Nutrition and exercise training adaptations Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
The study will involve two phases of testing with the provision of different nutritional supplements following exercise and the determination of endurance training adaptations in response to 6 weeks o
Sponsors
Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (Saudi Arabia)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Both males and females. 2. Aged between 18-48. 3. Individuals free from cardiovascular, metabolic or joint disease as determined by standard health questionnaire. 4. Nonsmoker.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Known or suspected food intolerances, allergies or hypersensitivity. 2. Any bleeding disorder or taking medication which impacts blood coagulation. 3. Known tendency towards keloid scarring. 4. Known sensitivity or allergy to any local anaesthetic medicines. 5. Any reported use of substances which may pose undue personal risk to participants or introduce bias into the experiment. 6. Any other condition or behaviour deemed either to pose undue personal risk to participants or introduce bias into the experiment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Indications of endurance training adaptations on whole-body (via measurements of maximal oxygen uptake and haematologic parameters) and tissue specific levels (via muscle biopsies) following 6 weeks of endurance exercise training with each nutritional treatment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed