Mineral metabolism and oxidative stress in Brazilian military under undergoing strenuous exercise
International Journal of Development Research
Mineral metabolism and oxidative stress in Brazilian military under undergoing strenuous exercise
Received 11th October, 2017; Received in revised form 26th November, 2017; Accepted 20th December, 2017; Published online 31st January, 2018
Copyright ©2018, Pablo Teixeira Salomão et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
After strenuous exercise performed by the Brazilian military, there was a moderate increase in oxidative stress confirmed by the increment in TBARS, so the health risk should have been minimal. The basic blood count showed values considered healthy indicating a rigorous homeostatic control of the hematological parameters for this type of exercise. The remaining parameters suffered significant alterations: decrease in sodium, increase in potassium, decrease in chlorine, decrease in magnesium and increase in copper. So there was a good metabolic adaptation to the conditions of physical overload, without representing a risk of mineral misbalance.
