TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Chios mastic gum and exercise on physical characteristics, blood lipid markers, insulin resistance, and hepatic function in healthy Japanese men
AU - Fukazawa, Tomoko
AU - Smyrnioudis, Ilias
AU - Konishi, Masayuki
AU - Takahashi, Masaki
AU - Kim, Hyeon Ki
AU - Nishimaki, Mio
AU - Xiang, Mi
AU - Sakamoto, Shizuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Korean Society of Food Science and Technology and Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - The effects of Chios mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia) and exercise on physical characteristics, blood lipid markers, insulin resistance, and hepatic function were investigated in healthy, non-smoking Japanese men aged ≥ 40 years. Participants were allocated to control (C, 5 g/day placebo powder, n = 7), mastic (M, 5 g/day mastic powder, n = 7), or mastic plus physical activity groups (M + PA, 5 g/day mastic powder and 30-min exercise three times/week, n = 7), and measurements were taken at baseline, 3 and 6 months. Serum triglycerides were significantly reduced at 3 months in M and M + PA compared with C (P < 0.05). Serum insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance values were significantly reduced at 3 and 6 months in M + PA, and at 6 months in M, compared with C (P < 0.05). These results indicate that Chios mastic gum intake for 6 months reduced serum triglyceride and insulin concentrations, and additional exercise enhanced the effect on insulin.
AB - The effects of Chios mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia) and exercise on physical characteristics, blood lipid markers, insulin resistance, and hepatic function were investigated in healthy, non-smoking Japanese men aged ≥ 40 years. Participants were allocated to control (C, 5 g/day placebo powder, n = 7), mastic (M, 5 g/day mastic powder, n = 7), or mastic plus physical activity groups (M + PA, 5 g/day mastic powder and 30-min exercise three times/week, n = 7), and measurements were taken at baseline, 3 and 6 months. Serum triglycerides were significantly reduced at 3 months in M and M + PA compared with C (P < 0.05). Serum insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance values were significantly reduced at 3 and 6 months in M + PA, and at 6 months in M, compared with C (P < 0.05). These results indicate that Chios mastic gum intake for 6 months reduced serum triglyceride and insulin concentrations, and additional exercise enhanced the effect on insulin.
KW - Chios mastic gum
KW - HOMA-IR
KW - Insulin
KW - Physical activity
KW - Triglycerides
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U2 - 10.1007/s10068-018-0307-3
DO - 10.1007/s10068-018-0307-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047665923
VL - 27
SP - 773
EP - 780
JO - Food Science and Biotechnology
JF - Food Science and Biotechnology
SN - 1226-7708
IS - 3
ER -