Effect of dietary supplements on acute mountain sickness.
Four fit young men participating in a high altitude mountaineering expedition took part in a 15-day trial of two high-calorie dietary supplements. They ate either a high carbohydrate or a high fat supplement, alternating every 3 days. All dietary intake was recorded. Subjects completed a daily questionnaire assessing the severity of symptoms. Within a single-subject design no statistically significant differences were obtained between the severity of symptoms and dietary carbohydrate or total calories. This suggested that the dietary supplements had no effect on symptoms, a finding that is discrepant with the existing literature. However, we did find that subjects consumed more calories while on the high carbohydrate supplement.
D000328:Adult; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats