One week of high carbohydrate intake does not reduce exercise-related inflammation and iron regulation responses

Post-exercise interleukin-6 and serum hepcidin levels were significantly elevated on days 1 and 7 during both high and low carbohydrate diets.

• A high carbohydrate diet (8 g kg(-1)) did not reduce post-exercise IL-6 and hepcidin levels compared to a low carbohydrate diet (3 g kg(-1)).
• Elevated IL-6 and hepcidin levels were observed immediately post-exercise and at 3 hours post-exercise regardless of the carbohydrate intake.
• Both dietary conditions resulted in significant increases in these markers (p = 0.001) from pre-exercise to post-exercise measurements.
• The findings may be influenced by the modest training load and recovery period between exercise sessions.

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