Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
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1 Department of Sports and Health sciences, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Physical education, Faculty of social Sciences, University of Raja, Gazvin, Iran.
3 Department of Physical education, Faculty of social Sciences, University of International Emam Khomeini, Gazvin, Iran.
Abstract
Reduced physical activity is one of the causes of chronic diseases in today's societies. The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of avocado consumption along with aerobic exercise on lipid profile and physical performance.
Methods: Thirty six inactive women (BMI=27/43±1/23) from Tehran's 5th district were selected by convenience sampling method according to the research criteria and after homogenizing the samples (height, weight, age) were randomly divided into four groups of 10 people (three experimental groups and one control group). The exercise group performed interval aerobic exercises for eight weeks. The avocado fruit + exercise group, while participating in eight weeks of exercise, received two 100-gram slices of avocado fruit twice a day, in the morning and evening. The avocado group consumed avocado during the eight weeks of exercise, and the control group continued their normal lives. The ANCOVA method was used to examine the significant difference between the means of lipid profile and physical performance variables at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The findings showed that eight weeks of aerobic exercise had a significant effect on weight loss variables, triglycerides, LDL and HDL and physical performance of the subjects (P<0.05). In the avocado consumption group, it also had positive and significant effects on triglycerides and HDL variables, and the greatest change was observed in the variables of the exercise + avocado group (P<0.05). Conclusion: aerobic exercise and avocado consumption can reduce the trend of weight gain and lipid profile and prevent various diseases such as cardiovascular.
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