Ketogenic Diet, Body Composition and Endurance Performance

14/03/2018 55 min
Ketogenic Diet, Body Composition and Endurance Performance

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Episode Synopsis

In one of the longest ketogenic diet studies to date, exercise performance and body composition responses are compared in endurance athletes fed either a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet or a high carbohydrate diet. The provocative and novel outcomes from this study shed new light on the purported performance benefits of this ketogenic dietary strategy for ultra-endurance athletes.