Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and exercise performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-39

  Oreilly, John ^a   Wong, Stephen H S ^a   Chen, Yajun ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exercise performance; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE;

ATHLETE; BREAD; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EXERCISE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 72849106119     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11319660-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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