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01-12-2014 | Poster presentation
Effect of acute green tea extract ingestion on fat oxidation during exercise in women
Authors:
Harriet Lloyd, Conrad P Earnest
Published in:
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Green tea and green tea extract (GTE) consumption is associated with health, exercise performance, fat oxidation and weight loss owing to studies reporting positive effects accompanying chronic supplementation (>30 d). While the overall literature surrounding GTE is equivocal, little data exists examining the effects of acute supplementation prior to exercise (< 24 hr). The primary aim of our current study was to investigate the effects of acute decaffeinated GTE ingestion on fat oxidation rates during moderate-intensity exercise in physically active females. …