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Carbohydrate–protein ingestion during recovery from prolonged exercise in man
thesis
posted on 2018-07-24, 10:34 authored by James A. BettsEvidence supports that the ingestion of carbohydrate solutions in the post-exercise period
can facilitate the restoration of exercise capacity both through providing the fluid
necessary for rehydration and through stimulating carbohydrate storage. The accrual of
this evidence has now established many components of the optimal carbohydrate feeding
strategy during recovery and further progress has been sought through investigating the
potential influence of other macronutrients. Specifically, combined ingestion of protein
and carbohydrate may promote a more rapid re-synthesis of endogenous glycogen stores
than when either nutrient is ingested in isolation. This possibility has led to speculation
that ingestion of a mixed carbohydrate-protein solution (CHO–PRO) might restore the
capacity for physical exercise more completely during a short-term recovery than when a
matched quantity of carbohydrate alone is ingested. However, evidence in support of this
hypothesis is not yet available and the present series of studies will therefore attempt to
directly examine the effects of CHO–PRO ingestion on recovery of exercise capacity. [Continues.]
Funding
GlaxoSmithKline plc.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Publisher
© J.A. BettsPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2005Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en