Metabolic aspects of low carbohydrate diets and exercise

Metabolic aspects of low carbohydrate diets and exercise

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Abstract Following a low carbohydrate diet, there is a shift towards Duffel Bag 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 Christmas Statue dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, and how these changes relate to the capacity for carbohydrate oxidation during exercise.