Open AccessHigh-Quality Carbohydrates and Physical Performance
Author(s) -
Mitch Kanter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nutrition today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1538-9839
pISSN - 0029-666X
DOI - 10.1097/nt.0000000000000238
Subject(s) - athletes , quality (philosophy) , intensity (physics) , training (meteorology) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychology , physics , meteorology , quantum mechanics
While all experts agreed that protein needs for performance are likely greater than believed in past generations, particularly for strength training athletes, and that dietary fat could sustain an active person through lower-intensity training bouts, current research still points to carbohydrate as an indispensable energy source for high-intensity performance.