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Lecture 2b: Fat Metabolism Flashcards

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What lipids are transported directly into blood?

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  1. Glycerol
  2. Short-chain fatty acids
  3. Medium-chain fatty acids
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What lipids are transported through lymph system and then blood?

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  1. Triglycerides
  2. Cholesterol
  3. Phospholipids
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What is the historical overview of fat and CHO usage?

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In the 1900’s high fat diets were promoted, then came fat and CHO diets in the 1910’s and by 1960s CHO popularity grew

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High CHO diet increases the stores of what?

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Increases muscle glycogen stores

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What does increased muscle glycogen stores do for endurance capacity?

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Delays onset of fatigue and therefore increases endurance capacity

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Trained vs Untrained fat usage during exercise

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A trained person will use more fat than an untrained person at a given intensity

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High fat diet: Metabolic adaption to capillarisation

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Increased capillarisation of muscle (Increased blood flow)

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High fat diet: Metabolic adaption to TAG

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Increased Intramuscular Triglycerides (IMTG) content

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High fat diet: Metabolic adaption to sensitivity

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Increased sensitivity of adipose & muscle cells to epinephrine

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High fat diet: Metabolic adaption to mitochondria

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Increase in number & size of skeletal muscle mitochondria

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High fat diet: Metabolic adaption to enzymes

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  • Increase in enzymes involved in fat transport and metabolism
  • Increased activity of oxidative enzymes
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What do all the metabolic adaptions to exercise from high fat diets lead to?

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increased use of fat as a fuel

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What is the adaption to endurance exercise?

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Metabolic adaptations to endurance exercise allow a trained individual to use proportionally more fat and less CHO at a given workload.

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What is the adaption to high fat diets?

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Some research has shown that people adapted to high fat diets undergo similar metabolic changes as those seen with endurance training e.g. Increased intra-muscular TG, changes in enzymes involved in fat oxidation e.g. carnitine palmitoyl transferase.

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What is one potential limitation of high CHO diets?

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CHO oxidation is increased, reducing fat oxidation

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Increasing the proportion of fat used during exercise will increase what?

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the rate of CHO utilisation - spare muscle glycogen. Optimising fat usage means you can conserve the CHO store for when intensity is high.

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Why do we want to savour CHO stores?

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Unlike CHO there is virtually unlimited storage of fat

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Why is fat the easiest way to increase energy intake?

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It is energy dense:
Per gram of fat = 37kJ
Per gram of CHO = 17kJ

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How much ATP does fat produce per gram?

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How much ATP does CHO produce per gram?

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How much storage of fat does the body have?

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5500 - 10500 g

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How much storage of CHO does the body have?

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620 - 650 g

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Disadvantage of fat as a fuel - oxygen

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CHO produces greater ATP yield per unit of oxygen

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Disadvantage of fat as a fuel - transportation in blood

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Fat = via lymph system
CHO = intestinal abosrbtion

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Disadvantage of fat as a fuel - intensity
Cannot be used anaerobically - need oxygen
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What are the main storage sites of fat?
As triglycerides in Adipose tissue (5000-10000g) As intra-muscular triglyceride in muscle (350g)
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What are the main storage sites of CHO?
As glycogen in Muscle (500g) As glycogen in Liver (100-120g) As glucose in blood plasma (25g)
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What happens to fat when you just start exercising?
TAG's are broken into FFA and glycerol. Glycerol goes to the liver and FFA's are transported to muscle
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What happens once FFA's reach muscle cells?
Enter the mitochondria to generate ATP
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What effects the rate of fat oxidation?
- Exercise intensity - Exercise duration - Preceding diet - Training status - Plasma FFA (Free Fatty Acids) concentration - Endogenous and exogenous CHO availability
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At rest, what percentage of energy comes from fat?
over 50%
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At 25% VO2 max, what percentage of energy comes from fat?
over 80% (fat dominant)
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At 65% VO2 max what percent of energy comes from fat?
50% fat, increased IMTG use
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At 85% VO2 max, what percent of energy comes from fat?
25% fat, decreased plasma FFA, decreased IMTG use
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What is the short term adaption to high fat diets? (1-3 days)
Decreased resting muscle & liver glycogen stores. Decreased CHO oxidation during subsequent exercise. Impairment of endurance capacity & performance of prolonged exercise.
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What are the short term adaptions to high fat diets (5-10 days)?
- Metabolic adaptations -> increased fat oxidation during exercise - Compensate for decreased CHO availability
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How long does it take for training capacity to be restored on a ketogenic/high fat diet?
within 2-3 weeks, but very variable between athletes
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What does fat oxidation look like after 3 weeks on a ketogenic diet?
- Maximal rates of fat oxidation shift from 45% to 70% VO2peak - Overall fat oxidation rates increase
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What is the general consensus of performance on a ketogenic diet?
No difference or worse off
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High fat vs High CHO diet for endurance performance
Majority of studies show no difference
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What diet do sports nutritionists recommend?
do not recommend a “high carbohydrate diet’ for all athletes, an individualised approach
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How should CHO intake be periodised?
should not be static, but periodised across training cycles according to the fuel cost of training load, and importance of training
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When should there be high CHO availability?
high intensity /volume /quality / technique
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What factors do we need to consider when designing diets? (Individual)
Individual preference: High fat diets = psychological impact
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What factors do we need to consider when designing diets? (energy)
Total energy expenditure: Many sporting events require athletes to exercise for many hours over several days or weeks
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What factors do we need to consider when designing diets? (recovery)
Limited time for recovery could mean limited time for glycogen repletion
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What should you conduct a meal plan and nutrition principles based on?
- Meeting energy expenditure - Minimising weight loss - Optimise Energy : weight ratio of foods - Nature of event - Preference

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