Glycemic Index: A new tool in sport nutrition?

The ingestion of CHO during prolonged exercise promotes CHO availability and enhances endurance and performance, and athletes usually choose CHO-rich foods and drinks of moderate to high GI to achieve this goal. Moderate- and high-GI CHO choices appear to enhance glycogen storage after exercise compared with low-GI CHO-rich foods.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:biological and medical sciences
Published in:International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
Language:English
Published: 1998
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9841960
Volume:8
Issue:4
Pages:401-415
Document types:article
Level:advanced