High-carbohydrate diets and carbohydrate loading have been long-standing tenets of athletic training and competition, but newer research indicates a low-carbohydrate diet may be more beneficial for performance and overall health. Professor Tim Noakes and Josh Clemente discuss how a fat-adapted body can rely on fat as a fuel source at all exercise intensity levels, rather than burning mostly carbohydrates, and how such adaptation and dietary focus may reduce one’s risk of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.
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🎙 What Tim Noakes, MD, PhD, & Josh Clemente discuss:
(04:28) — Dr. Tim Noakes explains his career trajectory
(19:04) — An adapted body can rely on fat for all exercise intensities
(22:30) — The body will never get to a state of no glucose circulation
(23:28) — A delicate balance of macronutrients is likely necessary
(29:11) — Before the high-carbohydrate craze, elite athletes were fat adapted
(33:46) — Fat oxidation in muscle may have a protective effect against Type 2 diabetes
(36:39) — Exercise does not cancel out the risk for metabolic disease if diet isn’t accounted for
(47:25) — The body can cope with fasting
(54:32) — The high-carb training trend has been perpetuated by the carbohydrate industry
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