Oxidation of combined ingestion of glucose and fructose during exercise

Dec 6, 2003Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

How the Body Uses Glucose and Fructose Together for Energy During Exercise

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Peak exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates reached 1.26 g/min when cyclists ingested a combination of fructose and glucose during exercise.

Cyclists performed four trials with varying carbohydrate solutions during 120 minutes of cycling at moderate intensity.
Exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates were significantly higher in the combination of fructose and glucose compared to glucose alone.
Average oxidation rates during the latter part of the exercise were also higher for the fructose and glucose combination.
A trend indicated lower endogenous carbohydrate oxidation with the fructose and glucose combination, though it was not statistically significant.

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The purpose of the present study was to examine whether combined ingestion of a large amount of fructose and glucose during cycling exercise would lead to exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates >1 g/min. Eight trained cyclists (maximal O(2) consumption: 62 +/- 3 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)) performed four exercise trials in random order. Each trial consisted of 120 min of cycling at 50% maximum power output (63 +/- 2% maximal O(2) consumption), while subjects received a solution providing either 1.2 g/min of glucose (Med-Glu), 1.8 g/min of glucose (High-Glu), 0.6 g/min of fructose + 1.2 g/min of glucose (Fruc+Glu), or water. The ingested fructose was labeled with [U-(13)C]fructose, and the ingested glucose was labeled with [U-(14)C]glucose. Peak exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates were approximately 55% higher (P < 0.001) in Fruc+Glu (1.26 +/- 0.07 g/min) compared with Med-Glu and High-Glu (0.80 +/- 0.04 and 0.83 +/- 0.05 g/min, respectively). Furthermore, the average exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates over the 60- to 120-min exercise period were higher (P < 0.001) in Fruc+Glu compared with Med-Glu and High-Glu (1.16 +/- 0.06, 0.75 +/- 0.04, and 0.75 +/- 0.04 g/min, respectively). There was a trend toward a lower endogenous carbohydrate oxidation in Fruc+Glu compared with the other two carbohydrate trials, but this failed to reach statistical significance (P = 0.075). The present results demonstrate that, when fructose and glucose are ingested simultaneously at high rates during cycling exercise, exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates can reach peak values of approximately 1.3 g/min.

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