Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under (CC BY-NC 4.0) license
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Department of Sports Physiology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Humanities and Social, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.
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Professor, Department of Sports Physiology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Department of Sports Physiology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Background& purpose: Exercising along with consuming medicinal herbs is considered a beneficial method to create favorable changes in the body's antioxidant system and modulate inflammatory responses.
Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of twelve weeks of HIFT training and nanocurcumin supplementation on antioxidant enzymes activity of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and C-reactive protein (CRP) in women with metabolic syndrome. Methods: The current research was a semi-experimental. For this purpose, 60 women with metabolic syndrome voluntarily participated in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups: high-intensity functional training (HIFT), high-intensity functional training with nanocurcumin (HIFT+NC), nanocurcumin (NC), and control-placebo (C-P). The exercise intervention was performed four sessions per week for twelve weeks. Daily intake of nanocurcumin was 80 mg immediately after breakfast. Blood samples were taken before exercise and 48 hours after the last exercise session to measure serum concentrations of SOD, GPx, TAC, and CRP. Results: The results showed that the values of SOD, GPx and TAC in the high-intensity functional training groups with nanocurcumin consumption, high-intensity functional training and nanocurcumin significantly increased compared to the control group (P<0.05); but the changes in CRP in the intervention groups significantly decreased compared to the control group (P<0.05). The highest percentage of significant changes in the values of SOD, GPx, TAC and CRP were assigned to the high-intensity functional training group with nanocurcumin consumption. Conclusion: The combined effect of high-intensity functional training and nanocurcumin enhances the activity of the antioxidant system and improves the inflammatory state of the body in women with metabolic syndrome.
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