Table 1.

Plasma lactate and glucose responses during rest and exercise in mmol.L⁻¹ as mean ± SD following ingestion of cortisol (COR) or placebo (PLA).

	Blood lactate (mmol/L)		Blood glucose (mmol/L)
	COR	PLA	COR	PLA
Baseline	1.48±0.45	2.01±1.36	5.5±0.44	5.5±0.44
60 min post-ingestion	1.67±0.76	2.66±0.54	5.4±0.36	5.4±0.36
BL 1	9.3±2.6*	9.8±4.6*	5.9±1.36	6.46±0.8
BL 2	9.8±4.2*	9.9±4.6*	6.7±1.05&	7.1±1.2&

Significant effect of time with exercise lactate levels being significantly (

^*P < 0.01) higher than both baseline and 60 min post-ingestion. Blood glucose responses were significantly higher at exercise 2 compared to 60 min post-ingestion (

^&P < 0.01).