| Disease | 14 TOP FEMALE GYMNASTS (ROMANIAN OLYMPIC TEAM), TOOK PART IN A STUDY TO EXAMINE THEIR HORMONAL METABOLIC PROFILE AND TO INVESTIGATE ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES RESULTING FROM A 4-MONTH PROGRAM OF STRENUOUS TRAINING AND DAILY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH
SOY PROTEIN AT A LEVEL OF 1 G/KG BODY WEIGHT. GYMNASTS WTARE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF TWO GROUPS SEVEN TO THE SUPPLEMENTED GROUP (A) AND SEVEN TO THE NON-SUPPLEMENTED GROUP (B). BOTH GROUPS TOOK PART IN THE SAME PROGRAM, WHICH CONSISTED OF
STRENUOUS TRAINING FOR 4-6 HOURS/DAY (EXCEPT ON SUNDAY, CONTROLLED FOOD INTAKE AND SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING VITAMINS AND MINERALS. GROUP A RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENT OF SPORTS BEVERAGE PROTEIN MIX WITH SUPRO. ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN (ISP) TWICE DAILY.
GROUP B RECEIVED A PLACEBO IDENTICAL IN APPEARANCE AND FLAVOUR. SELECTED PARAMETERS WERE MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER THE 4-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM (LEAN BODY MASS, FAT MASS, SERUM HEMOGLOBIN, PROTEIN, FATS, UREA AND CREATININE, LIVER ENZYMES,
SERUM HEMOGLOBIN, PROTEIN, FATS UREA AND CREATININE, LIVER ENZYMES, SERUM TOTAL CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, URINARY MUCOPROTEINS, SERUM T3 AND T4, ESTRADIOL, PROGESTERONE, PROLACTIN, TESTOSTERONE AND URINARY 17-KETOSTEROIDS).
RESULTS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE SUPPLEMENTED GROUP (A) HAD AN INCREASE IN LEAN BODY MASS AND SERUM LEVELS OF PROLACTIN (P<0.01) AND T4 AND A DECREASE IN SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASES (P<0.01). THE NON-SUPPLEMENTED GROUP (B) HAD A DECREASED LEVEL
OF SERUM T4 AND AN INCREASED LEVEL OF URINARY MUCOPROTEINS (P<0.05). |