Table 1. Food intake of subjects before three different interventions. Values expressed in mean (±SD).
Food intake CMR DWL DAL p-value
24 hours before exercise
Energy intake (Kcal) 2453.8 ± 752.7 2280.2 ± 547.9 2965.0 ± 1182.9 .226
Carbohydrate intake (g) 307.4 ± 109.2 278.3 ± 76.6 359.4 ± 150.9 .223
Carbohydrate contribution (%) 50.5 ± 8.3 48.9 ± 5.9 48.4 ± 7.0 .766
Carbohydrate contribution (g/kg) 4.1 ± 1.5 3.8 ± 1.0 4.9 ± 2.0 .337
Protein intake (g) 144.0 ± 44.8 136.1 ± 33.7 196.6 ± 128.4 .228
Protein contribution (%) 24.1 ± 6.0 24.6 ± 5.8 25.8 ± 7.6 .268
Protein contribution (g/kg) 2.0 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 1.7 .229
Lipid intake (g) 72.0 ± 38.1 69.2 ± 27.0 82.3 ± 33.6 .611
Lipid contribution (%) 25.4 ± 9.1 26.6 ± 5.7 25.8 ± 6.2 .915
Lipid contribution (g/kg) 1.0 ± 0.5 0.9 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0.5 0.612
Meal before exercise
Energy intake (Kcal) 669.2 ± 137.0 641.6 ± 132.3 621.1 ± 92.9 .199
Carbohydrate intake (g) 74.62 ± 20.1 70.7 ± 17.9 68.2 ± 18.8 .666
Carbohydrate contribution (%) 44.8 ± 9.1 44.2 ± 8.6 43.5 ± 7.5 .938
Carbohydrate contribution (g/kg) 1.0 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.3 474
Protein intake (g) 62.9 ± 21.4 61.6 ± 18.7 57.2 ± 16.1 .736
Protein contribution (%) 37.6 ± 9.2 38.1 ± 6.2 36.7 ± 8.8 .922
Protein contribution (g/kg) 0.9 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.2 .474
Lipid intake (g) 12.2 ± 4.1 11.8 ± 4.0 12.5 ± 5.7 .921
Lipid contribution (%) 16.4 ± 4.7 16.8 ± 5.6 18.7 ± 9.7 .374
Lipid contribution (g/kg) 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 .922
CMR = carbohydrate mouth rinse. DWL = drinking to replace all the weight lost. DAL = drinking “ad libitum”. p-value for repeated measures analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA)