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Deer Antler Velvet for Strength and more

March 14, 2007 on 11:45 am | In Main | 3 Comments

• What’s in Deer Velvet?
  Velvet deer antler is named after the soft, velvet-like covering that deer antlers have before they turn bony. Antlers are organs of bone which regenerate each year from the heads of male deer.
• In North America, farmers and ranchers raise approximately 110,000 elk, the largest of the deer family. The first health care claim of deer velvet antler to be substantiated by scientific evidence, in compliance with US Food and Drug Administration dietary supplement regulations, was announced by the North American Elk Breeders Association (NAEBA) recently.
• New Zealand Athletes Taking Deer Velvet at Olympics, A joint venture between the New Zealand deer industry and AgResearch directs investment of over one million dollars per year into research on deer velvet to understand what makes it special.
• In the first study, scientists at Otago University Human Performance Centre compared the development of muscle strength and endurance in groups of males taking different forms of New Zealand deer velvet to a control group taking a placebo. In the study, 51 male athletes undertook a 12 week period of supervised training during which strength and endurance were monitored. The group taking a powdered form of New Zealand deer velvet antler showed greater improvements in isokinetic strength and muscular endurance as a result of training than the control group.
• Deer Antler Plus Orgasm and sexual performance enhancer for men. Helps men to achieve multiple orgasms.
• Deer Velvet Boost to Strength and Recovery