Foong Kiew Ooi
Universiti Sains Malaysia
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BioMed Research International | 2014
Maryam Mosavat; Foong Kiew Ooi; Mahaneem Mohamed
This study was performed to determine the effects of 8-week honey supplementation combined with different jumping exercise intensities on serum cortisol, progesterone, estradiol, and reproductive organs. Eighty-four 9-week-old female rats were divided into 7 groups: baseline controls (C0), sedentary group (C), 20 and 80 jumps per day (Ex20J, Ex80J), honey (H), and combined honey with 20 and 80 jumps per day (HEx20J, HEx80J) groups. Jumping exercise was performed at 5 days/week and honey was given at a dosage of 1 g/kg body weight/day for 7 days/week. The level of serum cortisol was higher in Ex20J and Ex80J compared to C. There was significantly lower value of serum cortisol in HEx20J compared to Ex80J. Serum progesterone levels were significantly lower in Ex20J and Ex80J compared to C. However, serum progesterone levels were significantly higher in HEx20J and HEx80J compared to Ex20J and Ex80J. Relative uterine weights were significantly greater in HEx20J compared to C and HEx80J, respectively. There was no significant difference in estradiol level and relative ovarian weights among all the groups. Therefore, honey elicited beneficial effects in reducing the increase of cortisol and in increasing the reduce of progesterone levels induced by different intensities jumping exercise in female rats.
Sports and Exercise Medicine - Open Journal | 2016
Marhasiyah Rahim; Foong Kiew Ooi; Wan Zuraida Wan Abdul Hamid
1Sports Science Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia 2Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia 3Immunology Department, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia *Corresponding author Foong Kiew Ooi, PhD Associate Professor Sports Science Unit School of Medical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan Malaysia Tel. 09-767 6931 Fax: 09-764 1945 E-mail: [email protected]
BioMed Research International | 2015
Somayeh Sadat Tavafzadeh; Foong Kiew Ooi; Chee Keong Chen; Siti Amrah Sulaiman; Leong Kim Hung
This study investigated effects of cessation of exercise and honey supplementation on bone properties in young female rats. Eighty-four 12-week-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were divided into 7 groups: 16S, 16J, 16H, 16JH, 8J8S, 8H8S, and 8JH8S (8 = 8 weeks, 16 = 16 weeks, S = sedentary without honey supplementation, H = honey supplementation, and J = jumping exercise). Jumping exercise consisted of 40 jumps/day for 5 days/week. Honey was given to the rats at a dosage of 1 g/kg body weight/rat/day via force feeding for 7 days/week. Jumping exercise and honey supplementation were terminated for 8 weeks in 8J8S, 8H8S, and 8JH8S groups. After 8 weeks of cessation of exercise and honey supplementation, tibial energy, proximal total bone density, midshaft cortical moment of inertia, and cortical area were significantly higher in 8JH8S as compared to 16S. Continuous sixteen weeks of combined jumping and honey resulted in significant greater tibial maximum force, energy, proximal total bone density, proximal trabecular bone density, midshaft cortical bone density, cortical area, and midshaft cortical moment of inertia in 16JH as compared to 16S. These findings showed that the beneficial effects of 8 weeks of combined exercise and honey supplementation still can be observed after 8 weeks of the cessation and exercise and supplementation.
Asian journal of sports medicine | 2015
Nur Syamsina Ahmad; Foong Kiew Ooi; Mohammed Saat Ismail; Mahaneem Mohamed
Background: Glycogen depletion and hypoglycemia have been associated with fatigue and decrement of performance during prolonged exercise Objectives: This study investigated the effectiveness of Acacia honey drink as a post-exercise recovery aid on glucose metabolism and subsequent running performance in the heat. Patients and Methods: Ten subjects participated in this randomized cross-over study. All subjects performed 2 trials. In each trial, all subjects went through a glycogen depletion phase (Run-1), 2-hour rehydration phase and time trial running phase (Run-2). In Run-1, subjects were required to run on a treadmill at 65% VO2max in the heat (31°C, 70% relative humidity) for 60 min. During 2-hour rehydration phase, subjects drank either plain water (PW) or honey drink (HD) with amount equivalent to 150% of body weight loss in 3 boluses (60%, 50% and 40% subsequently) at 0, 30 and 60 min. In Run-2, the longest distance covered in 20 min was recorded for determining running performance. Two-way repeated measured ANOVA and paired t-test were used for analysis. Results: Running distance in Run-2 covered by the subjects in the honey drink HD trial (3420 ± 350 m) was significantly (P < 0.01) longer compared to plain water PW trial (3120 ± 340 m). In general, plasma glucose, serum insulin and osmolality were significantly (P < 0.05) higher in HD compared to PW during the rehydration phase and Run-2. Conclusions: These findings indicate that rehydration with honey drink improves running performance and glucose metabolism compared to plain water in the heat. Thus, honey drink can be recommended for rehydration purpose for athletes who compete in the heat.
