Metabolic Aspects of Low Carbohydrate Diets and Exercise

Overview

Journal Nutr Metab (Lond)

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2004 Oct 28

PMID 15507161

Citations 8

Authors

Sandra J Peters

Paul J LeBlanc

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Abstract

Following a low carbohydrate diet, there is a shift towards more fat and less carbohydrate oxidation to provide energy to skeletal muscle, both at rest and during exercise. This review summarizes recent work on human skeletal muscle carbohydrate and fat metabolic adaptations to a low carbohydrate diet, focusing mainly on pyruvate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, and how these changes relate to the capacity for carbohydrate oxidation during exercise.

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