Acute carbohydrate ingestion does not influence the post-exercise iron-regulatory response in elite keto-adapted race walkers

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Objectives: Adhering to a low carbohydrate (CHO)high fat (LCHF)diet can alter markers of iron metabolism in endurance athletes. This investigation examined the re-introduction of CHO prior to, and during exercise on the iron-regulatory response to exercise in a homogenous (in regard to serum ferritin concentration)group of athletes adapted to a LCHF diet. Design: Parallel groups design. Methods: Three weeks prior to the exercise trials, twenty-three elite race walkers adhered to either a CHO-rich (n = 14)or LCHF diet (n = 9). A standardised 19–25 km race walk was performed while athletes were still adhering to their allocated dietary intervention (Adapt). A second test was performed three days later, where all athletes were placed on a high CHO diet (CHO Restoration). Venous blood samples were collected pre-, post- and 3 h post-exercise and measured for interleukin-6 (IL-6)and hepcidin-25. Results: The post-exercise IL-6 increase was greater in LCHF (p < 0.001)during both the Adapt (LCHF: 13.1-fold increase; 95% CI: 5.6–23.0, CHO: 8.0-fold increase; 5.1–11.1)and CHO Restoration trials (LCHF: 18.5-fold increase; 10.9–28.9, CHO: 6.3-fold increase; 3.9–9.5); outcomes were not different between trials (p = 0.84). Hepcidin-25 concentrations increased 3 h post-exercise (p < 0.001), however, they did not differ between trials (p = 0.46)or diets (p = 0.84). Conclusions: The elevated IL-6 response in athletes adapted to a LCHF diet was not attenuated by an acute increase in exogenous CHO availability. Despite diet-induced differences in IL-6 response to exercise, post-exercise hepcidin levels were similar between diets and trials, indicating CHO availability has minimal influence on post-exercise iron metabolism.

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McKay, A. K. A., Peeling, P., Pyne, D. B., Welvaert, M., Tee, N., Leckey, J. J., … Burke, L. M. (2019). Acute carbohydrate ingestion does not influence the post-exercise iron-regulatory response in elite keto-adapted race walkers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(6), 635–640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.12.015

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