Ketogenic diets and physical performance
Impaired physical performance is a common but not obligate result of a low carbohydrate diet. Lessons from traditional Inuit culture indicate that time for adaptation, optimized sodium and potassium nutriture, and constraint of protein to 15-25 % of daily energy expenditure allow unimpaired enduranc...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2004
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/6c4383bd1c1e43128b612d17ac06fc3a |
| Summary: | Impaired physical performance is a common but not obligate result of a low carbohydrate diet. Lessons from traditional Inuit culture indicate that time for adaptation, optimized sodium and potassium nutriture, and constraint of protein to 15-25 % of daily energy expenditure allow unimpaired endurance performance despite nutritional ketosis. |
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