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Fat adaptation followed by carbohydrate restoration attenuates the exercise-induced rise in AMPK activity compared to a high-carbohydrate diet.

If you perform fat adaptation, your body may show a blunted AMPK response to subsequent exercise compared to when you are on a high-carb diet. This suggests a shift in how the muscle signals energy status during work.

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Exercise increased AMPK-α1 activity after HCHO (P < 0.03) but not Fat-adapt... Fat-adapt also... attenuated the exercise-induced rise in AMPK-α1 and AMPK-α2 activity compared with HCHO.
Wee Kian Yeo et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2008

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Same study, small sample size, but clear statistical difference.

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Fat adaptation followed by carbohydrate restoration increases AMPK activity in skeletal muscle from trained humans

Wee Kian Yeo et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2008

DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.90540.2008

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