PMID- 33414865 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210111 IS - 1939-795X (Print) IS - 1939-795X (Electronic) IS - 1939-795X (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 2 DP - 2020 TI - Pre-Exercise Maltodextrin Ingestion and Transient Hypoglycemia in Cycling and Running. PG - 1691-1704 AB - This study examined the phenomenon of transient hypoglycemia and metabolic responses to pre-exercise carbohydrate (CHO) maltodextrin ingestion in cycling and running on the same individuals. Eleven active males cycled or ran for 30 min at 80% maximal heart rate (HRmax) after ingestion of either 1g/kg body mass maltodextrin (CHO-Cycle and CHO-Run respectively) or placebo (PL-Cycle and PL-Run) solutions. Fluids were ingested 30min before exercise in a double-blind and random manner. Blood glucose and serum insulin were higher before exercise in CHO (mean CHO-Cycle+CHO-Run) (Glucose: 7.4 +/- 0.3 mmol.l(-1); Insulin: 59 +/- 10 mU.l(-1)) compared to placebo (mean PL-Cycle+PL-Run) (Glucose: 4.7 +/- 0.1 mmol.l(-1); Insulin: 8 +/- 1 mU.l(-1)) (p<0.01), but no differences were observed during exercise among the 4 conditions. Mean blood glucose did not drop below 4.1 mmol.l(-1) in any trial. However, six volunteers in CHO-Cycle and seven in CHO-Run experienced blood glucose concentration