Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 17, 2025

For decades, high-carbohydrate diets have been considered the gold standard for fueling endurance activities, largely due to their ability to optimize muscle glycogen stores. Advocates of low-carb diets argue that fat adaptation can enhance endurance by increasing fat oxidation. What’s this all mean? What’s this all mean?

Exercise 75

Exercise Diet Physiology Research 75

Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 4, 2025

Exercise has never been so en vogue—for better or worse. By worse, I mean we often discuss exercise as a panacea. Just exercise. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the realm of sleep, where exercise is often promoted as a way to help people sleep better, longer, and more deeply. Overweight? Or does it?

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Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 24, 2025

Last week, I wrote about a new study comparing low-carb and high-carb diets for endurance performance. 1 If you want the tl;dr, here it is: After 6 weeks on either a low- or high-carb diet, athletes experienced similar performance outcomes during a time-to-exhaustion test , a result that vindicates low-carb diets once and for all.

Physiology 64

Physiology Diet Exercise BMI 64

Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 11, 2025

Wouldn’t someone who’s larger need more carbs during exercise? That’s not what previous data indicate, showing a lack of an association between body size and peak glucose oxidation rate during exercise. More in, more out. Some minor differences were observed in perceptual responses.

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Exercise Physiology Research Download 64

DAIC

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

tim.hodson Mon, 02/03/2025 - 12:30 January 29, 2025 Roche announced today that the Tina-quant Lipoprotein (a) Gen.2 More than 90% of the Lp(a) level is influenced by variations in the genes controlling the Lp(a) particle production, 2 in which lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise have no significant impact.

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Cardiovascular Disease Aortic valve Biomarkers Innovation 52

Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 20, 2024

On the other hand, high-GI foods might be a boon for exercisers who want a quick energy source or a fast way to refuel after training. Post-exercise carbs were exclusively low-GI foods. Eur J Nutr 64, 23 (2025). How’s this apply to athletes? Just use the coupon code BRADY30 at checkout. 1 Vlahoyiannis, A., Andreou, E.,

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