The Ketogenic Diet and Sport: A Possible Marriage?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 153-162

  Paoli, Antonio ^a   Bianco, Antonino ^b   Grimaldi, Keith A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

endurance; ketogenic diet; skeletal muscle hypertrophy; strength; weight loss

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84942878290     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000050     Document Type: Article

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