Effect of Nutritional Supplement on Substrate Oxidation and Inflammation in Endurance Exercise
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 4824
Special Issue Editor
Interests: resistance exercise; endurance exercise; sprint exercise; hypoxia; heat acclimation; iron metabolism; energy availability; muscle glycogen; glucose metabolism; fat metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbohydrate consumption has been known to be associated with exercise performance since the early 20th century. The availability of carbohydrate as a substrate for skeletal muscle contraction and the central nervous system (e.g., the brain) is important for exercise performance in endurance sports. Performance-enhancing effects are often achieved by intaking carbohydrates before exercise to replenish muscle and liver glycogen stores and to maintain blood glucose levels and glucose oxidation rates during prolonged exercise. Along with carbohydrate, fat is also an important fuel for energy metabolism. Research has proved that as the total energy demand of the body increases with exercise intensity, the proportion of carbohydrate involved in energy supply gradually increases, while the proportion of fat gradually decreases. As fat stores are much larger than carbohydrates, endurance athletes tend to utilize as much of their fat stores as possible. Researchers, coaches and athletes are trying to develop nutritional strategies to improve fat metabolism and reduce reliance on carbohydrate stores, such as fasting, high-fat/low-carbohydrate diets, etc. Additionally, some nutritional supplements such as caffeine and carnitine are thought to have a positive effect on promoting fat oxidation. Furthermore, carbohydrate is expected to attenuate exercise-induced inflammation. Insufficient carbohydrate intake with decreased muscle and liver glycogen stores facilitates inflammation, which is associated with augmented fatigue and impaired iron metabolism. This special issue aims to collect the latest discussions about the impact of nutritional manipulation on substrate oxidation, fatigue and inflammation in the field of exercise.
Prof. Dr. Kazushige Goto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endurance
- exercise
- substrate oxidation
- fat
- carbohydrate
- muscle glycogen
- liver glycogen
- supplements
- sports nutrition
- inflammation
- fatigue
