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Training Time Frame, a Possible Key to Literature Discrepancy on Fasting Athletes Publisher Pubmed



Moghadam N1, 2 ; Farahbakhsh F2
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  1. 1. Sports Medicine Department, Rasool Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Published:2016


Abstract

There is a discrepancy in the literature as to whether fasting during Ramadan affects athletic performance. We suggest in this letter that the time frame for training is a confounding variable that has been missed in the literature. © 2016 The Author(s).