Ketone diester ingestion impairs time-trial performance in professional cyclists

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2017, Pages

  Leckey, Jill J ^a   Ross, Megan L ^a,b   Quod, Marc ^c   Hawley, John A ^a,d   Burke, Louise M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c ORICA BikeExchange (WorldTour Team)   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycling; Ketone ester; Ketones; Performance; Time trial

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE; KETONE; KETONE DIESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; COLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIST; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; KETOGENESIS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE;

EID: 85032209350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00806     Document Type: Article

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