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Any semi- or moderate low carbers out there? 80-100g/day?

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  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    wabmester wrote: »
    professionalHobbyist wrote: »
    Awesome thread and it is great to see so many others using carbs specifically for high activity periods

    Almost like high octane fuel...

    That's exactly what it is. Specifically high-octane anaerobic fuel. You can fuel low-intensity exercise with mostly fat, and becoming "fat adapted" allows you to increase the intensity somewhat, but you still burn glucose for higher intensity exercise.

    As you can see in the Peter Attia experiment, he shows how much glucose he burned at 60% VO2max (which is pretty low intensity -- about the same as a HR of 130 for old guys). He went from burning 95% glucose (which is high, and due to his insulin resistance) to 22% (which is probably better than average).

    So fat-adaptation is great for "jogging," but even at that pace, you'll burn sugar, and you need more for HIIT.


    I know I'm ignorant of much of this

    I think my trainer guided me to success quite honestly.

    Thank you for the explanation

    I am going to read up on the info bookmark for new low carb group members


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