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  • Title: No effect of pre-exercise meal on substrate metabolism and time trial performance during intense endurance exercise.
    Author: Paul D, Jacobs KA, Geor RJ, Hinchcliff KW.
    Journal: Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab; 2003 Dec; 13(4):489-503. PubMed ID: 14967872.
    Abstract:
    To determine the effect of macronutrient composition of pre-exercise meals on exercise metabolism and performance, 8 trained men exercised for 30 min above lactate threshold (30LT), followed by a 20-km time trial (TT). Approximately 3.5 h before exercise, subjects consumed a carbohydrate meal (C; 3 g carbohydrate/kg), an isoenergetic fat meal (F; 1.3 g fat/kg) or a placebo meal (P; no energy content) on 3 separate occasions in randomized order. Treatments had no effect on carbohydrate oxidation during exercise, but C decreased whole-body fat oxidation during the last 5 min of 30LT and TT, respectively (3.2 +/- 1.6 and 4.8 +/- 2.1 micromol/kg(-1) x min(-1), p < .05) when compared to F (13.3 +/- 1.6 and 16.5 +/- 2.7 micromol x kg(-1) x min(-1)) and P (15.9 +/- 2.7 and 17.0 +/- 3.2 micromol x kg(-1) x min(-1)). Glucose rate of appearance (Ra) and disappearance (Rd), and muscle glycogen utilization were not significantly different among treatments during exercise. TT performances were similar for C, F, and P (32.7 +/- 0.5 vs. 33.1 +/- 1.1 and 33.0 +/- 0.8 min, p > 0.5). We conclude that the consumption of a pre-exercise meal has minor effects on fat oxidation during high-intensity exercise, and no effect on carbohydrate oxidation or TT performance.
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