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My Thoughts on Excessive Carbohydrate Intakes

Author
Dr Will O'Connor
Published
Sun 22 Dec 2024
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-oconnor68/episodes/My-Thoughts-on-Excessive-Carbohydrate-Intakes-e2sl3ie

Sports scientists have consistently shown that the mean upper limit of exogenous (supplemented) carbohydrate oxidation rates is 1.5 g/min or 90 g/hr. Yet, we're hearing reports of endurance athletes taking on well above 100 g/hr. Why?


Is anyone basing their carbohydrate intake on personalised testing or a simple "more is better" approach?




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