Re:A taste for fat may have made us human, says study
by nradov on Saturday February 09, 2019 @07:27PM
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Sure it's possible to eat a ketogenic diet and complete a marathon, but we know from basic biochemistry that it takes more oxygen molecules to produce a given amount of energy from fat metabolism than from sugar. So for elite athletes whose performance is limited by how much oxygen they can get to their muscles it makes the difference between winning and losing.
It’s anerobic activity (sprinting or bodybuilding/Olympic lifting) where there may be a slight detriment in performance.
I’ve run marathons in both ketosis and running on glucose. I won’t go there because it’s anecdotal but marathoners, body builders and Olympic style lifters are not the norm and have different requirements especially competing for records. No doubt it’s one thing to live in a natural state of ketosis and treat yourself to a performance boost with some fruit when you are about to burn any glucose than what almost the entire modern world does and spikes their insulin levels all day every day and their body/cells basically not even familiar with how to use ketones as a fuel.