Abstract: The present invention relates to a consumable product comprising malted oats and/or a leachate of malted oats for use, if consumed in an amount sufficient enough to induce endogenous production of Protein Antisecretory Factor (Protein AF) and/or fragments thereof in a mammal after consumption, in increasing cardiac output and/or decreasing the recovery process of a mammal during and/or after physical activity, thereby treating and/or preventing muscle damage caused by strains and/or tears in an athletic mammal, as well as for preventing paralysis during and/or after physical activity.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a consumable product comprising malted dehulled oats and/or a leachate of malted dehulled oat, wherein said consumable product induces endogenous production of antisecretory factor (AF) protein and/or fragments thereof in a subject after consumption. The malted dehulled oats comprised in the consumable product disclosed herein is produced by a novel malting process.