The effects of sago supplementation for exercise in a warm-humid environment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health (Sport & Exercise) at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
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2016
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Whilst carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion during exercise with heat stress theoretically
has some benefits for performance there is a lack of evidence on the effects of
complex-CHO on exercise and recovery in warm-humid (tropical) conditions. The
aims of this thesis were to investigate the effects of sago feeding on exercise
performance, some physiological parameters, substrate metabolism, and
thermoregulatory responses in the condition of exercise with thermal stress. The
initial experimental study investigated the reliability of two novel laboratory-based
cycling protocols in the presence of significant thermal stress. These protocols
would then be employed in the second part of this thesis. The data indicate that the
15 min time-trial pre-loaded with 45 min fixed-intensity (Chapter 5, Study A) and 15
min time-trial pre-loaded with 15 min incremental warm-up (Chapter 5, Study B)
were highly reliable when using trained, familiarized males under warm-humid
environmental conditions. The second part of this thesis describes experiments
which investigated the efficacy of an alternative Malaysian-based CHO, sago, on
exercise in conditions which replicate the Malaysian environment (warm and humid).
Chapter 6 describes a study investigating the effect of sago supplementation before
and during exercise in a warm-humid environment. The data collected from this
study revealed that pre- and during-sago feeding has no differential effects on
exercise performance though sago feeding produced a higher glycaemic response
during the hour prior to exercise. However, feeding sago before exercise attenuated
the rise in core temperature during exercise compared to the control condition,
whilst there was a smaller reduction in plasma volume found when consuming sago
during steady-state exercise through reduced whole-body sweating, with a
concomitant higher plasma sodium concentration. Heart rate was also higher when
sago was ingested either before or during exercise compared to control. Then,
Chapter 7 further investigated the utility of sago ingestion as a recovery meal on a
subsequent exercise bout in a warm-humid environment. In terms of performance,
sago ingestion during short-term recovery seemed to sustain time-trial performance
on the second bout of exercise compared to a control condition (no food) where
exercise performance degraded. However, no attenuation of physiological,
metabolic and thermoregulatory responses was apparent. Co
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Content from Appendix B removed due to copyright restriction: Che Jusoh, M. R., Morton, R. H., Stannard, S. R., & Mündel, T. (2015). A reliable preloaded cycling time trial for use in conditions of significant thermal stress. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 25(S1), 296
Keywords
Sago, Athletes, Nutrition, Sports, Physiological aspects, Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Sports