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Fish Oil Reduces Heart Rate and Oxygen Consumption During Exercise
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Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are readily incorporated into heart and skeletal muscle membranes where, in the heart, animal studies show they reduce O2 consumption. To test the hypothesis that omega-3 PUFAs alter O2 efficiency in humans, the effects of fish oil (FO) supplementation on O2 consumption during exercise were evaluated. Sixteen well-trained men (cyclists), randomly assigned to receive 8 x 1 g capsules per day of olive oil (control) or FO for 8 weeks in a double-blind, parallel design, completed the study (control: n = 7, age 27.1 +/- 2.7 years; FO: n = 9, age 23.2 +/- 1.2 years). Subjects used an electronically braked cycle ergometer to complete peak O2 consumption tests (VO 2peak) and sustained submaximal exercise tests at 55% of peak workload (from the VO 2peak test) before and after supplementation. Whole-body O2 consumption and indirect measurements of myocardial O2 consumption [heart rate and rate pressure product (RPP)] were assessed. FO supplementation increased omega-3 PUFA content of erythrocyte cell membranes. There were no differences in VO 2peak (mL kg(-1) min(-1)) (control: pre 66.8 +/- 2.4, post 67.2 +/- 2.3; FO: pre 68.3 +/- 1.4, post 67.2 +/- 1.2) or peak workload after supplementation. The FO supplementation lowered heart rate (including peak heart rate) during incremental workloads to exhaustion (P < 0.05). In addition, the FO supplementation lowered steady-state submaximal exercise heart rate, whole-body O2 consumption, and RPP (P < 0.01). Time to voluntary fatigue was not altered by FO supplementation. This study indicates that FOs may act within the healthy heart and skeletal muscle to reduce both whole-body and myocardial O2 demand during exercise, without a decrement in performance.
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“Regarding endurance based sports, n-3 supplementation has been reported to positively affect parameters of oxidative capacity [146,147] and oxygen efficiency [148,149] but this also has not translated to any meaningful improvements in endurance exercise performance [150].”
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- Authors
- Peoples, G. E., McLennan, P. L., Howe, P. R. C., & Groeller, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Peoples, Gregory E
- McLennan, Peter L
- Howe, Peter R C
- Venue
- Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Published
- 2008-12
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 540-547
- ISSN
- 0160-2446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1979240894
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- FWCI
- 7.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- fish oil supplementation, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, exercise oxygen consumption, heart rate, myocardial oxygen consumption, rate-pressure product, erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition, submaximal exercise, peak oxygen uptake, endurance performance
- MeSH terms
- Administration, Oral, Adult, Capsules, Docosahexaenoic Acids, Double-Blind Method, Erythrocyte Membrane, Fish Oils, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Membrane Lipids, Myocardium, Oxygen Consumption, Time Factors, Eicosapentaenoic Acid, Exercise, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscle Fatigue, Dietary Supplements, Young Adult
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