“…We confined our enquiry to the measurement of the blood 3-hydroxybutyrate and tissue glycogen concentrations because we could only obtain very small quantities of blood from each rat with certainty, and because the plasma hormone, glucose, free fatty acid, and acetoacetate concentrations have already been studied exhaustively without leading to clear conclusions (Johnson et al 1969a, b;Johnson, Rennie, Walton & Webster, 1971;Johnson & Walton, 1972;Johnson & Rennie, 1973;Winder et al 1973;Rennie, Winder & Holloszy, 1976;Holloszy, Winder, Fitts & Rennie, 1978;Koeslag, Noakes & Sloan, 1980, 1982Beattie & Winder, 1984Koeslag, Levinrad, Lochner & Sive, 1985;Adams, Irving, Koeslag, Lochner, Sandell & Wilkinson, 1987). The effects of dietary manipulation on the tissue glycogen levels and post-exercise ketosis are described elsewhere (Adams & Koeslag, 1989).…”