The Efficacy of Carbohydrate Supplementation and Chronic High-Carbohydrate Diets for Improving Endurance Performance
Abstract
Carbohydrate (CHO) is the body's most limited fuel and the most heavily metabolized during moderate-intensity exercise. For this reason it is recommended that endurance athletes consume a high-CHO diet (8-10 g CHO ⋅ kg body weight−1 ⋅ day−1) to enhance training and performance. A review of the literature supports the benefits of CHO supplementation on endurance performance. The benefits of chronic high-CHO diets on endurance performance are not as clear. Recent evidence suggests that a high-CHO diet may be necessary for optimal adaptations to training. However, the paucity of data in this area precludes any concrete conclusions. The practicality of high-CHO diets is not well understood. The available evidence would indicate that a high-CHO diet is the best dietary recommendation for endurance athletes.
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Endurance athletes are well known to follow diets that result in the consumption of high amounts of both simple and complex carbohydrates.
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“Endurance athletes are well known to follow diets that result in the consumption of high amounts of both simple and complex carbohydrates [208, 209].”
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- Authors
- Jacobs, K. A., & Sherman, W. M.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- ORCID
- Jacobs, Kevin Allen
- Venue
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 1999-03
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 92-115
- ISSN
- 1050-1606 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W178287802
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- carbohydrate supplementation, high-carbohydrate diet, endurance performance, endurance athletes, carbohydrate intake, training effects
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Body Weight, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Fats, Glycogen, Humans, Liver, Physical Endurance, Psychomotor Performance, Sports, Muscle, Skeletal
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