Publications by authors named "Elizabeth E Gockel-Blessing"
J Sports Sci Med
June 2015
Article Synopsis
- A study aimed to confirm previous findings that a low dietary potential renal acid load (PRAL) diet, which promotes alkalinity, affects exercise performance and substrate utilization.
- The research involved subjects performing a graded treadmill exercise test and an anaerobic performance test while on low-PRAL and high-PRAL diets.
- Results showed that the low-PRAL diet led to lower maximal exercise respiratory exchange ratio (RER), increased time to exhaustion during anaerobic exercise, and a tendency for lower RER during submaximal exercise, suggesting benefits in exercise performance by favoring fat oxidation over carbohydrate use.
