ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2000
Oxidation of carbohydrate feedings during prolonged exercise: current thoughts, guidelines and directions for future research.
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- Fed, not fasted: is carbohydrate mouth rinsing still ergogenic? A three-level meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Glycemic Index of a Pre-exercise Meal on Endurance Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of acute carbohydrate supplementation on endurance performance: a meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2011Pooled it
- Comparative effects of continuous glucose monitoring-informed and traditional interval-based carbohydrate refueling protocols on endurance exercise responses: an exploratory study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Effects of Trehalose Solutions at Different Concentrations on High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise Performance.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Effect of a carbohydrate-rich beverage on rate of cesarean delivery in primigravidae with epidural labor analgesia: a multicenter randomized trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Trial
- Neither Beetroot Juice Supplementation nor Increased Carbohydrate Oxidation Enhance Economy of Prolonged Exercise in Elite Race Walkers.Nutrients · 2021Trial
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- Fructose and Sucrose Intake Increase Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation during Exercise.Nutrients · 2017Trial
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- Co-ingestion of caffeine and carbohydrate after meal does not improve performance at high-intensity intermittent sprints with short recovery times.European journal of applied physiology · 2014Trial
- L-Arginine but not L-glutamine likely increases exogenous carbohydrate oxidation during endurance exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2012Trial
- The effect of a carbohydrate beverage on the physiological responses during prolonged load carriage.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Trial
- Substrate utilization during prolonged exercise with ingestion of (13)C-glucose in acute hypobaric hypoxia (4,300 m).European journal of applied physiology · 2006Trial
- The reproducibility of an endurance performance test in adolescent cyclists.European journal of applied physiology · 2005Trial
- Gender difference in the metabolic response to prolonged exercise with [13C]glucose ingestion.European journal of applied physiology · 2004Trial
- Oxidation of [13C]glucose ingested before and/or during prolonged exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2004Trial
- Glucose ingestion attenuates interleukin-6 release from contracting skeletal muscle in humans.The Journal of physiology · 2003Trial
- A comprehensive review of the physiology and evidence base to guide the use of ergogenic and medical supplements for enhanced cycling performance.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
Although it is known that carbohydrate (CHO) feedings during exercise improve endurance performance, the effects of different feeding strategies are less clear. Studies using (stable) isotope methodology have shown that not all carbohydrates are oxidised at similar rates and hence they may not be equally effective. Glucose, sucrose, maltose, maltodextrins and amylopectin are oxidised at high rates. Fructose, galactose and amylose have been shown to be oxidised at 25 to 50% lower rates. Combinations of multiple transportable CHO may increase the total CHO absorption and total exogenous CHO oxidation. Increasing the CHO intake up to 1.0 to 1.5 g/min will increase the oxidation up to about 1.0 to 1.1 g/min. However, a further increase of the intake will not further increase the oxidation rates. Training status does not affect exogenous CHO oxidation. The effects of fasting and muscle glycogen depletion are less clear. The most remarkable conclusion is probably that exogenous CHO oxidation rates do not exceed 1.0 to 1.1 g/min. There is convincing evidence that this limitation is not at the muscular level but most likely located in the intestine or the liver. Intestinal perfusion studies seem to suggest that the capacity to absorb glucose is only slightly in excess of the observed entrance of glucose into the blood and the rate of absorption may thus be a factor contributing to the limitation. However, the liver may play an additional important role, in that it provides glucose to the bloodstream at a rate of about 1 g/min by balancing the glucose from the gut and from glycogenolysis/gluconeogenesis. It is possible that when large amounts of glucose are ingested absorption is a limiting factor, and the liver will retain some glucose and thus act as a second limiting factor to exogenous CHO oxidation.
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