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:
00:00 — Intro
02:50 — Dr. Tim Noakes explains his career trajectory
17:36 — An adapted body can rely on fat for all exercise intensities
21:04 — The body will never get to a state of no glucose circulation
22:03 — A delicate balance of macronutrients is likely necessary
27:49 — Before the high-carbohydrate craze, elite athletes were fat adapted
32:32 — Fat oxidation in muscle may have a protective effect against Type 2 diabetes
35:51 — Exercise does not cancel out the risk for metabolic disease if diet isn’t accounted for
46:21 — The body can cope with fasting
53:41 — The high-carb training trend has been perpetuated by the carbohydrate industry
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