The effect of eight weeks of endurance training with alkaline water consumption on antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in inactive obese men.

Endurance training interventions with nutritional factors may affect physiological adaptations. The combined effect of endurance exercise and alkaline water has been less investigated on the antioxidant and peroxidative status of inactive obese people. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of endurance training with alkaline water consumption on antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in inactive obese men.

The current research was semi-experimental. The statistical population included healthy men with an average age of 33.27±3.11 years and an average weight of 94.16±2.91 kg, of which 56 people participated in this research. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups: endurance training, endurance training with alkaline water, alkaline water and control. The exercise intervention was implemented three sessions a week for eight weeks. Alkaline water (pH 9.5) was received at the rate of 10 kg/mL after each training session. Before and after the last training session, antioxidant and peroxide indicators were measured.

The results showed that eight weeks of endurance training caused a significant increase in SOD (11.69%, p=0.210) and a significant decrease in MDA (4.41%, p=0.037). The highest percentage of significant changes in the serum values of SOD (16.08%, p=0.014) and MDA (5.88%, p=0.016) were assigned to the exercise group with alkaline water.Alkaline water alone did not cause significant changes in the serum values of SOD (3.94%, p=0.059) and MDA (1.45%, p=0.143).

The combined effect of endurance exercise and alkaline water improves the redox status in inactive obese men.