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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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Diet and exercise for obese mothers could lower cardiovascular risk in children

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Researchers from King's have identified evidence to suggest that lifestyle changes could offset the risk of some adult heart disorders that result from maternal obesity and changes in fetal heart development.

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