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J Appl Physiol 56: 78-83, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 1 78-83, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Adaptations to a high-fat diet that increase exercise endurance in male rats

W. C. Miller, G. R. Bryce and R. K. Conlee

Eighty-seven male Sprague-Dawley rats (245-300 g) were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups. The first group consumed a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrate (LCD), whereas the second group ate a normal diet (ND). After either 1 or 5 wk on the diets, rats from each group were killed either before or after an exhausting run on a rodent treadmill (35 m X min-1, 0% grade). The LCD animals ran significantly longer before exhaustion at both week 1 (44.9 +/- 5.1 vs. 41.6 +/- 4.2 min) and week 5 (47.1 +/- 3.6 vs. 35.5 +/- 3.1 min) (P less than 0.05). Adaptations to the LCD included lower muscle and liver glycogen content, decreased rate of glycogen breakdown during exercise, decreased lactate production, and elevated blood ketone levels. In addition to these substrate changes, the LCD caused increased enzyme activities of muscular 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (35-110%) and citrate synthase (15-20%). These data indicate that rats exposed to a high-fat diet are capable of prolonged intense exercise in spite of limited glycogen stores. This improved capacity for exercise appears to be partially the result of muscular adaptations to the diet, which apparently increase the ability to oxidize fat and concomitantly spare glycogen.


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