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High Fat or High Carb? (Read 856 times)

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Quote from RunZRun on 6/16/2008 at 5:33 PM:
so what should i eat so that i won't die Confused


Unfortunately, no food will help you with this problem.

Three things I can think of to help prevent death are:

1) Don't break the 10% rule.
2) Drink from the Fountain of Youth.
3) Become a vampire.
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Quote from Wingz on 6/16/2008 at 5:19 PM:
*yawns*

Slow day at the office, Hefty?


You think this clown actually has a job?
all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be

Obesity is a disease. Yes, a disease where nothing tastes bad...except salads.
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Quote from RunZRun on 6/16/2008 at 5:33 PM:
so what should i eat so that i won't die Confused


Back in Catholic school they told me they had something that could solve this problem, but I haven't seen any good peer-reviewed studies of its effectiveness.
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The Van Aaken method appears to be the best method for this Hefty experiment. It is not to difficult to keep the calories limited to 2000 per day. The good fats appear to be the monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and a better omega 3 to omega 6 ratio. REAL butter is much better than margerine. Big grin

I also purchased the book "Lore of Running" Lugging around and reading such a large book, will definitely give the upper body, and the brain, a good workout.
I'm excited!
Quote from Hefty on 6/17/2008 at 6:26 AM:

I also purchased the book "Lore of Running" Lugging around and reading such a large book, will definitely give the upper body, and the brain, a good workout.



Why, Hefty, you made a funny! Smile
When's the next one?
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Quote from Bonkin on 6/16/2008 at 5:44 PM:
1) Don't break the 10% rule.
2) Drink from the Fountain of Youth.
3) Become a vampire.


OK, Fountain of Youth I'm sure we can find, and the vampires live in a known geographical location, but what is the 10% rule?
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Quote from RunZRun on 6/16/2008 at 5:33 PM:
so what should i eat so that i won't die Confused


French fries and potato chips. Research has shown them to have the perfect balance of fat and carbs.




...TO BE DELICIOUS!

Feb. 8, 2009: Chinatown Firecracker 10k
Start time: 8:30
Goal: Be eating Dim Sum by 9:40

Turns out I'm now training for a half.
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Quote from Hefty on 6/16/2008 at 6:18 PM:

Sounds vaguely familiar. Does he have a portrait hidden in the attic? Wink
Ross

2009 Goals
HM
• PR 5K/10K
100 Pushups
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Put simply, carbo-loading cannot work simply because excess carbohydrates are not stored in a readily usable way.

The second problem lies in how the body uses its various options for fuel. Each of our body's cells contains lots of very small power plants called mitochondria. It is they that produce the energy we need from the food that we consume. Glucose is usually called the body's 'preferred fuel' because, if it is available, our bodies have been conditioned from birth to use it first. But it is not the best fuel. That distinction belongs to fats--or fatty acids, to give them their scientific name. Before the mitochondria can use either glucose or fatty acid as a fuel, it has to be transported into the mitochondria.

Fatty acids are transported into the mitochondria as completely intact molecules. Glucose, on the other hand, can be transported only after it has been broken down first into pyruvate by the process of glycolysis. This is then used anaerobically to produce energy with lactate as a by-product.

The by-products of the energy-production process when fatty acids are used are carbon dioxide and water, both of which are easily excreted. But when glucose is used, the lactic acid produced in the conversion process can build up in muscle cells and make them ache. It is this that is the cause of the aching muscles or pain involved in strenuous exercise--'the wall' as athletes call it. This 'wall' severely limits an athlete's performance.

So why would a person want to limit their performance by using carbohydrates for fuel?

Don’t take my word for it, how about the 1968 Olympic Marathon Champion, Mamo Wolde? It was 1968 at the Mexico City Olympic Games. The spectators at the marathon went wild as a relatively unknown Ethiopian, Mamo Wolde, won the marathon. Not only was the thirty-five-year-old runner the oldest man ever to win this prestigious event, he did it in record time. He also was a silver medalist in the 10,000 meters at the same Olympics.

Wolde grew up in an Ethiopian village. His life consisted of running after and hunting wild game on foot. His diet was high in animal meat and fat, with practically no carbohydrate. Subsequent tests showed that Wolde's body, under conditions of physical load, readily burned fat as its main energy source. Wolde had no concept of 'hitting the wall'. It never happened to him.



dork.major dork.
Or zombie. Mmm. zombies.
Reaching 1,243 in 2008 -- one day, one week, one mile at a time.
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Are zombies high in fat or carbs?
2009 Goals:
1000 mi
5k: <24:00
5mi: <39:30 (early in the season)
10k: <48:38 (high school PR)
HM <1:45:00
Marathon: complete one
Quote from Bonkin on 6/16/2008 at 5:44 PM:
Unfortunately, no food will help you with this problem.

Three things I can think of to help prevent death are:

1) Don't break the 10% rule.
2) Drink from the Fountain of Youth.
3) Become a vampire.


You forgot unicorn blood.
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Quote from girmann on 8/14/2008 at 4:08 PM:
Are zombies high in fat or carbs?


Whatever they are, they taste like chicken...so I hear. Big grin
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'08: 1561 mi
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.: 2009 Goals :.
• Run 1750 miles
• 2 marathons (May - Bayshore, Fall - ?)
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k? ~ HM ~ 26.2
• 1st trail relay (North Country)
Very interesting, a person who runs half marathons on a zero carb diet Big grin


http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=367
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