Experimental trial demonstrates tocopherol mobilization persists despite suppressed lipolysis during exercise in healthy men, indicating vitamin E release is independent of fat breakdown.
This study addresses the question of whether tocopherol mobilization during exercise could be explained by a lipolysis effect. Nine healthy male subjects were submitted to dynamic exercise of graded intensity (45, 60, 75% VO2max) on a cycle ergometer after ingestion of either a placebo or 40 mg propranolol as beta-blocker. Plasma tocopherol concentration increased toward a peak value reached during or at the end of exercise. The magnitude of this increase did not differ in the two experimental conditions while plasma free fatty acids concentration was lowered under beta-adrenergic blockade by propranolol. From these results, we conclude that tocopherol mobilization during dynamic exercise does not depend on lipolysis.
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