Ms. Aya Ishibashi is graduate student of Sport and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University, and her research manuscript was accepted and published in The Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, which collaborated with Professor Kumiko Ebi and Associate Professor Kazushige Goto. The study designed to investigate whether dietary n-3 PUFA enhances fat oxidation during exercise and endurance performance of 5km-time-trial. Four-week supplementation of n-3 PUFA increased exercise-induced lipolysis and fat oxidation during prolonged exercise.

Aya Ishibashi, Hiroto Sasaki, Saori Matsumiya, Aoi Ikedo, Aya Kaizaki, Takafumi Hamaoka, Kazushige Goto, Kumiko Ebi (2016). Influence of four weeks of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on fat metabolism during prolonged exercise. The Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 65 (2) p.225-235.