Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Is carbohydrate loading just placebo? 🧐

Common practice, but rightfully questioned.

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Tom Coughlin
Jun 28, 2026
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Beyond Belief? Absence of Double-Blinding and Limited Ecological Validity in Carbohydrate Loading Research

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This new review examined findings from 14 carb loading studies to establish if it actually improves performance, outwith the pl…

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