Sucrose ingestion after exhaustive exercise accelerates liver, but not muscle glycogen repletion compared with glucose ingestion in trained athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1328-1334

  Fuchs, Cas J ^a,b   Gonzalez, Javier T ^c   Beelen, Milou ^a   Cermak, Naomi M ^a   Smith, Fiona E ^d,e   Thelwall, Pete E ^d,e   Taylor, Roy ^d,e   Trenell, Michael I ^d   Stevenson, Emma J ^b,d   Van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Carbohydrate; Endurance exercise; Fructose; Recovery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; SUCROSE;

ATHLETE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CYCLING; EATING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ATHLETES; BICYCLING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EATING; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SUCROSE;

EID: 84983685002     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01023.2015     Document Type: Article

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