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Metabolic adaptation
Five days of a high-fat diet produce metabolic adaptations that increase the rate of fat oxidation during prolonged exercise.
Implementing a short-term high-fat diet may enhance fat oxidation during exercise.
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Five days of a high-fat diet produce metabolic adaptations that increase the rate of fat oxidation during prolonged exercise.
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Based on the study design involving well-trained subjects and controlled dietary conditions.
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Adaptations to short-term high-fat diet persist during exercise despite high carbohydrate availability
Louise M. Burke et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2002
DOI 10.1097/00005768-200201000-00014
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