PMID- 17218895 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070316 LR - 20161124 IS - 0195-9131 (Print) IS - 0195-9131 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Jan TI - Dose-response effects of ingested carbohydrate on exercise metabolism in women. PG - 131-8 AB - PURPOSE: The effect of different quantities of carbohydrate (CHO) intake on CHO metabolism during prolonged exercise was examined in endurance-trained females. METHOD: On four occasions, eight females performed 2 h of cycling at approximately 60% .VO2max with ingestion of beverages containing low (LOW, 0.5 g.min(-1)), moderate (MOD, 1.0 g.min(-1)), or high (HIGH, 1.5 g.min(-1)) amounts of CHO, or water only (WAT). Test solutions contained trace amounts of [U-13C] glucose. Indirect calorimetry combined with measurement of expired 13CO2 and plasma 13C enrichment enabled calculation of exogenous CHO, liver-derived glucose, and muscle glycogen oxidation during the last 30 min of exercise. RESULTS: The highest rates of exogenous CHO oxidation were observed in MOD, with no further increases in HIGH (peak rates of 0.33 +/- 0.02, 0.50 +/- 0.03, and 0.48 +/- 0.05 g.min(-1) for LOW, MOD, and HIGH, respectively; P < 0.05 for LOW vs MOD and HIGH). Endogenous CHO oxidation was lowest in MOD (0.99 +/- 0.06, 0.82 +/- 0.08, 0.70 +/- 0.07, and 0.89 +/- 0.09 g.min(-1); P < 0.05 for MOD vs all other trials). Compared with WAT, CHO ingestion reduced liver glucose oxidation during exercise by approximately 30% (P < 0.05 for WAT vs all CHO). Differential rates of muscle glycogen oxidation were observed with different CHO doses (0.57 +/- 0.07, 0.53 +/- 0.08, 0.41 +/- 0.07, and 0.60 +/- 0.09 g.min(-1) for WAT, LOW, MOD, and HIGH respectively; P < 0.05 for MOD vs HIGH). CONCLUSION: In endurance-trained women, the highest rates of exogenous CHO oxidation and greatest endogenous CHO sparing was observed when CHO was ingested at moderate rates (1.0 g.min(-1), 60 g.h(-1)) during exercise. FAU - Wallis, Gareth A AU - Wallis GA AD - School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. FAU - Yeo, Sophie E AU - Yeo SE FAU - Blannin, Andrew K AU - Blannin AK FAU - Jeukendrup, Asker E AU - Jeukendrup AE LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Med Sci Sports Exerc JT - Medicine and science in sports and exercise JID - 8005433 RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Exercise Test MH - Female MH - Glucose/*administration & dosage MH - Humans MH - Metabolism/*physiology MH - Physical Endurance/physiology MH - United Kingdom EDAT- 2007/01/16 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/17 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/16 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/16 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/16 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00005768-200701000-00021 [pii] AID - 10.1249/01.mss.0000241645.28467.d3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Jan;39(1):131-8. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000241645.28467.d3.