ArticleNutrients2016
Periodization of Carbohydrate Intake: Short-Term Effect on Performance.
Article in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pacing Behaviour Development and Acquisition: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Performance effects of periodized carbohydrate restriction in endurance trained athletes - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Short-Term Nighttime Carbohydrate Restriction Method on Exercise Performance and Fat Metabolism.Nutrients · 2024Trial
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- Energy availability as an integrative framework: reinterpreting the energy balance and carbohydrate-insulin models in athletes.Physical activity and nutrition · 2026Article
- Nutritional considerations for athletes with diabetes: optimizing performance and glycemic control.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Consensus Document of the Spanish Nutrition Society (SEÑ) on Nutritional Strategies in Sports.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Carbohydrate Restriction During Recovery from High-Intensity-Interval Training Enhances Fat Oxidation During Subsequent Exercise and Does Not Compromise Performance When Combined With Caffeine.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Periodized carbohydrate intake influences metabolic flexibility and indices of running economy during endurance training in recreationally active males.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- The molecular athlete: exercise physiology from mechanisms to medals.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
- A pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) protocol for developing an adaptive coaching intervention around a mobile application for athletes to improve carbohydrate periodization behavior.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
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- Potential Relevance of Bioactive Peptides in Sports Nutrition.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Feeding Tolerance, Glucose Availability, and Whole-Body Total Carbohydrate and Fat Oxidation in Male Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Runners in Response to Prolonged Exercise, Consuming a Habitual Mixed Macronutrient Diet and Carbohydrate Feeding During Exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Carbohydrate Consumption and Periodization Strategies Applied to Elite Soccer Players.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
- Assessment of the Dietary Intake of High-Rank Professional Male Football Players during a Preseason Training Week.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Nutritional Therapy for Athletes with Diabetes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
background"Sleep-low" consists of a sequential periodization of carbohydrate (CHO) availability-low glycogen recovery after "train high" glycogen-depleting interval training, followed by an overnight-fast and light intensity training ("train low") the following day. This strategy leads to an upregulation of several exercise-responsive signaling proteins, but the chronic effect on performance has received less attention. We investigated the effects of short-term exposure to this strategy on endurance performance.
methodsFollowing training familiarization, 11 trained cyclists were divided into two groups for a one-week intervention-one group implemented three cycles of periodized CHO intake to achieve the sleep-low strategy over six training sessions (SL, CHO intake: 6 g·kg
resultsSL improved their performance (mean: +3.2%;
conclusionImplementing the "sleep-low" strategy for one week improved performance by the same magnitude previously seen in a three-week intervention, without any significant changes in selected markers of metabolism.
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