Effect of vegetarian diet and physical exercise on lipid peroxidation
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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v14i5.48822Keywords:
Lipid Peroxidation; Vegetarian Diet; Physical Exercise.Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the ovo-dairy-vegetarian diet (DOL) and strenuous physical exercise (EFE) on lipid peroxidation, as an indicator of oxidative stress in 10 young, healthy male students at the Instituto Adventista do Nordeste. Dietary control was monitored and evaluated for four months. Before this stage, blood samples were collected from the study group, at baseline and five minutes after the EFE on a treadmill. The same procedure was applied after dietary control. The data obtained were analyzed using the Wilcoxon method. The results showed that the adoption of DOL, under resting conditions, significantly reduced lipid peroxidation (-107.88%; p<0.001). After EFE with a free diet and with DOL, lipid peroxidation increased by 16% and reduced by 21.22%, although not significantly, respectively. These data suggest that lipid peroxidation is sensitive to an adequate ovo-dairy-vegetarian diet. If lipid peroxidation is considered an indicator of oxidative stress, it can be thought that DOL is more efficient than the free diet. The presence of antioxidants in DOL may interfere with the reduction of lipid peroxidation produced by EFE.
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