Originally Posted by
CanadianBiker32
If one were to fully go sugar free? would it be possible to see gains in fitness, speed and cycling in general? faster?
I still eat cookies now and then, could eat much more cleaner.
Would I see benefits going totally hardcore - almost sugar free. And also not using artificial sweeteners
for those who done this? did you see gains in your fitness? thanks
Lots of research and testing has shown that performance does not change very much, if any when one switches their fuel source from carbs to fats.
When I went lower carb (with no calorie restriction) my already great checkup numbers got even better, my wife's results were far more profound as she lost 80 pounds (and has maintained a healthy weight) and has no markers for diabetes anymore.
This was a lady who was eating a very healthy diet and getting more exercise than most but something still wasn't working... it was the carbs that were messing her up.
She has other health conditions that made a very low carb diet a necessity.
At 50 I am till wearing the same clothing size as when I was 20 after addressing some minor weight gains prior to knocking back the carbs and bumping up the fats in my diet with no caloric restriction.