Background: Physical activity and herbal supplements can affect various aspects of human health, including insulin resistance and quality of life.
Aim: Considering the high insulin resistance and the metabolic problems related to it, it is not enough, especially in terms of physical activities, the necessary treatments to improve this situation are of great importance, and physical activity and consumption of some medicinal plants can be effective. . The present study was conducted with the aim of the effect of 6 weeks of walking activity and green tea consumption on insulin resistance, physical fitness tests and quality of life of inactive male students.
Methodology: This research is a semi-experimental type and the number of people participating in the research was 54 male students in the age group of 18-23 years old, who were randomly divided into four groups: control (12 people), supplement (13 people), exercise+supplement group (14 people). , and practice (15 people), were divided. The people in the supplement group were given only green tea supplement (500 mg three days a week) and the exercise group only did walking exercise (three days a week) and the exercise+supplement group took both supplements and did exercise. Blood sample, quality of life questionnaire and sports performance were measured from all subjects before and after interventions and exercises and supplementation were done for 6 weeks.
Results: In the exercise group, insulin resistance was significantly reduced (p=0.001). Regarding the quality of life, no significant difference was observed between the groups after the intervention. Also, there was no significant difference in quality of life in any of the groups. There was no significant difference between the groups in the jump test and two-speed performance, but in the walking training group, two-speed performance was significantly improved (p=0.04). On the other hand, in the medicine ball throwing test, only the supplement group showed a si