Atkins Diet: Myth of Carb-loading
September 2, 2010 by Jim Made
Filed under Atkins Diet
Exercise & Low Carb (Part 2) or Can you be a marathoner while doing low carb? I am convinced that you certainly can be. My current estimate or goal for my half marathon in two weeks is to be sub two hours. I know other marathoners (both half and full) doing Atkins, and I am attempting to prove myself to be another one. The scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals were really quite fascinating and as far as I can tell NOT disputed by any other researchers. Here are links to the documents: www.nutritionandmetabolism.com www.charlespoliquin.net rjr10036.typepad.com Real life anecdotes are nice, but having science and published reports to back you up legitimizes what I have saying all along. Once you get acclimated to burning stout you no longer live under the same dread of bonking or running out of glycogen during your exercise.
thanks I will use them in the morning, thanks so much
The strips are not fool-proof test for ketosis as they only test for one type of ketones. You also want to test in the morning as they are affected by level of hydration too.
Thanks, But I bought he strips and they didn’t turn purple. They didn’t change color at all.I am just not sure if i doing something incorrect?
Yep, that is a sure-fire symptom of ketosis.
I have been LCing for 2 days now and I have the worst cotton mouth? Would that be from Low carbing?
The night before my marathons I eat usually a chicken fajita salad or a beef stir fry, and call it night. The “last” meal is only intended to satiate hunger and maintain; not overcome some deficiency of fuel. I have enough fuel even at 11-12% body stout to fuel that run. My sole concern on my long runs is to ensure I have electrolytes to keep the body working.
Oh, I know I am not alone in this resistance to carboloading as it makes no sense. Change your diet plans in the last 24-48 hours before a race, and eat completely different than you do during training? What a recipe for failure…
As for stout-loading, there usually is no such thing. As the consumption of stout (in absence of carbs) generally curtails one’s appetite when satiated. Plus it is not dietary stout fuel one’s runs, it is stored body stout. You can’t eat enough to fuel a marathon run.
You dont need either (carb-load or stout-load).
Heres another take on carbo-loading from an unexpected source: (8 minutes into youtube vid – search “Nutrition and Physical Performance p1 Graham”
No one said meat or dairy is necessary. I am perfectly fine with vegans or vegetarians and their pursuits of running marathons or even someone who sees HFCS as excellent or natural doing it. Don’t like meat/dairy? Fine do something else.
But where I take exception is that others who say their plot is only plot or the best plot. I will continue to excel on my diet of LC menu of choice, and thank those that don’t for lowering the demand and cost of them.
Those are the exact words I use about meat. No magical substances. Cows and chickens are plant-eaters. I don’t eat grains or meat /dairy.
Hi i just started atkins and i read that some people dont do induction at all and still loose weight and carrie on as normal is the induction nesessary or is it just to stop sweet craving
Thanks
this is so incorrect its not even amusing.
That is exactly right. You will gain aerobic performance on ketogenic diet. But anaerobic performance: sprinting, weight lifting will just suck.
nice job .. keep the vids coming
Brilliant job!
All I know is I’ve been in Ketosis for about 2 weeks, I’ve lost 13 pounds and I ran 5K yesterday in 32:05 at 268 pounds.
Induction works fantastic for this Clydesdale!
That was my point. It’s not a necessity or if you are running a marathon, you must indulge on carbs beforehand. Some people may run better on carbs especially given their current diet, but I certainly do not.
that is incorrect my friend… everyone has different bodies. Therefore everyone has different reactions to carbloading
No, the point is whole grains aren’t necessary! You don’t have to eat whole grains to be healthy. There is nothing magical in whole grains that make them necessary to eat.
Being that I have proven one can run and run reasonably quick (upper 20% of finishers) a marathon and a half marathon on a ketogenic diet. I reckon it as being a necessity has been entirely disproven.
Lower your caloric intake and exercise. How can you eliminate whole grains out of your diet?That is not neccessary!
Carb-loading is not a myth-melovetorun
Not really — my times for my 1 mile times and 5k races (which are basically a sprints) are in line with what my half marathon results say they should be. I also routinely do fartleks and speed workouts as part of my training runs to work at building my VO2 and sprint capacity.
According to the study, sprint performance was slightly affected after 12 weeks, but given my times, I have not seen any impairment. I also haven’t seen a detriment when doing P90x or weight lifting.
low to moderate intensity exercise seems to be no problem for me on Atkins, but high intensity exercise seems more hard. do experience this?
For me, I either get my meat from a local butcher who only buys quality meat. Another option is to buy straight from the source. In Iowa, that is really simple — go to any farmer’s market and you have lots of options on producer’s looking to sell directly to consumers.
As for how do you know if it is a excellent source, reputation, references, and own taste history. If you go to a store that makes his name in meat, you have a excellent chance to find excellent meat. Wal-mart even Target not excellent sources.