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Sports Medicine | 2001

Guidelines for daily carbohydrate intake: do athletes achieve them?

Louise M. Burke; Gregory R. Cox; Nicola K. Cummings; Ben Desbrow

AbstractOfficial dietary guidelines for athletes are unanimous in their recommendation of high carbohydrate (CHO) intakes in routine or training diets. These guidelines have been criticised on the basis of a lack of scientific support for superior training adaptations and performance, and the apparent failure of successful athletes to achieve such dietary practices. Part of the problem rests with the expression of CHO intake guidelines in terms of percentage of dietary energy. It is preferable to provide recommendations for routine CHO intake in grams (relative to the body mass of the athlete) and allow flexibility for the athlete to meet these targets within the context of their energy needs and other dietary goals. CHO intake ranges of 5 to 7 g/kg/day for general training needs and 7 to 10 g/kg/day for the increased needs of endurance athletes are suggested. The limitations of dietary survey techniques should be recognised when assessing the adequacy of the dietary practices of athletes. In particular, the errors caused by under-reporting or undereating during the period of the dietary survey must be taken into account.A review of the current dietary survey literature of athletes shows that a typical male athlete achieves CHO intake within the recommended range (on a g/kg basis). Individual athletes may need nutritional education or dietary counselling to fine-tune their eating habits to meet specific CHO intake targets. Female athletes, particularly endurance athletes, are less likely to achieve these CHO intake guidelines. This is due to chronic or periodic restriction of total energy intake in order to achieve or maintain low levels of body fat. With professional counselling, female athletes may be helped to find a balance between bodyweight control issues and fuel intake goals.Although we look to the top athletes as role models, it is understandable that many do not achieve optimal nutrition practices. The real or apparent failure of these athletes to achieve the daily CHO intakes recommended by sports nutritionists does not necessarily invalidate the benefits of meeting such guidelines. Further longitudinal studies of training adaptation and performance are needed to determine differences in the outcomes of high versus moderate CHO intakes. In the meantime, the recommendations of sports nutritionists are based on plentiful evidence that increased CHO availability enhances endurance and performance during single exercise sessions.


Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002

Adaptations to short-term high-fat diet persist during exercise despite high carbohydrate availability.

Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley; Damien J. Angus; Gregory R. Cox; Nicola K. Cummings; Ben Desbrow; Mark Hargreaves

PURPOSE Five days of a high-fat diet produce metabolic adaptations that increase the rate of fat oxidation during prolonged exercise. We investigated whether enhanced rates of fat oxidation during submaximal exercise after 5 d of a high-fat diet would persist in the face of increased carbohydrate (CHO) availability before and during exercise. METHODS Eight well-trained subjects consumed either a high-CHO (9.3 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) CHO, 1.1 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) fat; HCHO) or an isoenergetic high-fat diet (2.5 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) CHO, 4.3 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) fat; FAT-adapt) for 5 d followed by a high-CHO diet and rest on day 6. On day 7, performance testing (2 h steady-state (SS) cycling at 70% peak O(2) uptake [VO(2peak)] + time trial [TT]) of 7 kJ x kg(-1)) was undertaken after a CHO breakfast (CHO 2 g x kg(-1)) and intake of CHO during cycling (0.8 g x kg(-1) x h(-1)). RESULTS FAT-adapt reduced respiratory exchange ratio (RER) values before and during cycling at 70% VO(2peak); RER was restored by 1 d CHO and CHO intake during cycling (0.90 +/- 0.01, 0.80 +/- 0.01, 0.91 +/- 0.01, for days 1, 6, and 7, respectively). RER values were higher with HCHO (0.90 +/- 0.01, 0.88 +/- 0.01 (HCHO > FAT-adapt, P < 0.05), 0.95 +/- 0.01 (HCHO > FAT-adapt, P < 0.05)). On day 7, fat oxidation remained elevated (73 +/- 4 g vs 45 +/- 3 g, P < 0.05), whereas CHO oxidation was reduced (354 +/- 11 g vs 419 +/- 13 g, P < 0.05) throughout SS in FAT-adapt versus HCHO. TT performance was similar for both trials (25.53 +/- 0.67 min vs 25.45 +/- 0.96 min, NS). CONCLUSION Adaptations to a short-term high-fat diet persisted in the face of high CHO availability before and during exercise, but failed to confer a performance advantage during a TT lasting approximately 25 min undertaken after 2 h of submaximal cycling.


Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | 2002

Effect of short-term fat adaptation on high- intensity training

Nigel K. Stepto; Andrew L. Carey; Heidi M. Staudacher; Nicola K. Cummings; Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley

PURPOSE To determine the effect of short-term (3-d) fat adaptation on high-intensity exercise training in seven competitive endurance athletes (maximal O2 uptake 5.0 +/- 0.5 L x min(-1), mean +/-SD). METHODS Subjects consumed a standardized diet on d-0 then, in a randomized cross-over design, either 3-d of high-CHO (11 g x kg(-1)d(-1) CHO, 1 g x kg(-1) x d(-1) fat; HICHO) or an isoenergetic high-fat (2.6 g CHO x kg(-1) x d(-1), 4.6 g FAT x kg(-1) x d(-1); HIFAT) diet separated by an 18-d wash out. On the 1st (d-1) and 4th (d-4) day of each treatment, subjects completed a standardized laboratory training session consisting of a 20-min warm-up at 65% of VO2peak (232 +/- 23W) immediately followed by 8 x 5 min work bouts at 86 +/- 2% of VO2peak (323 +/- 32 W) with 60-s recovery. RESULTS Respiratory exchange ratio (mean for bouts 1, 4, and 8) was similar on d-1 for HIFAT and HICHO (0.91 +/- 0.04 vs 0.92 +/- 0.03) and on d-4 after HICHO (0.92 +/- 0.03) but fell to 0.85 +/- 0.03 (P < 0.05) on d-4 after HIFAT. Accordingly, the rate of fat oxidation increased from 31 +/- 13 on d-1 to 61 +/- 25 micromol x kg(-1) x min(-1) on d-4 after HIFAT (P < 0.05). Blood lactate concentration was similar on d-1 and d-4 of HICHO and on d-1 of HIFAT (3.5 +/- 0.9 and 3.2 +/- 1.0 vs 3.7 +/- 1.2 mM) but declined to 2.4 +/- 0.5 mM on d-4 after HIFAT (P < 0.05). Ratings of perception of effort (legs) were similar on d-1 for HIFAT and HICHO (14.8 +/- 1.5 vs 14.1 +/- 1.4) and on d-4 after HICHO (13.8 +/- 1.8) but increased to 16.0 +/- 1.3 on d-4 after HIFAT (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS 1) competitive endurance athletes can perform intense interval training during 3-d exposure to a high-fat diet, 2) such exercise elicited high rates of fat oxidation, but 3) compared with a high-carbohydrate diet, training sessions were associated with increased ratings of perceived exertion.


Journal of Applied Physiology | 2000

Effect of fat adaptation and carbohydrate restoration on metabolism and performance during prolonged cycling.

Louise M. Burke; Damien J. Angus; Gregory R. Cox; Nicola K. Cummings; Mark A. Febbraio; Kathryn Gawthorn; John A. Hawley; Michelle Minehan; David T. Martin; Mark Hargreaves


Journal of Applied Physiology | 2001

Effects of fat adaptation and carbohydrate restoration on prolonged endurance exercise

Andrew L. Carey; Heidi M. Staudacher; Nicola K. Cummings; Nigel K. Stepto; Vasilis Nikolopoulos; Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley


International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism | 2001

Short-Term High-Fat Diet Alters Substrate Utilization during Exercise but Not Glucose Tolerance in Highly Trained Athletes

Heidi M. Staudacher; Andrew L. Carey; Nicola K. Cummings; John A. Hawley; Louise M. Burke


Archive | 2015

cyclingand performance during prolonged Effect of fat adaptation and carbohydrate restoration

Mark Hargreaves; A. Febbraio; John A. Hawley; Michelle Minehan; M. Burke; Damien J. Angus; Gregory R. Cox; Nicola K. Cummings; Gina M. Battaglia; Donghai Zheng; Robert C. Hickner; Joseph A. Houmard; George A. Brooks; Chi-An W. Emhoff; Laurent A. Messonnier; Michael A. Horning; Jill A. Fattor; J Thomas


PubliCE | 2013

Efecto de la Adaptación a las Grasas a Corto Plazo sobre el Entrenamiento de Alta Intensidad - International Endurance Work Group

Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley; Nigel K. Stepto; Andrew L. Carey; Heidi M. Staudacher; Nicola K. Cummings


Archive | 2013

prolonged endurance exercise Effects of fat adaptation and carbohydrate restoration on

Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley; Andrew L. Carey; Heidi M. Staudacher; Nicola K. Cummings; Nigel K. Stepto


PubliCE Premium | 2008

Efecto de la Adaptación al Consumo de Grasas a Corto Plazo sobre el Entrenamiento de Alta Intensidad

Louise M. Burke; John A. Hawley; Nigel K. Stepto; Andrew L. Carey; Heidi M. Staudacher; Nicola K. Cummings

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John A. Hawley

Australian Catholic University

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Gregory R. Cox

Australian Institute of Sport

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John A. Hawley

Australian Catholic University

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