The Acute and Accumulative Effects of Snack Foods on Exercise Recovery
ConditionMuscle Strength
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-35
SponsorSan Diego State University
About this trial
The purpose of the research is two-fold. One goal is to determine if post-exercise almond or cereal bar consumption can promote muscle gain as well as increasing muscular strength throughout an eight-week weight training program. The other goal is to assess the short-term effects of almonds or cereal bar on recovery that may explain the overall long-term adaptations.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
BMIs of 18.5-30 kg/m2
participate in no more than 3 hours of structured exercise per week
Disqualifiers
weight training more than 30 min/week,
smoking,
use of medications known to impact inflammation,
musculoskeletal limitations,
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Cereal Bar as a recovery food snack
Other interventionCereal bar as a recovery snack food
Almond
Other interventionAlmond as a recovery snack food
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Cereal bar armExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Almond armExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
delayed onset of muscle soreness
measuring delayed onset of muscle soreness using visual analogue scale (VAS)
Time frame
baseline, 24 hour, 48 hour, and 72 hour after baseline2
markers of muscle damage
Blood markers of muscle damage (creatine kinase (u/L))
Time frame
Baseline, 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour after baseline3
changes in strength
muscle cross-sectional area of the calf via peripheral quantitative computerized tomography (pQCT)
Time frame
Baseline and 8 weeks4
changes in body composition
measuring body composition by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
Time frame
Baseline and 8 weeksSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov