A special type of MRI scan can measure sugar stored in muscles and liver of fit male cyclists without needing to take tissue samples, and it gives results very close to the traditional biopsy method.

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Carbohydrate intake of 10 g/kg body mass rapidly replenishes liver, but not muscle glycogen contents, during 12 h of post-exercise recovery in well-trained cyclists.

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2025 Aug 20

The study shows that a special type of MRI scan can accurately measure muscle glycogen in cyclists without needing a needle biopsy, and the results match very closely with the biopsy method.

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Carbohydrate intake of 10 g/kg body mass rapidly replenishes liver, but not muscle glycogen contents, during 12 h of post-exercise recovery in well-trained cyclists.

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DOI: 10.1113/jp289115