Table 3.

Most common factors referenced by participants correctly identifying treatments during study 2

	After consumption	Pre-TTE cycling	Post-TTE cycling
SB-SOL	Bad taste/fizzy	Side-effects	Better performance
SB-CAP	No correct guesses	Side-effects	Better performance
PL-SOL	Sweet/good taste	Absence of side-effects	Absence of side-effects
PL-CAP	No taste	Absence of side-effects	Worse performance

SB-SOL = NaHCO₃ in solution; SB-CAP = NaHCO₃ in capsules; PL-SOL = placebo in solution; PL-CAP = placebo in capsules