Functional Evaluation of Kefir Drink on Antifatigue and Exercise Exercise Performance-2

Functional Evaluation of Kefir Drink on Antifatigue and Improving Exercise Performance

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate potential beneficial effects of Kefir drink (Synbio Tech Inc., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) on fatigue and ergogenic functions following physiological challenge. Methods: 16 male subjects, 8 in each group, were divided into two groups according to the principle of maximal oxygen uptake, which were (1) first-stage placebo and second-stage Kefir group (hereinafter referred to as group A). (2) The first phase of Kefeier, the second phase of the placebo group (hereinafter referred to as group B), after 4 weeks of supplementation, the performance and fatigue resistance tests were carried out in sequence, including: treadmill aerobic endurance exhaustion time, and fixation Exercise time and intensity challenge changes in blood lactate, blood urea nitrogen concentration and creatine kinase activity, as well as differences in body composition before and after supplementation. After the first phase of the test is completed, the four weeks of emptying are performed. And after adding the crossover sample, perform four weeks of supplementation and testing again.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fatigue; Exercise Performance
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Kefir; Dietary supplement: placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taoyuan, Taiwan, 333
    • National Taiwan Sport University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 26 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• >20 years old
• health

Exclusion Criteria:

• No smoking
• drinking habits
• no nutritional supplements or medications
• no food allergies
• normal liver and kidney function
• no diabetes and other chronic diseases

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Kefir drink; (2) The first phase of Kefir, the second phase of the placebo group (hereinafter referred to as group B	Dietary supplement: Kefir; 28 days supplementation kefir drink (prepared by inoculating pasteurized 9.2% reconstituted skim milk with powder kefir starter culture and fermented at 37 °C for 16 h. The fermented milk was then pasteurized at 100 °C for 30 min and freeze dried. The powder kefir starter culture used for inoculation was composed of defined lactic acid bacteria strains which contains Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 32784 (LF26), L. helveticus DSM 32787 (LH43), L. paracasei DSM 32785 (LPC12), L. rhamnosus DSM 32786 (LRH10), and Streptococcus thermophilus DSM 32788 (ST30)), 200ml/day
Placebo Comparator: placebo; (1) first-stage placebo and second-stage Kefir group (hereinafter referred to as group A).	Dietary supplement: placebo; Maltodextrin, same calorie as kefir, 200ml/day

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clinical Biochemistry of lactate level	For assessment of fatigue-related indices, volunteers fasted for at least 8 h before the 60% VO2max fixed intensity exercise challenge. Blood samples were collected with an arm venous catheter at indicated time points during exercise and recovery periods, including baseline (0), 5 (E5), 10 (E10), 15 (E15), and 30 (E30) min during the exercise phase, and 20 (R20), 40 (R40), 60 (R60), and 90 (R90) min in the recovery phase. Serum lactate (mmol/L), were assessed for monitoring physiological adaptation. All biochemical indices were assessed using an autoanalyzer (Hitachi 7060, Tokyo, Japan).	28 days
Clinical Biochemistry of ammonia level	For assessment of fatigue-related indices, volunteers fasted for at least 8 h before the 60% VO2max fixed intensity exercise challenge. Blood samples were collected with an arm venous catheter at indicated time points during exercise and recovery periods, including baseline (0), 5 (E5), 10 (E10), 15 (E15), and 30 (E30) min during the exercise phase, and 20 (R20), 40 (R40), 60 (R60), and 90 (R90) min in the recovery phase. Serum ammonia (umol/L), were assessed for monitoring physiological adaptation. All biochemical indices were assessed using an autoanalyzer (Hitachi 7060, Tokyo, Japan).	28 days
Clinical Biochemistry of CK level	For assessment of fatigue-related indices, volunteers fasted for at least 8 h before the 60% VO2max fixed intensity exercise challenge. Blood samples were collected with an arm venous catheter at indicated time points during exercise and recovery periods, including baseline (0), 5 (E5), 10 (E10), 15 (E15), and 30 (E30) min during the exercise phase, and 20 (R20), 40 (R40), 60 (R60), and 90 (R90) min in the recovery phase. Serum CK (U/L), were assessed for monitoring physiological adaptation. All biochemical indices were assessed using an autoanalyzer (Hitachi 7060, Tokyo, Japan).	28 days
Clinical Biochemistry of glucose level	For assessment of fatigue-related indices, volunteers fasted for at least 8 h before the 60% VO2max fixed intensity exercise challenge. Blood samples were collected with an arm venous catheter at indicated time points during exercise and recovery periods, including baseline (0), 5 (E5), 10 (E10), 15 (E15), and 30 (E30) min during the exercise phase, and 20 (R20), 40 (R40), 60 (R60), and 90 (R90) min in the recovery phase. Serum glucose (mg/dL), were assessed for monitoring physiological adaptation. All biochemical indices were assessed using an autoanalyzer (Hitachi 7060, Tokyo, Japan).	28 days
Exercise endurance exhaustion time	We adopted a double-blind test in which the volunteers, based on their basal maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max). before and after intervention, the individual basal VO2max during pretest was used as a reference to adjust the individually appropriate exercise intensity to measure exhaustive endurance (85% VO2max) and recording the running time from begin to exhaust.	28 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Taiwan Sport University
• Collaborators: Synbio Tech Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 27, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 18, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): April 18, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 29, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 3, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 19, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 17, 2022
• Last Verified: October 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Fatigue
• Other Study ID Numbers: 00001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No