"Fat adaptation" for athletic performance: The nail in the coffin?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-8

  Burke, Louise M ^a,b   Kiens, Bente ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GLYCOGEN;

ATHLETE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EDITORIAL; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MODEL; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FITNESS; METABOLISM; NOTE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; EXERTION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 33644829942     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01238.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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