Low carbohydrate, high fat diet impairs exercise economy and negates the performance benefit from intensified training in elite race walkers
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Burke, Louise, Ross, Megan L.L., Garvican, Laura A., Welvaert, Marijke, Heikura, Ida A., Forbes, Sara G., Mirtschin, Jo, Cato, Louise E., Strobel, Nicki, Sharma, Avish P. and Hawley, John. (2017). Low carbohydrate, high fat diet impairs exercise economy and negates the performance benefit from intensified training in elite race walkers. The Journal of Physiology. 595(9), pp. 2785 - 2807. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP273230
Authors | Burke, Louise, Ross, Megan L.L., Garvican, Laura A., Welvaert, Marijke, Heikura, Ida A., Forbes, Sara G., Mirtschin, Jo, Cato, Louise E., Strobel, Nicki, Sharma, Avish P. and Hawley, John |
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Abstract | We investigated the effects of adaptation to a ketogenic low carbohydrate (CHO), high fat diet (LCHF) during 3 weeks of intensified training on metabolism and performance of world-class endurance athletes. We controlled three isoenergetic diets in elite race walkers: high CHO availability (g kg−1 day−1: 8.6 CHO, 2.1 protein, 1.2 fat) consumed before, during and after training (HCHO, n = 9); identical macronutrient intake, periodised within or between days to alternate between low and high CHO availability (PCHO, n = 10); LCHF ( < 50 g day−1 CHO; 78% energy as fat; 2.1 g kg−1 day−1 protein; LCHF, n = 10). Post-intervention, ˙V O2peak during race walking increased in all groups (P < 0.001, 90% CI: 2.55, 5.20%). LCHF was associated with markedly increased rates of whole-body fat oxidation, attaining peak rates of 1.57±0.32 gmin−1 during 2 h of walking at 80% ˙V 2peak.However, LCHFalso increased the oxygen (O2) cost of race walking at velocities relevant to real-life race performance: O2 uptake (expressed as a percentage of new ˙V O2peak) at a speed approximating 20 km race pace was reduced in HCHO and PCHO (90% CI:−7.047,−2.55 and−5.18,−0.86, respectively), but was maintained at pre-intervention levels in LCHF. HCHO and PCHO groups improved times for 10 km race walk: 6.6% (90% CI: 4.1, 9.1%) and 5.3% (3.4, 7.2%), with no improvement (−1.6% (−8.5, 5.3%)) for the LCHF group. In contrast to training with diets providing chronic or periodised high-CHO availability, and despite a significant improvement in ˙V O2peak, adaptation to the topical LCHF diet negated performance benefits in elite endurance athletes, in part due to reduced exercise economy. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | The Journal of Physiology |
Journal citation | 595 (9), pp. 2785 - 2807 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
ISSN | 1469-7793 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1113/JP273230 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85013168187 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 2785 - 2807 |
Research Group | Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research |
Publisher's version | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Editors | K. E. Barrett |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/876vw/low-carbohydrate-high-fat-diet-impairs-exercise-economy-and-negates-the-performance-benefit-from-intensified-training-in-elite-race-walkers
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