RE: Re: Ketogenic Diets for Endurance Athletes

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Re: Ketogenic Diets for Endurance Athletes

On 7/17/05, Gene Schwartz <implode7@...> wrote:

> How many of them have actually taken the time to adapt to low carb diets

to

> see how they do? If the prevailing wisdom is that you need lots of carbs,

> and therefore a high enough percentage of athletes follow this advice,

then

> perhaps there are too few athletes who have been eating low carb to reach

a

> conclusion?

" I suspect as much. And, additionally, typical fats don't include much

in the way of MCTs and MCFAs, which would supply a " quick " energy on

the level of carbs if tried.

"

I would really be interested in any tests that have been done on athleticism

and low carbing. You can take all the theory in the world, but (imo) we know

little enough at this point, that you'd really have to see how some elite

athletes actually did eating this way before you could really reach some

legitimate conclusions. Personally, I just don't notice much of a

difference. My diet has evolved a great deal, but I have never been able to

form any kind of a reasonable correlation between my diet and athletic

performance. Then again, I've never been particularly scientific about it.

Just careful enough to note that there haven't been any dramatic changes.

Although I do find that when I talk to my food before I eat it, my

kettlebell numbers are a lot higher.