NCT01581190

Bananas as an Energy Source During Exercise: a Metabolomics Approach

Comparison of Bananas and Gatorade on Performance and Exercise-induced Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Changes in Immune Function in Endurance Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Appalachian State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study compared the acute effect of ingesting bananas (BAN) versus a 6% carbohydrate drink (CHO) on 75-km cycling performance and post-exercise inflammation, oxidative stress, and innate immune function using traditional and metabolomics-based profiling.

Detailed description

Trained cyclists (N=14) completed two 75-km cycling time trials (randomized, crossover) while ingesting BAN or CHO (0.2 g/kg carbohydrate every 15 min). Pre-, post-, and 1-h-post-exercise blood samples were analyzed for glucose, granulocyte (GR) and monocyte (MO) phagocytosis (PHAG) and oxidative burst activity, nine cytokines, F2-isoprostanes, ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), and metabolic profiles using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Conditions

• Intense Exercise

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Bananas versus 6% carbohydrate beverage	Trained cyclists (N=14) completed two 75-km cycling time trials (randomized, crossover) while ingesting BAN or CHO (0.2 g/kg carbohydrate every 15 min).

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2012-04-20
• Last updated: 2012-04-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States