Athletes' nutritional demands: a narrative review of nutritional requirements

A Amawi, W AlKasasbeh, M Jaradat, A Almasri… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Nutrition serves as the cornerstone of an athlete's life, exerting a profound impact on their
performance and overall well-being. To unlock their full potential, athletes must adhere to a …

What should I eat before exercise? Pre-exercise nutrition and the response to endurance exercise: current prospective and future directions

JA Rothschild, AE Kilding, DJ Plews - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The primary variables influencing the adaptive response to a bout of endurance training are
exercise duration and exercise intensity. However, altering the availability of nutrients before …

Longer-term effects of the glycaemic index on substrate metabolism and performance in endurance athletes

AM Moitzi, D König - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nutrition has a decisive influence on athletic performance. However, it is not only the nutrient
intake during exercise that is important, but the daily diet must also be adapted to the …

Carbohydrates and endurance exercise: A narrative review of a food first approach

A Naderi, N Gobbi, A Ali, E Berjisian, A Hamidvand… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carbohydrate (CHO) supplements such as bars, gels, drinks and powders have become
ubiquitous as effective evidence-based CHO sources that improve endurance exercise …

The application of lactose in sports nutrition

OJ Odell, GA Wallis - International Dairy Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Lactose is a disaccharide of glucose and galactose, found exclusively in milk.
Carbohydrates represent an important fuel for endurance and prolonged exercise …

Effects of low versus moderate glycemic index diets on aerobic capacity in endurance runners: three-week randomized controlled crossover trial

K Durkalec-Michalski, EE Zawieja, BE Zawieja… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
The glycemic index (GI) of ingested carbohydrates may influence substrate oxidation during
exercise and athletic performance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of …

A high carbohydrate diet with a low glycaemic index improves training effects in male endurance athletes

D Zdzieblik, H Friesenborg, A Gollhofer… - International journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present study investigated the effect of a 4-week high fat low carbohydrate (HFLC-G)
versus high carbohydrate low glycaemic (LGI-G) or high glycaemic (HGI-G) diet on power …

The effects of low-and high-glycemic index sport nutrition bars on metabolism and performance in recreational soccer players

M Kaviani, PD Chilibeck, S Gall, J Jochim, GA Zello - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Consumption of low-glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates (CHO) may be superior to high-GI
CHO before exercise by increasing fat oxidation and decreasing carbohydrate oxidation. We …

Starving your performance? Reduced preexercise hunger increases resistance exercise performance

MN Naharudin, A Yusof… - … Journal of Sports …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Preexercise food intake enhances exercise performance due, in part, to the
provision of exogenous carbohydrate. Food intake also suppresses hunger, but the specific …

Association between pre-exercise food ingestion timing and reactive hypoglycemia: Insights from a large database of continuous glucose monitoring data

A Zignoli, FY Fontana, DJ Lipman… - European journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Using a large database of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data, this study aimed to
gain insights into the association between pre-exercise food ingestion timing and reactive …