Blood Glucose Regulation during Prolonged, Submaximal, Continuous Exercise: A Guide for Clinicians

Blood glucose regulation during prolonged, submaximal, continuous exercise: a guide for clinicians.

Management of many chronic diseases now includes regular exercise as part of a viable treatment plan. Exercise in the form of prolonged, submaximal, continuous exercise (SUBEX; i.e., approximately 30 min to 1 h, approximately 40-70% of maximal oxygen uptake) is often prescribed due to its relatively low risk, the willingness of patients to undertake, its efficacy, its affordability, and its eas...

During prolonged low-intensity exercise, caffeine alters blood glucose levels

Caffeine modifies blood glucose availability during prolonged low-intensity exercise in individuals with type-2 diabetes

OBJECTIVE The study investigated the effect of supplementation with maltodextrin (CHO) alone or associated to caffeine during exercise in T2DM subjects. METHODS Pilot study, using eight subjects with T2DM, aged 55±10 years, received CHO (1 g/kg) or caffeine (1.5 mg/kg) alone or associated before exercise protocol. The exercise was executed at 40% heart rate (HR) reserve for 40 min, with 10-mi...

The prolonged intake of L-arginine-L-aspartate reduces blood lactate accumulation and oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise.

L-arginine-L-aspartate is widely used by athletes for its potentially ergogenic properties. However, only little information on its real efficacy is available from controlled studies. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of prolonged supplementation with L-arginine-L-aspartate on metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses to submaximal exercise in healthy athletes by a double blind placebo-contro...

Hyperalimentation: A Guide for Clinicians

autoimmune etiologies of infertility are interesting and provocative. For example, Handwerger summarizes the evidence of humoral and cell-mediated abnormalities in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. That the autoimmune system in diabetics might be abnormal was suggested by the seemingly higher incidence of infections in diabetics (the author points out, however, that whether well-controlled d...