Sport Sciences for Health | 2017
Xiao Li; Foong Kiew Ooi; Bin Alwi Zilfalil; Surini Yusoff
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a component of the circulating renin–angiotensin system, which influences circulatory homeostasis through the degradation of vasodilator kinins and the generation of vasopressor angiotensin II. Various phenotypic characteristics such as diseases and human performances could be associated with genetic polymorphisms within the ACE gene. To date, one of the most well-studied genetic polymorphisms that has been shown to be associated with athletic performance is that of the ACE gene. Previous studies investigating the influences of polymorphisms and various phenotypic characteristics have produced inconsistent findings due to inter-ethnic variations in the distribution of the different ACE alleles. For example, some studies showed that the I allele was associated with fatigue resistance in skeletal muscle and endurance performance while the D allele had been associated with power or sprint performance. Nevertheless, controversy still exists regarding the above conclusion as related studies reported that the I allele was associated with a better power or sprint performance rather than with athletic endurance abilities. This article discusses the inter-ethnic variations of the distribution of the different ACE alleles in several ethnic groups such as in European, African, American, and Asian populations. Additionally, the influences of the ACE ID polymorphism on human physical fitness performances in European and other populations are discussed.
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine | 2017
Marhasiyah Rahim; Foong Kiew Ooi; Wan Zuraida Wan Abdul Hamid
To date, information on the effectiveness of combined aerobic dance exercise with honey supplementation on immune function in women is lacking. The present study investigated the effects of 8 weeks of combined aerobic dance exercise and honey supplementation on blood immune function parameters in adult women. In this study, forty four healthy sedentary women (25–40 year-old) were assigned into four groups with n = 11 per group: sedentary without supplementation control (Con), honey supplementation (H), aerobic dance exercise (D) and combined aerobic dance exercise with honey supplementation (HD) groups. Aerobic dance exercise was carried out for one hour per session, three sessions per week for eight weeks. Honey drink was consumed by H and HD groups, in a dosage of 20 g of honey diluted in 300 ml of plain water, consumed 7 days a week for 8 weeks. In HD group, the participants were required to consume honey drink 30 min before performing exercise. Before and after 8 weeks of experimental period, blood samples were taken to determine the concentrations of immune parameters which include full blood counts and immunophenotyping measurements. It was found that after 8 weeks of experimental period, there were statistically significant increases in T cytotoxic (CD8) (p < 0.05) in HD group. Additionally, the percentages increase in total lymphocyte counts, T helper (CD4), and T cytotoxic (CD8) counts after 8 weeks were the highest in HD group among all the groups. As conclusion, combined aerobic dance and honey supplementation may have potential to enhance immune functions in women.
Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity | 2015
Foong Kiew Ooi; Bin Alwi Zilfalil; Xiao Li
Volume 3 • Isse 3 • 1000158 ACE is a component of circulating renin-angiotensin system (RAS) which influences circulatory homeostasis through the degradation of vasodilator kinins and generation of vasopressor angiotensin II (Ang II). It is a monomeric, membrane-bound, zincand chloridedependent peptidyl dipeptidase that catalyzes the conversion of decapeptide angiotensin I to octapeptide angiotensin II, by removing carboxy terminal dipeptide. In our opinion, it is worth to investigate whether it exerts genetic influence on the interaction among muscular system, circulating RAS and bone components, based on the fact that ACE I/D and ACTN3 R577X are two most common physical fitnessrelated variations, and the precise roles of ACE I/D and ACTN3 R577X polymorphisms on bone mineralization are still unclear.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology | 2012
Chee Keong Chen; Ayu Suzailiana Muhamad; Foong Kiew Ooi
Osteoporosis International | 2009
Foong Kiew Ooi; Rabindarjeet Singh; Harbindar Jeet Singh; Yoshihisa Umemura
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2014
Maryam Mosavat; Foong Kiew Ooi; Mahaneem Mohamed