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Union Berlin in training: The players of coach Urs Fischer (from the front) regenerate with a Swiss remedy against late nights.
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Fischer relies on a product from Zurich: The hangover remedy is mandatory for Union in English weeks.
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But now it has landed in professional sports: Mainz sports director Martin Schmidt is also a fan of the night owl product.
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Samuel Mettler: The Bern nutritionist doubts the effect on the recovery of the Bundesliga kickers.
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When does a football star drink alcohol? Practically never. Despite this, more and more Bundesliga players are regularly taking a powder sprinkled in a glass of water to prevent hangovers!
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But not because they’re totally hungover after a night of drinking. But because the Swiss manufacturer of an anti-hangover drug found out by accident that its product also helps with regeneration in sports.
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The drug from the Zurich startup Kaex has been in use at FCZ since last season. And now the product has arrived in the Bundesliga – at the clubs where the Swiss are in charge. At Union Berlin with coach Urs Fischer, at Leverkusen with coach Gerry Seoane and at Mainz with sports director Martin Schmidt.
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Mandatory consumption at Union Berlin
At Fischer’s Berliners, the powder against the hangover is even mandatory in English weeks, athletic trainer Martin Krüger is quoted in a statement from the manufacturer: “Our players take the product after every game, some also take it the day after. Regeneration is particularly important during the English weeks, so we even made it compulsory to take the product.»
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Mainz-Schmidt is also enthusiastic: “Our players say that their muscles feel fuller and that they can sleep better after taking them.”
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Did the Zurich start-up accidentally discover a miracle cure for tired football legs while looking for heavy heads after party nights? Sports nutrition expert Samuel Mettler is skeptical.
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Nutrition experts see no miracle effect
The lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences for Health with a focus on nutrition says with regard to the Kaex ingredients: “It is difficult to explain why an athlete should take this product of all things. It contains some vitamins, minerals and individual amino acids. The ingredients have no acute regenerative effect. Of course they can help if someone has deficiency symptoms. »
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Nevertheless, even Bundesliga clubs now have the hangover remedy in their range to get their players fresh again faster. Mettler: «It is possible that there is a certain placebo effect. But rapid regeneration would primarily require high-quality proteins and carbohydrates, which are lacking here.”
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