β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate attenuates cytokine response during sustained military training

This study tested the hypothesis that of 23 days of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation can maintain muscle mass and attenuate the immune and inflammatory response in combat soldiers during highly intense military training. Soldiers were randomly assigned to either a HMB (n = 6) or placebo (PL; n = 7) group and provided with 3 g · day−1 of either HMB or PL. During the final week of supplementation soldiers participated in extreme physical training, which included night navigation of 6–8 hours across difficult terrain carrying heavy loads combined with sleep deprivation (3.8 ± 3.0 h per night).

Source: Nutrition Research - February 20, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Jay R. Hoffman, Yiftach Gepner, Jeffrey R. Stout, Mattan W. Hoffman, Daniel Ben-Dov, Shany Funk, Ido Daimont, Adam R. Jajtner, Jeremy R. Townsend, David D. Church, Ilan Shelef, Philip Rosen, Guy Avital, Yacov Chen, Hagai Frankel, Ishay Ostfeld Tags: Original Research Source Type: research