Table 1.
Daily energy intake, dietary composition and glycaemic index before and during post-exercise recovery
| Pre-exercise | Recovery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 days | Meal 1 | Meal 2 | Meal 3 | ||||
| Habitual | before | Breakfast | 1 h | 4 h | 7h | Average | |
| Energy (kcal) | 2987 ± 229 | 3005 ± 300 | 205 ± 0 | 1446 ± 94 | 690 ± 33 | 815 ± 57 | 984 ± 78 |
| CHO(%) | 54 ± 1.6 | 60 ± 1.8* | 84 ± 0 | 70 ± 0.5 | 64 ± 0.8 | 65 ± 1.7 | 66 ± 0.9 |
| Fat(%) | 32 ± 1.2 | 26 ± 1.6* | 12 ± 0 | 19 ± 0.3 | 22 ± 0.4 | 22 ± 1.9 | 21 ± 0.8 |
| Protein (%) | 14 ± 0.7 | 14 ± 0.9 | 4 ± 0 | 11 ± 0.2 | 14 ± 0.4 | 13 ± 0.3 | 13 ± 0.3 |
| CHO (g (kg body wt)−1) | ND | ND | 0.63 ± 0.02 | 3.5 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.2 |
| Glycaemic index (GI) | ND | ND | 68.7 ± 0.0 | 64.1 ± 0.3 | 62.3 ± 0.3 | 55.8 ± 0.5 | 64.5 ± 0.6 |
Values are means ±s.e.m., n = 8. CHO, carbohydrate; ND, not determined.
*
Significantly different (P < 0.05) from habitual.