• Nutrition · Nov 2023

    Intermittent fasting associated with aerobic exercise improves oxidative parameters and causes muscle damage without compromising the performance of Wistar rats.

    • Victor Augusto Mathias Dorand, Naís Lira Soares, Artur D' Angelo da Silva Andrade, Mateus Duarte Ribeiro, Eder Jackson Bezerra de Almeida Filho, Manoel Miranda Neto, Kamila Sabino Batista, Guilherme Costa de Oliveira, Adriano Francisco Alves, Maria Carolina de Paiva Sousa, Alexandre Sergio Silva, and Jailane de Souza Aquino.
    • Laboratory of Experimental Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Paraíba, UFPB, João Pessoa-PB, Brazil; Post Graduate Program in Nutrition Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
    • Nutrition. 2023 Nov 1; 115: 112159112159.

    ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to` investigate the effects of intermittent fasting (IF) and the possible association with aerobic exercise on performance, oxidative, biochemical, and somatic parameters of Wistar rats.MethodsForty rats were randomized into the following groups: sedentary (SC) and trained (TC) controls, sedentary intermittent fasting (SIF), and trained intermittent fasting (TIF). The rats were subjected to IF for 15 h every day and aerobic exercise lasting 30 min, five times a week, at a speed of 15 m/min for 4 wk. Performance tests were performed at the beginning and end of the protocol. Glucose and insulin tolerance, somatic parameters, lipidogram, leptin, insulin, malondialdehyde, antioxidant capacity, C-reactive protein, alpha acid glycoprotein, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, and muscle histology were analyzed.ResultsThe trained groups had similar performance and significantly improved performance at the end of the experiment. TIF showed lower body weight (-16 g), lean mass (22.49%), homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (29%), and lactate dehydrogenase (48%), and higher malondialdehyde (53%) and antioxidant capacity (75%) than the TC group. The SIF and TIF groups showed a fiber area reduction and positivity marking for tumor necrosis factor-α in the muscles.ConclusionAlthough IF associated with aerobic exercise improved antioxidant capacity caused damage to muscle fibers and lean mass loss, it did not change the performance of the rats.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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