and the carbohydrate supplements which energy were
about 30% of free intake food. Fig. 2 showed the energy intakes
by rats from each experimental group during the 9-week studies.
Extra energy intakes were given to rats in groupsOandGin order
to investigate whether carbohydrate supplements without interfering
in sports load and free food intake would prevent EAMD.
The target of extra energy intake in groups O and G were about
30% of average energy intake of free regular diet. For example,
started from 7th week, the target extra energy intakes were
72.38 kJ and 66.59 kJ for rats in groups O and G, respectively.