How to load glycogen?
Over the past fifty years, the biggest breakthrough was the discovery of how to load glycogen and sophistication in the methods of glycogen loading. Nitrogen balance studies also demonstrated a slight increase in the needs for athletes as compared to the non athlete. Past two decades were most exciting in the advancement of sports nutrition. The areas of growth also included evaluating the effects of exercise on protein utilization, thus the overall protein needs, meal timings to maximize the anabolic response. Newer, more reliable methodologies of body composition assessment, physical fitness assessment have given a helping hand in recommending nutrient intake and dietary recommendations. However, a lot of research still needs to be done in the areas of assessment of dietary needs for athlete's engaged' in different sports and recommendations of their dietary and nutrient intake.