PURPOSE In this study the influence of moderate or intense physical exercise, alone or in combination with the consumption of a soya product fermented with Enterococcus faecium, on the development of colon cancer induced chemically in rats with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH), was investigated. METHODS Eighty male Wistar SPF rats were randomly allocated to 8 groups (n = 10). One week after the st...

IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED that exercise affords widespread and the most economic and effective health benefits for all individuals, especially those with noncommunicable chronic diseases, which are currently responsible for 65% of all deaths worldwide. Although exercise elicits coordinated multiorgan responses, the heart is a primary responder to and effector of exercise. Exercise makes the heart ...

Regular physical activity has a positive impact on cognition and brain function. Here we investigated if a single bout of exercise can improve motor memory and motor skill learning. We also explored if the timing of the exercise bout in relation to the timing of practice has any impact on the acquisition and retention of a motor skill. Forty-eight young subjects were randomly allocated into thr...

purpose the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ramadan fasting on circulating levels of interleukin-12 (il-12) after a brief maximal exercise. methods nine subjects performed a wingate test on three different occasions: (i) the first week of ramadan (1wr), (ii) the fourth week of ramadan (4wr), and (iii) three weeks after ramadan (ar). blood samples were taken before, immediate...

Athletes become increasingly susceptible to infection with intense training that results in immune suppression. The immune state was investigated after administering cystine/theanine (CT), which has been reported to have an immune reinforcement effect, to athletes before training involving a prolonged period of intense exercise. Fifteen long-distance runners were each allocated to the CT or pla...