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Preexercise carbohydrate intake has little effect on metabolism during prolonged cycling when carbohydrate is ingested throughout exercise.

For practitioners, it suggests that the timing of carbohydrate intake before exercise may be less critical if carbohydrates are consumed during exercise.

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When CHO is ingested during exercise in amounts presently recommended by sports nutrition guidelines, preexercise CHO intake has little effect on metabolism or on subsequent performance during prolonged cycling (approximately 2.5 h).
Louise M. Burke et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 1998

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Carbohydrate intake during prolonged cycling minimizes effect of glycemic index of preexercise meal

Louise M. Burke et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 1998

DOI 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2220

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