Abstract

Introduction and Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic training with consuming green tea on the lipid profile and blood sugar of overweight men. Research Method: 40 overweight men (with the average height of 178± 5.61 cm, weight of 99 ± 8.03 kg, BMI of 30.79 ± 2.91 kg / m2) were selected from the Education General Office of Qazvin Province by simple random sampling method and randomly divided into four groups of ten control, consumption of green tea, aerobic exercise, and green tea consumption group with aerobic exercise individuals. Aerobic exercise was performed in three sessions per week, which was started from 65% to 85% in the last week and the consumption of green tea bags was in three servings per day, each serving included a two-gram pack of green tea in 200 ml of boiling water prescribed to the subjects of the respective groups during the eight-week experimental period of the study. To evaluate biochemical variables, bloodletting was performed after 14-12 hours of fasting in two stages, i.e., before training and after eight weeks of training as pre-test and post-test, respectively. Findings: After testing the research hypotheses by covariance analysis method, it can be said that eight weeks of aerobic training with green tea extract significantly reduced sugar levels (P = 0.024), triglycerides (003). P = 0), LDL (P = 0.039) of blood and significantly increased HDL (P = 0.021) of blood of the subjects.

Conclusion: It can be argued that consuming the green tea supplementation along with aerobic training in overweight men reduces levels of sugar, triglycerides, and increases serum HDL.