Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 75, Issue 5 2168-2172, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Exogenous carbohydrate oxidation from different carbohydrate sources during exercise

W. H. Saris, B. H. Goodpaster, A. E. Jeukendrup, F. Brouns, D. Halliday and A. J. Wagenmakers
Department of Human Biology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The exogenous carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation of naturally enriched [13C]CHO sources with different solubilities was studied during cycling exercise (150 min, 60% maximum work output). Moreover, the effect of adding a 13C tracer with different physical properties than the tracee on exogenous CHO oxidation was investigated. Test solutions (28.5 ml/kg body wt) were water for control of 13C background, 15% soluble partially hydrolyzed corn starch (SOL), 15% insoluble corn starch (In-SOL), and 15% InSOL with [13C6]glucose as tracer. Both the mean and peak exogenous oxidation rates were significantly greater (P < 0.05) in the SOL trial than in the InSOL trial (mean oxidation rate, 0.84 +/- 0.21 and 0.50 +/- 0.15 g/min, respectively; peak oxidation rate, 1.10 +/- 0.18 and 0.81 +/- 0.25 g/min, respectively). The amount of the ingested CHO that was oxidized was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the SOL trial (126 +/- 31 g) than in the InSOL trial (75 +/- 25 g). When we added an extrinsic tracer ([13C]glucose), the apparent mean and peak oxidation rates of the trial with InSOL and [13C6]glucose were significantly (P < 0.05) higher (0.91 +/- 0.30 and 1.23 +/- 0.41, respectively) than the InSOL values. These results 1) indicate that the addition of the soluble [13C]glucose tracer to an insoluble starch tracee leads to overestimation of the exogenous CHO oxidation rates and 2) suggest that soluble CHO is oxidized at a higher rate during exercise than isocaloric insoluble CHO.

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