Healthy Life Journal

DIET more useful high carbohydrate increase exercise capacity in people with McArdle disease than high-protein diet. Reported a small-scale study published in the journal Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

McArdle is a metabolic disease of muscle. People who are born with this condition are not able to produce an enzyme called muscle phosphorylase. In fact, this enzyme plays an important role in producing the required energy source muscles during exercise (exercise) or exercise. McArdle patients usually experience pain in some locations and muscle fatigue (fatigue) at the beginning of their exercise. If continued, could arise stiff or muscle spasms. Well, two smaller-scale studies found a bright spot that high dietary carbohydrate and protein may be beneficial for patients with McArdle disease.

Participants consisted of seven patients who randomly McArdle asked to choose one of these diets (high-carbohydrate diets or high protein) and run it for three days. Undergo after each diet, participants then conduct training activities with the bike.

The result, researchers found that participants who do high-carbohydrate diet are able to do activities with better training than the participants that high-protein diet. One of the indicators can be seen from the heart rate lower (not gasping) and oxygen 25 per cent higher in participants who are high-carbohydrate diet than those who were high-protein diet.