Publications by authors named "Mu-Tsung Chen"

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  • - Probiotics were tested to see if they could improve exercise performance by impacting muscle health, glycogen storage, and inflammation in a study that involved 88 participants over six weeks.
  • - Participants received either a placebo or two different probiotic strains (LY-66, PL-02) while following a structured exercise program, and results showed significant improvements in exercise performance and reductions in muscle strength loss post-exercise for all probiotic groups.
  • - Specifically, PL-02 led to increased muscle mass, while LY-66 and the combination reduced body fat, and both strains enhanced gut health, indicating that the right probiotics can positively affect physical performance and overall body composition.
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High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and low-oxygen exposure may inhibit the secretion of appetite-stimulating hormones, suppress appetite, and inhibit dietary intake. Physiological changes affecting appetite are frequent and include appetite hormone (ghrelin, leptin, PYY, and GLP-1) effects and the subjective loss of appetite, resulting in nutritional deficiencies. This paper is a narrative review of the literature to verify the HIIT effect on appetite regulation mechanisms and discusses the possible relationship between appetite effects and the need for high-intensity exercise training in a hypoxic environment.

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Silver perch () has many nutrition and health benefits, being a rich source of macro and micronutrients, phospholipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and a variety of essential minerals while having a high protein content. In addition to direct consumption, it is often made into a soup as an important nutritional supplement for strengthening the body and delaying fatigue. By extracting the essence, its quality can be controlled, and it is convenient to supplement.

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Unlabelled: (R) and (C) are commonly used herbs that promote health in traditional Chinese medicine. These two herbs have also been shown to exhibit anti-inflammation and antioxidant functions. Regular endurance training reveals potent endurance capacity, body composition improvement, and metabolic-related biomarker benefits.

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: Adequate nutritional intake and an optimal training program are important elements of any strategy to preserve or increase muscle mass and strength during aging. : In the current study, we investigate the effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), one of the most abundant circulating steroids in humans and a precursor hormone, supplementation combined with a weight-loading whole-body vibration (WWBV) on exercise performance, physical fatigue-related biochemical responses and testosterone content in middle-aged 9 months old C57BL/6 mice. : Male middle-aged C57BL/6 mice were divided into 3 groups (n = 8 per group) and treated for 4 weeks with the following: 1) Sedentary control (SC) with vehicle 2) DHEA supplementation (DHEA, 10.

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In the present study, we investigated the effect of a long-term mountain expedition on glucose tolerance and insulin action. Twelve registered mountaineers ages 31 years (SD = 1.1) participated in a 25-day expedition at a 2,200-3,800-m altitude with an average duration of 8 hr per day.

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Unlabelled: Insulin sensitivity is deteriorating with age leading to many metabolic complications, yet fasting glucose is the common metabolic predictor in preventive medicine. In this study we compared the differences in fasting glucose, glucose tolerance, and inflammatory markers between two generations in politically active families. Their physical activity levels and dietary intake amounts were also evaluated.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the association between the level of salivary dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and the magnitude of adaptation to exercise training in insulin sensitivity for aged females. A group of 16 females, aged 80-93 years old, was divided into 2 groups according to their baseline DHEA-S levels: Lower Halves (N = 8) and Upper Halves (N = 8), and participated in a 4-month exercise intervention trial. Insulin response with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), cholesterol, blood pressure (BP), motor performance, and DHEA-S were determined at baseline and 4 months after the training program.

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Altitude training is a frequently used method for enhancing endurance performance in athletes. But its acute effect on carbohydrate metabolism in cardiac muscle is unknown. In this study, we determined the acute effect of an exercise-hypoxia challenge on glycogen storage and GLUT4 protein expression in heart muscle.

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The present study determined the interactive effect of an acute bout of resistance exercise and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) administration on glucose tolerance and serum lipids. Twenty middle-aged female subjects performed an acute bout of resistance exercise and were subsequently divided into two groups: placebo (age 40.7 +/- 2.

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