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Endurance athletes: what's the food you take during long events?
At present, I do a lot of ultra cycling: think distances of 200 km to be completed in 13.5 hours total time (audaxing, randonneuring). I've been on keto for a year now. Last weekend I took part in the Dunwich Dynamo and really spectacularly crashed (food wise) on the latter part of the ride. In contrast, two weeks earlier,…
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I'm in, Meteora, here I come
Last november I entered an application in the Transcontinental Race, an ultra endurance race across Europe, from Belgium to Meteora, near Thesaloniki in Greece. It's about 3800 km and my goal is to ride it in 15 days. Last year's winner rode a similar distance in 8 days, but he's from outer space. Anyhow. About two years…
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Low Carb diabetes intervention TV series on Dutch TV
It's a pity it isn't sub-titled in English. This show is called "Live to be a Hundred" and follows 6 people with advanced T2 diabetes. Most are in their late 50s or early 60s and all manage their T2 with huge dosages of insulin and assorted medication. The intervention is essentially a diet to lessen their glycemic load:…
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Very low birth weight, insulin resistant? Curious!
Hello all! My birth weight was extremely low (<1500g) Recently I learned that very low birth weight and insulin resistance have a direct correlation. Just out of curiosity: who among you who is insulin resistant was also (very) low weight at birth? (<2500g) I realize this is somewhat of a straw poll, but I'm guessing that…
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Lard (bad) vs Fish oil (good)
Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota and Dietary Lipids Aggravates WAT Inflammation through TLR Signaling http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413115003897 In the present study, we demonstrate that the type of dietary lipids affects the gut microbiota and that the gut microbiota contributes to the phenotypic…
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Skinny fat may not be so bad after all
For years, being "skinny fat" has been something we're told to avoid being, and the holy grail has always been to drop body body fat percentage while losing weight through calorie restriction. However, a new study into calorie restriction in mice points to the fact that those mice that lost weight through calorie…
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Sugar, the bitter truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series:…
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Home bakers anyone?
Out of frustration with the fact that I can either buy lousy bread for cheap or slightly better, artisanal bread for loads of money, I've started baking my own bread. I do like eating bread, on the other hand, I'm restricting carbs to be under 100g/day, so the bread I eat had better be good. So I started baking and I…
