| 커큐민 섭취와 마사지가 과체중 여대생의 신체변화와 활성산소 및 총 항산화력에 미치는 영향 |
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이재남, 최태부 |
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| Research Paper : Effect of Curcumin and Massage on Physical Change, Active Oxygen and Anti-Oxidant Activity in Over weight Female College Students |
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Jae Nam Lee, Tae Boo Choe |
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This study tried to scientifically verify changes in active oxygen and anti-oxidant activity, in vivo indexes, to identify physical changes and oxidative stress changes as affected by curcumin and massage. Forty overweight female college students with a body fat ratio exceeding 30% were selected. Subjects were classified into 4 groups: a control group which did not use either curcumin or massage, a curcumin-only group, a massage-only group and a curcumin and massage group. Testing was conducted over an 8 week period. Changes were measured, compared and analyzed for pre-testing, 4 weeks post-test, and 8 weeks post-test. The results are presented below. 1. For physical change, reducing weight, fat mass and body fat percentage per measurement in test groups, except the control group, showed statistically significant differences (p<.001). A relationship was found between measurement time and test and control groups (p<.01). 2. The groups, except the control group, had statistically significant differences in reducing free oxygen radicals in blood per measurement (p<.001). For the antioxidative activity in blood, the massage group and curcumin intake and massage group showed a statistically significant difference in increasing antioxidative activity per measurement (p<.01, p<.05, respectively). No relationship was found between time of measurement and groups. Furthermore, a significant difference among test groups was not observed. In conclusion, curcumin intake and massage to overweight female college students in their 20s is shown to be a positive change depending on the treatment method. Thus, it was concluded that curcumin intake and massage induce physical changes including weight loss, removal of free oxygen radicals and improved antioxidative activity. |
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Curcumin, Massage, Obesity, Free radicals, Anti-oxidant activity |
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