Abdosaleh Zar

Background: In recent years, the increasing prevalence of metabolic disorders and liver failure due to sedentary lifestyle and poor diets has become a serious health concern. Therefore, this study investigated the response of liver enzymes, including aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), to a soccer game session after a period of supplementation with date kernel powder (DSP) in inactive students. Methodology: In this study, 15 inactive male students living in a dormitory with a mean age of 21.53 ± 1.88 years (height: 174.46 ± 4.88 cm, weight: 67.67 ± 11.05 kg) who consumed only university breakfast participated in two soccer games. Between these two games, participants consumed 0.25 g/kg of DSP with 250 ml of water three times a week on non-consecutive afternoons for four weeks. Blood samples were collected before and after each game to assess changes in liver enzymes using an autoanalyzer and anthropometric indices using scales and a height scale. Findings: The findings showed that playing soccer alone resulted in a decrease in ALT (p<0.05) and ALP (p<0.05), while AST levels increased (p<0.05). In addition, it was observed that supplementation with DSP increased ALT (p<0.05), AST (p=0.019), and ALP (p<0.05). Also, the findings showed that playing soccer after one month of DSP supplementation led to an increase in ALT (p<0.05), AST (p=0.002) and ALP (p=0.035). Conclusion: Four weeks of DSP supplementation and playing one soccer game can improve the levels of liver enzymes such as ALT, AST and ALP, which indicates physiological adaptation to the game as well as the potential effects of DSP supplementation on liver metabolism.