Ketogenic diets and physical performance
17 August 2004
Stephen D Phinney
Summary:
Ketogenic diets and physical performance
Impaired physical performance is a common but not obligate result of a low carbohydrate diet. Lessons from traditional Inuit culture indicate that time for adaptation, optimized sodium and potassium nutriture, and constraint of protein to 15–25 % of daily energy expenditure allow unimpaired endurance performance despite nutritional ketosis.
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http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/1/1/2
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