Altering fatty acid availability does not impair prolonged, continuous running to fatigue: Evidence for carbohydrate dependence

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-113

  Leckey, Jill J ^a   Burke, Louise M ^b   Morton, James P ^c   Hawley, John A ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; High intensity running; Nicotinic acid; Performance; Substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUNNING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84969409987     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00855.2015     Document Type: Article

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