PMID- 18708686 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081208 LR - 20191111 IS - 1526-484X (Print) IS - 1526-484X (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Aug TI - Influence of carbohydrate-protein beverage on cycling endurance and indices of muscle disruption. PG - 363-78 AB - Carbohydrate-protein (CHO+Pro) beverages reportedly improve endurance and indices of muscle disruption, but it is unclear whether these effects are related to total energy intake or specific effects of protein. PURPOSE: The authors examined effects of CHO+Pro on time to exhaustion and markers of muscle disruption compared with placebo (PLA) and carbohydrate beverages matched for carbohydrate (CHO) and total calories (CHO+CHO). METHODS: Eleven male cyclists completed 4 rides to exhaustion at 75% VO2peak. Participants consumed 250 ml of PLA, CHO (7.75%), CHO+CHO (9.69%), or CHO+Pro (7.75%/1.94%) every 15 min until fatigue, in a double-blind design. RESULTS: Time to exhaustion was significantly longer (p<.05) in CHO+Pro (126.2+/-25.4 min) and CHO+CHO (121.3+/-36.8) than PLA (107.1+/-30.3). CHO (117.5+/-24.2) and PLA were not significantly different. Similarly, CHO+Pro was not significantly different from CHO and CHO+CHO. Postexercise plasma creatine kinase was lower after CHO+Pro (197.2+/-149.2 IU/L) than PLA (407.4+/-391.3), CHO (373.2+/-416.6), and CHO+CHO (412.3+/-410.2). Postexercise serum myoglobin was lower in CHO+Pro (47.0+/-27.4 ng/mL) than all other treatments (168.8+/-217.3, 82.6+/-71.3, and 72.0+/-75.8). Postexercise leg extensions at 70% 1RM were significantly greater 24 hr after CHO+Pro (11.3+/-4.1) than PLA (8.8+/-3.7), CHO (9.7+/-4.3), and CHO+CHO (9.5+/-3.6). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that at least some of the reported improvements in endurance with CHO+Pro beverages might be related to caloric differences between treatments. Postexercise improvements in markers of muscle disruption with CHO+Pro ingestion appear to be independent of carbohydrate and caloric content and were elicited with beverages consumed only during exercise. FAU - Valentine, Rudy J AU - Valentine RJ AD - Department of Kinesiology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA. FAU - Saunders, Michael J AU - Saunders MJ FAU - Todd, M Kent AU - Todd MK FAU - St Laurent, Thomas G AU - St Laurent TG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab JT - International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism JID - 100939812 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Beverages MH - *Bicycling/physiology MH - Cross-Over Studies MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage MH - Dietary Proteins/*administration & dosage MH - Double-Blind Method MH - Energy Intake/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/injuries/*metabolism MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Physical Endurance/*drug effects/physiology MH - Time Factors MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2008/08/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00 CRDT- 2008/08/19 09:00 PHST- 2008/08/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/08/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1123/ijsnem.18.4.363 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2008 Aug;18(4):363-78. doi: 10.1123/ijsnem.18.4.363.