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CARB-DEPLETION DIET [1 record]

Record 1 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Sports - General
CONT

You should start your carb load 36-48 hours before race morning. ... You'll hear about athletes going on a "carb depletion" diet for the week leading up to [a] marathon, starving themselves of glycogen so that, supposedly, their body will horde the sugars thrown at it during the carb load.

Key term(s)
  • carbohydrate-depletion diet
  • carb-depletion diet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Sports - Généralités

Spanish

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