2018 Volume 18 Issue 8 Pages 367-373
Many athletes and physical activity practitioners consider fat and lipid as the performance and health deteriorating factors and have been frequently advised to consume them as little as possible. However, we have recently found that co-ingestion of fat with carbohydrate potentiated post-exercise muscle glycogen recovery and dietary intake of functional lipid ameliorated immobilization-induced muscle atrophy, suggesting that lipid intake can exert favorable effects in athletes. In this review, we describe the new nutritional strategies using lipid to enhance exercise performance.
