Originally Posted by Jarery
Exibit A
Tour De France
Carbs carbs and more carbs
Thanks for playing, please drive thru
Edit: Going thru your sudies i see 2 things. Low fat may have faults. Which is what ive always said. Its also why the 'recomended' fat is 30%. In the studies, 30% seems to be the best. With problems in both extremes of HC and HC.
Observation 2. When an athelete is trainign hard he can survive on damn near anything.
I stilll say the recomended balanced diet is best, and thats what I get from your studies also
Well I didn't read any downside from "high" fat diets in those studies.
As I've said before i don't disagree with balance and in my view 45% fat is perfectly balanced and due to the calorie dense nature of fats its not realy a lot. OK I don't count anything but I would expect my fat intake to be around 60% of calories and I could hit 80% of calories on some days but not every day!
EDIT: OK the TDF example. I'm always reading here that the TDF riders cant eat enough to keep the weight on so maybe that's the answer. More fat! It takes someone to break away from the orthodoxy before you can see the difference in athletes performance and with companies who make high sugar sports foods sponsoring teams there probably a disincentive for any team to try something different.
Regards, Anthony