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Intensive physical effort is a great metabolic challenge for the body – it requires the efficient functioning of many various biochemical pathways of energy generation, the demand for which may be even 20 to 30 times higher during exercise than during rest. Carbohydrates, namely glucose, constitute the basic source of energy during all types of activity. It can be obtained by working muscles from the following sources (resources): muscle glycogen, supplying the largest amounts of glucose during high-intensity workouts which do not exceed 100 minutes, liver glycogen, constituting the primary source of glucose during long-term medium-intensity workouts.
As the workout progresses, glycogen resources become gradually depleted. When the duration of low-intensity physical effort increases considerably, free fatty acids originating from the decomposition of fat tissue become the primary sources of energy for working muscles.
In order to maintain high intensity of physical effort, individuals who practice sports are recommended to ingest carbohydrates during their workout (1,2); it is particularly important if the training session exceeds one hour. In that case, athletes should consume 0.7 g of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight per hour, and professional athletes, engaging in particularly strenuous workouts, should consume even 90 g per hour (during training sessions exceeding 2 hours). Furthermore, research has shown that carbohydrates, which are the sources of glucose only (4, 5, 6), should be provided in the form of a mixture of glucose and fructose, which significantly increases the oxidation ratio of exogenous carbohydrates and exercise capacity (3).
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