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Int J Sport Nutr. 1994 Dec;4(4):361-73.
Plasma glucose levels after prolonged strenuous exercise correlate inversely with glycemic response to food consumed before exercise.
Thomas DE, Brotherhood JR, Miller JB.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
Abstract
It was hypothesized that slowly digested carbohydrates, that is, low glycemic index (GI) foods, eaten before prolonged strenuous exercise would increase the blood glucose concentration toward the end of exercise. Six trained cyclists pedaled on a cycle ergometer at 65-70% VO2max 60 min after ingestion of each of four test meals: a low-GI and a high-GI powdered food and a low-GI and a high-GI breakfast cereal, all providing 1 g of available carbohydrate per kilogram of body mass. Plasma glucose levels after more that 90 min of exercise were found to correlate inversely with the observed GI of the foods (p < .01). Free fatty acid levels during the last hour of exercise also correlated inversely with the GI (p < .05). The findings suggest that the slow digestion of carbohydrate in the prevent food favors higher concentrations of fuels in the blood toward the end of exercise.
PMID: 7874152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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