Endurance is the one athletic context where a ketogenic diet has a coherent physiological argument behind it. Long, sub-threshold efforts run largely on fat. Fat stores are effectively unlimited compared to glycogen. Reducing dependence on aid-station carbohydrate solves a real logistical problem in ultra events. But the argument has limits, and they show up precisely […]
Category: Keto Diet for Athletes
Custom Keto Diet Plans for Athletes: Enhancing Performance
The honest starting point: for most competitive athletes in most sports, a ketogenic diet is not the performance-optimal choice. Carbohydrate remains the superior fuel for high-intensity work, and the research on this is fairly consistent. That doesn’t make keto useless for athletes. It makes it a tool with specific applications — body composition management, ultra-endurance […]