Substrate Digest

Substrate Digest

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  • Issue 02: The best fiber is the one you keep taking

    A six week randomized trial found people stuck with a daily inulin dose about six times better than with a supported exercise programme, a reminder that adherence, not potency, is where most gut protocols live or die. Elsewhere, a 200,000 adult cohort analysis reported that diet quality, not processing level, predicted disease risk, and a probiotic blend held the gut barrier roughly steady through a competitive weight cut.

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    15 min
  • Issue 01: Two sugars beat one, even on an empty tank

    A double blind crossover trial found a 2:1 glucose to fructose blend oxidized more of the carbohydrate athletes actually swallowed, whether they were fully fueled or two days into an energy deficit. Elsewhere this week, carb loading research turned out to be mostly unblinded, and at the IRONMAN Worlds it was logistics and nerves, not knowledge, that broke women's fueling plans.

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    15 min

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