Efficacy of a dietary supplement to increase resilience
Research type
Research Study
Full title
ADAPT study: Efficacy of a dietary supplement to increase resilience and inhibit the oxidative stress response during and after exercise
IRAS ID
221621
Contact name
Baukje de Roos
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Aberdeen
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 31 days
Research summary
Health is traditionally defined as the “absence of disease and infirmity” However; we are now starting to understand that health is more than that. It is an ability to adapt and self-manage in the face of social, physical and emotional challenges. Using this new definition, health has everything to do with resilience to stress. Doing strenuous exercise will cause oxidative stress to the human body. Some people will recover from such stresses more quickly than others, because they have higher levels, or higher activity, of antioxidant enzymes, and therefore they may be more resilient to the consequences of oxidative stress, such as increased markers of oxidative damage(TBARS). In this study we want to test whether consumption of a dietary supplement will increase the activity of anti-oxidant enzymes, and thereby help subjects to recover more quickly from the oxidative stress of an exercise challenge.
REC name
London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/0197
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jan 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion