Resistance Exercise Plus Vinegar Ingestion on Biomarkers in Healthy Adults

Launched by ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY · May 26, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying the effects of resistance exercise combined with vinegar ingestion on certain health markers in healthy adults. Researchers are particularly interested in how this combination might influence mood and cognitive function, as well as the gut-brain connection, which is the link between our digestive health and brain activity. The trial aims to find out if these interventions can improve overall well-being.

To participate, you need to be between 65 and 74 years old and be a premenopausal woman. You should also be someone who is not very active, meaning you haven't engaged in regular exercise recently. Participants will need to have access to a gym and be available for several lab visits over a few months. If you have certain health conditions, have recently taken antibiotics, or are on specific diets, you may not be eligible. If you join, you can expect to participate in exercise sessions and take vinegar, while the researchers monitor changes in your physical and mental health.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. premenopausal (for those assigned female at birth)
• • 2. willing and able to participate in moderate to vigorous exercise as determined by the ACSM Health/Fitness Facility Preparticipation Screening Questionnaire
• • 3. sedentary (defined as a score \<14 on the Godin-Shepard Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (GSLTQ))
• • 4. equipped with access to a complete gym
• • 5. available for all lab visits (at weeks 0, 3, 9, and 15)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. antibiotic use within the past three months
• • 2. prebiotic, probiotic, or high-dose antioxidant supplementation within the past month
• • 3. regular engagement in moderate to vigorous exercise
• • 4. following a vegetarian diet
• • 5. presence of any medical/psychiatric disease
• • 6. presence of any gastrointestinal disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis/diverticulosis, etc.
• • 7. actively pregnant or breastfeeding