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Clinical Trial Summary

Fifteen endurance-trained male/female will be randomly assigned to do four exercise and nutrition trials involving ingestion of four different concentrations of sweet corn derived starch (food component) in water (0, 1, 1.5 and 2 g. kg-1. h-1). Each trial will be separated by at least one week. During these four experimental trials athletes will be subjected to a glycogen-lowering cycling exercise protocol followed by a 4-h post-exercise recovery period (2h feeding then 2 hours of rest). At the end of 4-h period they will do a 20 kilometre time trial test on a stationary bike in a laboratory condition to measure the effect of different glycogen repletion rates on exercise performance.


Clinical Trial Description

Post-exercise glycogen synthesis rate is an important factor in determining the time needed to recover. Glycogen synthesis is affected not only by the extent of glycogen depletion but also in a more direct manner by the type, duration, and intensity of the preceding exercise because these will differentially influence the acute enzymatic changes as well as recovery from the acute changes that are induced by strenuous exercise. To optimize glycogen synthesis rates, adequate amounts of carbohydrate should be ingested. It has been suggested initially that a carbohydrate intake of 0.35 g·kg body wt-1 ·h-1 , provided at 2-h intervals, maximized muscle glycogen synthesis. Others observed no differences in glycogen storage rates after subjects ingested 0.75 or 1.5 g carbohydrate·kg-1 · h-1 provided at 2-h intervals. In a follow-up study, it was reported that an intake of >0.5 g·kg-1 · h-1 is necessary to maximize post-exercise glycogen synthesis if supplements are administered at 2-h intervals. Higher glycogen synthesis rates have been reported in studies in which carbohydrates were ingested more frequently and at higher ingestion rates than in previous studies. Other efforts to increase glycogen synthesis rates by changing the form of administration (ie, as a solution, as a solid, or intravenously) have been unsuccessful. While the above range of intake rates has been suggested to maximize muscle glycogen resynthesis post-exercise, the required dosage with sweet corn derived high glycemic starch and its effect on a subsequent time trial exercise is currently unknown. So, investigators objective in this experiment is to find out optimal sweet corn derived recovery ingestion dose by using a glycogen lowering exercise protocol, followed by glycogen repletion via ingestion and a subsequent 20 km time trial cycling performance. ;


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NCT number NCT03682861
Study type Interventional
Source Western University, Canada
Contact Peter Lemon, PhD
Phone 519 6612111
Email plemon@uwo.ca
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 30, 2018
Completion date September 30, 2019

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