Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training and Royal Jelly Supplement on Muscle Hypertrophy Markers in Male Smokers

Abstract

Objectives: Royal jelly (RJ) is one of the natural, valuable curative bee productdue to its promising health-beneficialand nutritional properties. This healthy diet possesses anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidants, antitumor, andimmunomodulatory functions which benefit in humans health and welfare,resulting in its widespread medical use.Theaim of this study is to investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle training and royal jelly supplementation on musclehypertropy markers of healthy smokers.Methods: For this purpose, a total of fourty male aged between 20-22 years were included in the study. Before thestudy, the groups who were addicted to smoking were divided into four groups as the control group (n=10), royaljelly supplement group (n=0), IMT group (n=10), and royal jelly + IMT group (n=10). Blood samples were taken from allgroups for analysis of LDH, CK, CK-MB, Cortisol and Testosteron levels. Groups were made to perform respiratory muscletraining through inspiratory muscle training device with 40% of their MIP values. Groups supplemented with royal jellywere provided with 1000 mg/day royal jelly supplied in glass vials. The training sessions were carried out at the sametime every day for four weeks/five days.Results: In the findings obtained, a significance was found in the supplement group and the IMT group compared tothe controls in the levels of LDH and Testosterone (p