Abstract
Including protein in a carbohydrate solution may accelerate both the rate of glycogen storage and the restoration of exercise capacity following prolonged activity. Two studies were undertaken with nine active men in study A and seven in study B. All participants performed 2 trials, each involving a 90 min run at 70% VO2max followed by a 4 h recovery. During recovery, either a 9.3% carbohydrate solution (CHO) or the same solution plus 1.5% protein (CHO-PRO) was ingested every 30 min in volumes providing either 1.2 g CHO (.) kg(-1) (.) h(-1) (study A) or 0.8 g CHO (.) kg(-l) (.) h(-1) (study B). Exercise capacity was then assessed by run time to exhaustion at 85% VO2max. Ingestion of CHO-PRO elicited greater insulinemic responses than CHO (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 590-609 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |