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Adaptations to a short-term high-fat diet did not confer a performance advantage during a time trial.

A high-fat diet may not improve performance in time trials despite enhanced fat oxidation.

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TT performance was similar for both trials (25.53 +/- 0.67 min vs 25.45 +/- 0.96 min, NS).
Louise M. Burke et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2002

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The performance data is based on controlled testing with statistical analysis.

Source

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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