Substrate Digest

Issue 03: Drink up, or your fuel stops working

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Nine trained cyclists who let themselves get 2.8% of body mass down burned about 16% less of the glucose they drank, with no warning sign from the stomach at all. Also this week: a reported carbohydrate gap in female athletes, a Science review on sugars and the human brain, a plant based performance null, and a quiet week for gut science with one probiotic trial to show for it.

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