A randomised counter-balanced intervention study in endurance athletes
To characterise glycaemic, dietary, physiological, and metabolic responses around intense endurance exercise and training in ultra-endurance athletes. Primary objective • Detail the proportion of time spent in glycaemic ranges over a prolonged period of training under the influence of different GI diets in Ultra-endurance athletes. Secondary Objectives * Characterise physiological responses to differing GI diets during a period of extensive endurance exercise through hormonal markers. * Observe the influence of differing GI diets on the impact of endurance performance and short term recovery from endurance exercise, detailing the influence of different GI carbohydrate on the restoration of performance output. * Observe the perception of wellness and gut discomfort using either high or low GI diets supplemented with high or low GI carbohydrates.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
10
Diet will be supplemented with a beverage containing Isomaltulose as a carbohydrate source.
Diet will be supplemented using a beverage containing Maltodextrin.
Swansea Univeristy
Swansea, United Kingdom
Interstitial Glucose Percentage Coefficient of Variation.
A metric which is related to the daily variation of Interstitial Glucose concentration relative to mean concentration.
Time frame: 24 months
Mean blood and interstitial glucose concentration.
A measure of mean concentration of glucose in both blood and interstitial fluid.
Time frame: 24 Months
% Time Spent in Range
A characterisation of Interstitial Glucose Concentration in defined ranges.Hyperglycaemia (+7 mmol.L-1), Euglycaemia (4.0-7 mmol.L-1), Hypoglycaemia (\<3.9 mmol.L-1).
Time frame: 24 Months
Performance changes
Physical performance as measured by time to task failure following re-feed protocol of either high or low glycaemic carbohydrates
Time frame: 24 Months
Cardio vascular indicators during exercise
Observing potential changes in the following during repeated exercise trial. Heart rate Vo2 Fuel Oxidization Carbohydrate:Fat oxidization
Time frame: 24 Months
Metabolic and hormonal change in response to re-feed of high or low glycaemic carbohydrate.
Observing any potential adaptation or impact on metabolic or hormones. Assessed through the following Insulin response Intestinal fatty-acid binding protein (iFABP) Triglycerides Glycerol Free Fatty Acids Liver stress enzymes (Alkaline Phosphatase, Aspartate aminotransferase, Alanine transaminase, Gamma-glutamyl transferase \& total bilirubin) Cardiac and Muscle enzymes (Heart-type fatty acid binding protein, Cardiac troponin, Creatine kinase \& Myoglobin) Ketones
Time frame: 24 Months
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Gut distress
Record of potential gut distress via Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS).
Time frame: 24 Months
3. Comparison of lifestyle and wellness when on either high or low Glycaemic diet.
Observing impact or changes on daily background activity and sleep.
Time frame: 24 months