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Published studies on the LIVSTEADY carbohydrate
LIVSTEADY Research
Read the papers yourself. Three peer reviewed studies have tested the LIVSTEADY carbohydrate against maltodextrin and dextrose in trained athletes, across cycling, running and football. Each entry below gives you the authors, the journal, who took part and exactly what they did, with the full paper behind the link.
3Peer reviewed studies
30Trained athletes tested
2011 to 2021Publication range
How to read this page
We give you the method and the paper. We are not summarising the conclusions for you, because a study you read yourself is worth more than a claim we write about it.
All three studies tested the LIVSTEADY carbohydrate, not the finished Australian products.
The studies
Trained cyclists · University of Oklahoma · 2011
Ingestion of a high molecular weight hydrothermally modified waxy maize starch alters metabolic responses to prolonged exercise in trained cyclists
Nine trained male cyclists, averaging seven and a half years of training. Randomised, double blind, crossover design. Each rider took 1g per kg of bodyweight of either the modified starch or maltodextrin 30 minutes before riding and again within 10 minutes of finishing. They cycled 150 minutes at 70% of peak oxygen uptake, then rode to exhaustion at 100%. Blood was sampled every 15 minutes and expired gas every 30 minutes.
| Authors | Roberts MD, Lockwood C, Dalbo VJ, Volek J, Kerksick CM |
| Journal | Nutrition, 2011, volume 27, issue 6, pages 659 to 665 |
| Identifier | PubMed 20951003 · doi 10.1016/j.nut.2010.07.008 |
| Funding | Commissioned by The UCAN Company, conducted under independent IRB review |
Endurance runners · 3 hour treadmill protocol · 2021
Physiological impact of a single serving slow absorption carbohydrate on metabolic, hemodynamic and performance markers in endurance athletes during a bout of exercise
Ten trained male runners, average VO2max of 55.9. Each ran the protocol three times, once with the slow digesting carbohydrate, once with a fast digesting carbohydrate, once with water alone. A single 50g dose before a three hour treadmill run at 57% of VO2max, with measurements at seven points across the run and a time to fatigue test at 110% of VO2max immediately after. The researchers recorded no significant difference in that time to fatigue test between the three conditions.
| Authors | Davitt PM, Saenz C, Hartman T, Barone P, Estremera S |
| Journal | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2021, volume 35, issue 5, pages 1262 to 1272 |
| Identifier | PubMed 33900259 · doi 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003968 |
Varsity footballers · Western University · 2019
Hydrothermally modified corn starch ingestion attenuates soccer skill performance decrements in the second half of a simulated soccer match
Eleven male university varsity footballers, average VO2max of 57.1. Each played a simulated match twice, once fuelled with the modified corn starch and once with an equal energy dose of dextrose, taken before kick off and again at half time. The researchers measured passing skill using the Loughborough soccer passing test, and repeated sprint ability during the second half. Passing skill declined less in the second half on the modified starch than on dextrose.
| Authors | Quinones MD, Lemon PWR |
| Journal | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 2019, volume 29, issue 5, pages 498 to 504 |
| Identifier | PubMed 30747551 |
What these studies do not tell you
Sample sizes run from nine to eleven participants, and every participant was male. Two of the three protocols ran in a laboratory rather than a race. The 2011 cycling study was commissioned by UCAN, which we state here rather than leave you to find in the acknowledgements.
Sports nutrition research is built on small trials. These sit in the same range as the studies behind most products on the shelf next to ours. Read them, then test the fuel on your own long runs, which is the only trial that decides anything for you.
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