title: Supplementation with Silk Amino Acids improves physiological parameters defining stamina in elite fin-swimmers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous animal study has shown that supplementation with silk amino acid hydrolysate (SAA) increases stamina in mice. The presented study was the first formal evaluation of the influence of SAA supplementation on parameters defining physiological fitness level in humans.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a randomized controlled trial with a parallel-group design on elite male fin-swimmers. The experimental group was supplemented with 500 mg of SAA per kg of body mass, dissolved in 250 ml of a Carborade Drink®; the control group with Carborade Drink® alone; 3 times a day, 30 minutes prior to the training session.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Changes discerned in the experimental group were more pronounced than those observed in the control group. For example, the change in the serum lactic acid concentration observed in the experimental group was sevenfold less than in the control group [21.8 vs. -3.7 L% for the control and experimental groups, respectively]. An analysis of a lactate profile as a function of a maximal swimming velocity exposed a statistically significant positive shift in the swimming velocity of 0.05 m/s, at the lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L in the experimental group. There was also a positive, although statistically insignificant, increase of 2.6 L% in serum testosterone levels in the experimental group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that a 12-day SAA supplementation combined with an extensive and rigorous training schedule was sufficient to increase an aerobic stamina. However, this phenomenon was associated with an augmented level of muscular damage (an increased level of creatine phosphokinase in the experimental group).
authors.affiliation: Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport ul, Kazimierza Górskiego 1, Gdańsk, 80-336 Poland.|School of Health and Applied Sciences, Polytechnic of Namibia, Private Bag 13388, 13 Storch Street, Windhoek, Namibia.
authors.forename: Igor Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Zubrzycki
authors.affiliation: Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport ul, Kazimierza Górskiego 1, Gdańsk, 80-336 Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ossowski
authors.affiliation: Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport ul, Kazimierza Górskiego 1, Gdańsk, 80-336 Poland.
authors.forename: Stanislaw
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Przybylski
authors.affiliation: Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport ul, Kazimierza Górskiego 1, Gdańsk, 80-336 Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiacek
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of Fort Hare, P/B X1314, Alice, 5700 South Africa.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport ul, Kazimierza Górskiego 1, Gdańsk, 80-336 Poland.
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trabka
keywords: Human; Silk amino acids; Stamina; Testosterone