Effects of seven days’ fasting on physical performance and metabolic adaptation during exercise in humans

Effects of seven days’ fasting on physical performance and metabolic adaptation during exercise in humans

Abstract Humans have, throughout history, faced periods of starvation necessitating increased physical effort to gather food. To explore adaptations in muscle function, 13 participants (7 males and 6 females) fasted for seven days. They lost 4.6 ± 0.3 kg lean and 1.4 ± 0.1 kg fat mass. Maximal isome...

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Main Authors: Kristoffer J. Kolnes, Emelie T. F. Nilsen, Steffen Brufladt, Allison M. Meadows, Per B. Jeppesen, Øyvind Skattebo, Egil I. Johansen, Jesper B. Birk, Kurt Højlund, Janne Hingst, Bjørn S. Skålhegg, Rasmus Kjøbsted, Julian L. Griffin, Anders J. Kolnes, Stephen O’Rahilly, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Jørgen Jensen
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55418-0
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