The effect of exercise, alcohol or both combined on health and physical performance.
- 2008-12-17
Published in:
- International journal of obesity (2005). - 2008
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholic Beverages
Athletic Performance
Bicycling
Energy Metabolism
Ethanol
Exercise
Female
Humans
Lipid Metabolism
Male
Physical Endurance
Postprandial Period
Running
English
Alcohol (ethanol) is consumed on a daily basis by a large fraction of the population, and in many countries, light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is considered as an integral part of the diet. Although the relationship between alcohol intake and obesity is controversial, regular consumption of alcohol, through its effects in suppressing fat oxidation, is regarded as a risk factor for weight gain, increased abdominal obesity and hypertriglyceridemia. Indeed, alcohol taken with a meal leads to an increase in postprandial lipemia-an effect on postprandial metabolism that is opposite to that observed with exercise. Furthermore, although regular exercise training and/or a preprandial exercise session reduce postprandial lipemia independently of alcohol ingestion, the exercise-induced reduction in postprandial lipemia is nonetheless less pronounced when alcohol is also consumed with the meal. Whether or not alcohol influences exercise and sport performance remains contradictory. It is believed that alcohol has deleterious effects on the performance, although it may contribute to reduce pain and anxiety. The alcohol effects on sports performance depend on the type and dosage of alcohol, acute vs chronic administration, the alcohol elimination rate as well as the type of exercise.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1038/ijo.2008.206
- PMID 19079280
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/104163
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