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Citrulline as Substrate Switch. Galactose as Workout Fuel, Glycogen Repletion Not Urgent, 2x a Day 6x a Week = Too Much For Your Antioxidant System, Astaxanthin For IgA

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Actually it's not the burn during the workout that matters, but I don't have to tell you that , do I? (pic i-am-beast.com ) What do you do with a whole host of interesting exercise-related nutrition news that are piling up in your archive, but are too good to be "burned" as short links with one sentence of text on the  SuppVersity Facebook Wall? Right! You compile all those news into a potpourri, attach the label "SuppVersity News Potpourri" to it and blow them out in a blogpost of their own. A post that covers the whole peri-workout window as well as the short-/long-term effects on exercise on your anti-oxidant and immune system. Sounds good? Well, then go ahead... Immediate post-workout glycogen repletion in endurance athletes probably useless (Carlsohn. 2013) While the hormonal response and the long-term effects of running around with depleted glycogen levels are a totally different animal, the latest research from the University Outpatient ...
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Post-Workout Glycogen Repletion - The Role of Protein, Leucine, Phenylalanine and Insulin. Plus: Protein & Carbs How Much do You Actually Need After a Workout?

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Pascal Behrenbruch , German decathlete and one of those athletes whose performance during a meet will certainly depend on "optimal" glycogen repletion between the different sports. Within the past couple of weeks I have often talked (on the Science Round-Up ) and written (here at the SuppVersity ) about the importance of glycogen repletion to maintain optimal exercise performance and stave off the metabolic downregulation that's a characteristic of the nasty combination of overtraining and undereating . The recent post on the anti-plateau effect of sucrose should actually have made it quite clear: Even when you are "just" dieting, you should make it a priority to satisfy your body's desire to have an adequate reserve of glucose in the muscle and more importantly the liver. But what does that mean? Do you really have to guzzle gallons of sugar water (aka weight gainers ) after a workout? Certainly not. The notion that you need to flood your skeleta...
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