The Zone diet and athletic performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-228

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCAGON; ICOSANOID; INSULIN; PANCREAS HORMONE;

ARTERIOLE; ATHLETE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; MUSCLE; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OXYGENATION; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EICOSANOIDS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; INSULIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 0032922018     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199927040-00002     Document Type: Review

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