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Carbohydrate restriction may impair bone health in premier league academy players🚨

Carbohydrate restriction may impair bone health in premier league academy players🚨

A big warning for youth footballers who may be underfuelling.

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 16, 2024
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Carbohydrate restriction may impair bone health in premier league academy players🚨
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Training with reduced carbohydrate availability affects markers of bone resorption and formation in male academy soccer players from the English Premier League

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Carbohydrate restriction can be a strategy to potentially improve performance or can be a symptom of underfuelling in athlete populations, but how does this affect youth athletes? 🧐

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