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Does a low-carbohydrate diet impede endurance sports performance?
Two short discussions between Noakes and Burke, which were brought to my attention (thank you nfkb), and which I have enjoyed reading
While I certainly follow with interest the recent trials by Prins and Noakes, I appreciate greatly Burke’s nuance and how it reflects current evidence (something I discussed in my first periodized nutrition blog, here: marcoaltini.substack.co…).
Two extracts from Burke’s articles:
“Contemporary sports nutrition guidelines promote a personalized and periodized approach to sports nutrition strategies, including manipulating CHO availability, which may differ between and within different training sessions and events. Official guidelines ceased recommending high CHO diets as an absolute or chronic strategy more than 2 decades ago, but continue to be misrepresented.”
“Importantly, sports nutrition guidelines promote high CHO availability only for endurance competitions and key training sessions, which focus on performance quality or competition practice. CHO availability may be unimportant for other workouts, whereas some training benefits may occur when sessions are undertaken with low availability“.
And finally, we should keep in mind that while broad principles exist, individual differences always play a role, meaning that some people might thrive with different approaches.
Enjoy the read(s)!
