Abstract:

The strength or weakness of respiratory muscles in comparison to other skeletal muscles due to their more specialized structures is considered as an indicator or cause of a disease. This study aimed to investigate the effects of royal jelly supplementation and royal jelly supplementation on iron metabolism in sedentary individuals. For this purpose, a total of 40 volunteers without any chronic disease were included in the study. Groups before the study; control group (n: 10), Royal jelly supplement group (n: 10), inspiratory muscle training group (n: 10) and supplement group + IMT (n: 10) were divided into four groups. Blood samples were taken from all groups for analysis of iron, iron binding and total iron binding levels. Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) measurement for the groups to do training was carried out with 40% of their MIP values. The training sessions were carried out at the same time every day for four weeks / five days. 1000 mg/day royal jelly supplied in glass vials was given to the supplement group. The SPSS version 22.0 program was used for statistical analyzes. As a result of the statistical analysis, significant was found in favor of the posttest compared to the control group in terms of both the pre-test and post-test values and the inter-group values in the group, royal jelly supplement, inspiratory muscle exercise group and RJ+IMT groups. It can be said that inspiratory muscle training made positive changes in iron metabolism and inspiratory muscle training plays an active role in the transport of oxygen by affecting iron metabolism in sedantary individuals.

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