Trehalose and exercise
What 2 graded rows on trehalose agree on for exercise, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Trehalose page, with its PubMed record.
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Trehalose and exercise
2 rows · 25 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement and 1 had mixed results.
- DGrade D× 2
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 25
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a crossover trial of 13 people (2024) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 12 to 13 people, published from 2021 to 2024: 2 single studies.
The rows
1 improved · 1 mixed- DGrade D20-minute cycling time trial after 100 minutes of riding · Improved
Crossover RCT · n 13 · 2024 · Male amateur cyclists
30 g per hour during exercise · Single session per condition
Total work in the time trial was higher with trehalose than with water placebo (302 vs 287 kJ); no carbohydrate type beat the others.
- DGrade DProlonged exercise performance · Mixed
Crossover RCT · n 12 · 2021 · Healthy young men
500 mL of 8% solution (40 g) during exercise · Single session
Adrenaline was lower after trehalose than water in late exercise; the authors report it helped maintain performance.