Menstrual Cycle Phase Doesn’t Affect Fuel Provision during Exercise

Article title: The impact of natural menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive pill phase on substrate oxidation during rest and acute submaximal aerobic exercise

Authors: Jennifer S. Williams, Jenna C. Stone, Zaryan Masood, William Bostad, Martin J. Gibala, Maureen J. MacDonald

From the authors: “This study was the first to examine the influence of [natural menstrual cycle] and two generations of [oral contraceptive pill] on substrate oxidation during rest and acute submaximal aerobic exercise.”

This study is highlighted as one of October’s “best of the best” as part of the American Physiological Society’s APSselect program.