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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.
© Copyright 1998 International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Human Kinetics. All rights reserved.
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences |
| Published in: | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9841960 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 401-415 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |