Short-term low-carbohydrate diet dissociates lactate and ammonia thresholds in men

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-265

  Langfort, Józef ^a,b   Czarnowski, Dariusz ^a   Zendzian Piotrowska, Małgorzta ^a   Zarzeczny, Ryszard ^c   Górski, Jan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood; Catecholamines; Diet; Exercise; Lactate; Man

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMMONIA; CATECHOLAMINE; LACTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2942519188     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2004)18<260:SLDDLA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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