Acute effect of aerobic training and green Tea supplementation on plasma levels of glycerol, free fat acid and Insulin in trained men

Azizi, Masoumeh

doi:10.22118/jsmj.2018.105403.1200

Acute effect of aerobic training and green Tea supplementation on plasma levels of glycerol, free fat acid and Insulin in trained men

Document Type : Original Article

Author

masoumeh azizi

Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran

10.22118/jsmj.2018.105403.1200

Abstract

It seems that shortly after green tea extract (GTE) ingestion fat oxidation increases as well as exercise training. Therefore, could we have expected that greater fat oxidation happen after exercise condition with combining this two? The purpose of this study was to investigate the combined effect of short term GTE and a single bout of cycle ergometer upon post-exercise fat oxidation. Sixteen healthy volunteer men were recruited to participate in the study. They divided into two groups; experimental group (n=8) and placebo group (n=8), respectively. They consumed three GTE or placebo capsules the day before and one capsule 90 min before a cycling protocol. Blood samples were collected from all participants before and after protocol. Based on our results, fat oxidation in experimental group increased markedly during post-exercise compared to placebo group. Plasma glycerol levels of experimental group were significantly higher after GTE consumption during post-exercise compared to placebo. Compared to placebo, plasma free acids of experimental group increased significantly after GTE consumption as well acute GTE. Therefore, it seems that acute GTE ingestion could increase fat oxidation after post exercise conditions.

Keywords

Green tea extract

Exercise training

Fat oxidation