Competitive season effects on polyunsaturated fatty acid content in erythrocyte membranes of female football players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An optimal and correctly balanced metabolic status is essential to improve sports performance in athletes. Recent advances in omic tools, such as the lipid profile of the mature erythrocyte membranes (LPMEM), allow to have a comprehensive vision of the nutritional and metabolic status of these individuals to provide personalized recommendations for nutrients, specifically, the essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, individuating deficiencies/unbalances that can arise from both habitual diet and sportive activity. This work aimed to study the LPMEM in professional female football players during the football season for the first time and compare it with those defined as optimal values for the general population and a control group.

Methods

An observational study

SUBMITTER: Pena N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446798 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature