Low carbohydrate, high fat diet impairs exercise economy and negates the performance benefit from intensified training in elite race walkers

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 595, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2785-2807

  Burke, Louise M ^a,b   Ross, Megan L ^a,b   Garvican Lewis, Laura A ^a,b   Welvaert, Marijke ^a,c   Heikura, Ida A ^a,b   Forbes, Sara G ^a   Mirtschin, Joanne G ^a   Cato, Louise E ^a   Strobel, Nicki ^d   Sharma, Avish P ^a   Hawley, John A ^b,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d University College Zealand   (Denmark)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

athletic performance; ketogenic diet; sports nutrition

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; KETONE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KETOGENESIS; LIPID DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLITE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKER; YOUNG ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, HIGH-FAT; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; WALKING;

EID: 85013168187     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP273230     Document Type: Article

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