"CHO Feeding Formats: Impact on CHO Oxidation During Exercise" with Dr Mark Hearris

We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast

Episode 173 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "CHO Feeding Formats: Impact on CHO Oxidation During Exercise" with Dr Mark Hearris (Liverpool John Moores University, and The Institute of Performance Nutrition, UK).

Discussion Topics Include:

• Review of what we know about Carbohydrate (CHO) availability and utilisation during exercise
• Effects of CHO delivery form on exogenous CHO53 oxidation, gastrointestinal discomfort, and exercise capacity
• CHO feeding strategies (i.e. pre-exercise CHO feeding and the different forms (fluid, semi-fluid, solid) and combinations of CHO during exercise) commonly adopted by elite endurance athletes

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Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:

• 13C-glucose-fructose labelling reveals comparable exogenous CHO oxidation during exercise when consuming 120 g/h in fluid, gel, jelly chew or co-ingestion

Related Podcast Episodes:

• #119: "Fuelling for the work required" with Mark Hearris PhD

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