Lunch Thread

[noboots]

@noboots I agree with you to some extent. Nutrition that that is relatively high in fat and protein with a low GI index works great while sedentary, or when low to moderate intensity exercise is involved. You tend to feel full for longer and end up consuming less calories overall compared to a higher carbohydrate diet. You also refer to fasted training, which I’ve done quite a bit of in the past. Fasted training is a great way to reduce body fat and it also “trains” your body to more efficiently burn fat as an energy source when glycogen levels are running low. But not all of us have high body fat reserves. During a heavy block of training my body fat would be under 10%, and elite endurance athletes are obviously a lot lower than that in the middle of the season (4-6%, which isn’t healthy long-term). But when it comes to high intensity exercise, complex carbs are still king. If you’re burning 700-1000 calories/hr, a bit of cheese and salami very few hours wont cut it. You will crack and hit the wall hard as you become hypoglycemic. And I never said “people stop functioning if they haven’t eaten for 45mins”, that’s bullshit. But if you want your body to perform for extended periods of medium to high intensity exercise, you will need complex carbs and you will need them regularly, end of story.

Fair comment and well done on 10% body fat. I am still trying to get under 28%.