Adding protein to a carbohydrate pre-exercise beverage does not influence running performance and metabolism

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Autores da FMUP

  • João Tiago De Sousa Pinto Guimarães

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Participantes de fora da FMUP

  • Lopes, AM
  • Rios, M
  • Beleza, J
  • Carvalho, DD
  • Monteiro, S
  • Montanha, T
  • Martins, S
  • Fernandes, RJ
  • Magalhaes, J
  • Teixeira, VH
  • Ascensao, A

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: To analyze whether pre-exercise CHO+PRO vs. CHO intake distinctly influences running performance and metabolic bio-markers along a various of exercise intensities.METHODS: In a randomized, double blind, counterbalanced, crossover and placebo control design, 10 middle distance runners were tested in 3 occasions. After 10 h of fasting, participants ingested isovolumic beverages (0.75+0.25gmiddotBW-1 of CHO+PRO, 1.0gmiddotBW-1 of CHO and placebo control) 30 min before a treadmill running incremental protocol of 4 min steps until exhaustion. Venous blood was collected at fasting, 30 min after beverage ingestion and after the 3rd and 7th running steps. Oxygen uptake-related variables, including respiratory exchange ratio, heart rate, plasma glucose, insulin, glucagon, free fatty acids, blood lactate concentrations, gastrointestinal discomfort and rate of perceived exertion were measured.RESULTS: The addition of PRO to CHO had no influence on the measured variables, which did not differ between conditions along all in-cremental protocol intensities. The intake of CHO+PRO (compared to CHO) tended to decrease glycemia (106.5 +/- 21.3 vs. 113.6 +/- 26.5) and to increase insulinemia (14.4 +/- 15.1 vs. 12.7 +/- 10.8) at intensities close to maximum oxygen uptake.CONCLUSIONS: The addition of PRO to a pre-exercise CHO beverage had no impact on running performance and related metabolic variables at a wide spectrum of exercise intensities.

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ISSN/ISSNe:
1827-1928, 0022-4707

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness  Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A.

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53-59
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Keywords

  • Sports; Metabolism; Nutritional status; Running

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Immunological Trajectories from Adolescence to Adulthood: Determinants and Metabolic Effects.

Investigador Principal: João Tiago de Sousa Pinto Guimarães

Estudo Clínico Académico . 2022

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