Research
Metabolic adaptation
Fat-adaptation protocols can enhance performance for certain individual athletes.
Exercise physiologists and sport nutritionists should consider fat-adaptation strategies for athletes who may benefit from them.
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For certain individual athletes, fat-adaptation protocols do enhance performance.
Why this rating
The claim is based on human studies as mentioned in the abstract.
Source
Metabolic Adaptations to a High‐Fat Diet
John A. Hawley et al. · 2013
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