VITAMIC studies conducted independently?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd35df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acd35df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No. All five studies were initiated and funded by VITAMIC. This is stated on this page for each individual study and in the transparency section. The BIOSEN clinical trial was led by Dr. Francisco Mera Cordero and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital Cl\u00ednico de San Carlos in Madrid; the data analysis was conducted by the respective study teams.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6f622 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b6f622\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e8ef16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e8ef16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Has the BIOSEN study been peer-reviewed?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6299388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6299388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We do not classify it as peer-reviewed. The study was published in 2022 with a DOI in the *Biomedical Journal of Scientific &#038; Technical Research* and is therefore permanently citable; however, there is no evidence of a robust, independent peer-review process for this journal. The study\u2019s strength lies in its design: ethics approval, four hospitals, and objective blood test results.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6251077 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6251077\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e8d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41e8d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How many people participated in total?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f6f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5f6f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>167 participants across five studies: 60 in the BIOSEN clinical trial, 16 in the basketball pilot study, 49 in the observational study with Viennese nursing staff, 22 in the observational study with California runners, and 20 in the observational study with commercial pilots.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283a6d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"283a6d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f0546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01f0546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the difference between a clinical trial, a pilot study, and a post-marketing surveillance study?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474717b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"474717b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A clinical trial has a study protocol, an ethics committee approval, defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, and objective measurements. A pilot study is controlled and blinded, but small and exploratory; in our case, it is double-blind. An observational study collects data under real-world conditions before and after intervention, without a control group, and therefore does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship. Of our five studies, one is a clinical trial, one is a pilot study, and three are observational studies.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c65e87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c65e87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62767b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62767b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which study had a placebo group?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7fd1d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7fd1d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Only the pilot study involving 16 young basketball players from Science City Jena. Eight players received ZEROLIMITS, and eight received a control solution that was identical in appearance and taste. The study was double-blind: neither the players, nor the coach, nor the study staff knew who was in which group.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c60d039 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c60d039\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecb13f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ecb13f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How long did the participants take the product?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3714d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c3714d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Four of the five studies lasted four weeks; the BIOSEN clinical trial lasted six weeks. The observational study involving the California runners formally lasted six months, but due to a sharp drop in the response rate, the data were analyzed only up to week four. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d7ac5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4d7ac5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1184ef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1184ef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where can I read the original BIOSEN study?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd3807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cd3807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is freely available under DOI 10.26717\/BJSTR.2022.47.007512 in the Biomedical Journal of Scientific &#038; Technical Research, Volume 47, Issue 3, December 2022, published under a CC-BY 4.0 license.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4ec7f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e4ec7f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273573bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"273573bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7198bd7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7198bd7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE PRODUCTS BEHIND THE STUDIES<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3f5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c3f5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tested, documented, available.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17a9551d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17a9551d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ZEROLIMITS was evaluated in four studies involving 107 participants, while BIOSEN was evaluated in a clinical study involving 60 participants and blood tests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdd4a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bdd4a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5563d95f elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5563d95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/product\/zerolimits\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View ZEROLIMITS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4152a195 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4152a195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/vitamic.com\/en\/product\/biosen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg 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