On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Tom Bridgeland wrote:

> mark wilson wrote:
>
> > second game or so.  I tried everything to try and keep my energy levels up.
> > I've pigged out on protein, ate low carb bars, drank medium chain
> > triglycerides to name a few.  Nothing worked.
>
> How about just lots of fat, about 90 minutes before you play? Seems to
> be working for me running. I eat greasy pork, fish oil, olive oil, whatever.

Fat will not work for exercise that involves significant amounts
of anaerobic work.  Anaerobic exertion recruits fast-twitch
muscle fibers, and these fibers simply cannot burn fat.  They
must have glucose.  They store the glucose locally, in muscle
glycogen, but when this is used up, the liver should release some
of its glycogen as glucose to replenish it.  When the liver is
tapped out, which happens sooner rather than later on lowcarb,
that's the end of the line.  More glucose can be made from
muscle, but it takes time.

Todd Moody
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