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Physiology Friday #253: Low-carb Matches High-carb for Performance: Is it Time to Question the Obligatory Role of Glycogen for Endurance Exercise?

Physiologically Speaking

For decades, high-carbohydrate diets have been considered the gold standard for fueling endurance activities, largely due to their ability to optimize muscle glycogen stores. Advocates of low-carb diets argue that fat adaptation can enhance endurance by increasing fat oxidation. What’s this all mean? What’s this all mean?

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Plant-based Diets and Exercise Performance

Physiologically Speaking

Indeed, one of the most controversial topics in health and nutrition is whether one should include or exclude — or at the very least limit — animal foods from their diet. But of course, some choose to exclude animal products from their diet, and others exclude anything with a tinge of green.

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Physiology Friday #264: Have We Been Fooled Into Thinking Exercise Improves Sleep?

Physiologically Speaking

Exercise has never been so en vogue—for better or worse. By worse, I mean we often discuss exercise as a panacea. Just exercise. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the realm of sleep, where exercise is often promoted as a way to help people sleep better, longer, and more deeply. Overweight? Or does it?

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Behavioral Strategies to Conquer Obesity in Clinical Care

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

1 Dietary Modifications: Evidence-Based Approaches Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diets A meta-analysis of 48 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) revealed no significant difference in weight loss outcomes between low-fat and low-carb diets. Offering meal replacement options can enhance compliance and ensure variety in their diet.

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Physiology Friday #254: Fueling for Performance and Health: Lessons from a Recent Low-Carb vs. High-Carb Study in Athletes

Physiologically Speaking

Last week, I wrote about a new study comparing low-carb and high-carb diets for endurance performance. 1 If you want the tl;dr, here it is: After 6 weeks on either a low- or high-carb diet, athletes experienced similar performance outcomes during a time-to-exhaustion test , a result that vindicates low-carb diets once and for all.

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Health, burnout and well-being of UK cardiology trainees: insights from the British Junior Cardiologists Association Survey

Heart BMJ

Exercise, good sleep quality and maintaining a healthy diet were associated with less burnout and depressive symptoms (p<0.05). Less than full-time trainees reported greater anxiety (PR 2.92, 95% CI 1.39 to 6.16, p<0.01) and depression (PR 3.66, 95% CI 2.24 to 0.92, p<0.01).

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Plant-based Diets and Exercise Performance

Physiologically Speaking

Indeed, one of the most controversial topics in health and nutrition is whether one should include or exclude — or at the very least limit — animal foods from their diet. But of course, some choose to exclude animal products from their diet, and others exclude anything with a tinge of green.

Diet 52