CARBOHYDRATES IN SPORTS
CARBOHYDRATES IN SPORTS

Author(s): Andreea Moroșanu
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Sports Studies
Published by: CEEOLPRESS
Keywords: Carbohydrates; Physical activity; Sport; Energy substrate; Adenosine triphosphate; Glucose; Glycogen;
Summary/Abstract: Carbohydrates are a part of the essential macronutrients required for human nutrition and constitute the preferential energy substrate in physical effort. They are necessary in certain proportions, namely 50–55% of the daily energy intake in the general population and up to 65% of the daily energy intake in performance athletes. Carbohydrates are present in various forms (simple or complex) and with specific ingestion indications (type, amount, before, during, and after physical effort) for athletes or people practicing physical activity. Optimization, flexibility, and personalization of carbohydrate consumption are necessary to achieve the maximum expected and desired physical performance and to avoid adverse effects due to physical activity: fatigue, muscle pain, metabolic (

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