Can a keto diet actually work for endurance athletes?

Should you start a keto diet if you are an endurance or strength athlete? Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple has written quite an extensive article on the topic, with long-distance athlete and Virta Health founder Sami Inkinen in the spotlight.

The bottom line? It can dramatically improve your performance, by improving your recovery time, health and stave off “bonking”.

Mark’s Daily Apple: Can keto actually work for hard-training endurance or power/strength athletes?

Keto for beginners

Exercise

Cereal Killers
1:00:07
What if you could – in fact – break records without eating massive amounts of carbs?
Run on Fat – Cereal Killers 2
1:01:17
The great follow up to the Cereal Killers movie. What if everything you knew about sports nutrition was wrong?
Fat Chance
1:05:43
Is it possible to ride a pushbike across the Australian continent (2,100 miles) without eating carbs?
Is low carb bad for exercise?
02:45
Can you exercise on a low-carb diet? Top low-carb doctors answer this question.
"We are not designed to be chronically ill"
25:54
"I knew nothing"
28:51
How come Professor Tim Noakes completely changed his view on what constitutes a healthy diet?
LCHF Paleo
41:55
Why a low-carb ancestral diet is beneficial – and how to formulate it correctly. Interview with paleo guru Mark Sisson.
Low-Carb Ketogenic Diets for Athletes
55:30
How can low-carb ketogenic diets help athletes perform better, improve endurance, and prevent bonking?
Does Fitness Equal Health?
10:50
Is there a point where you increase fitness at the expense of health, or vice versa?
The truth about low-carb performance
20:43
Is it possible to exercise on a strict low-carb diet? Professor Jeff Volek is an expert on the topic.
He Questioned His Own Beliefs
15:02
Dr. Peter Brukner explains why he went from being a high-carb to a low-carb advocate.
Keto-adaptation and performance
58:58
Professor Jeff Volek gives a great overview of the benefits of making your body burn fat for fuel.
Very Low-Carb Performance
22:45
Interview with Dr. Attia about ketogenic diets for athletic performance and health.
Low-Carb Performance
29:34
Can you exercise without eating lots of carbs? Can a smart low-carb diet even IMPROVE some aspects of your physical performance?
Is Fat The Best Fuel for Athletes?
10:19
Peter Defty is a coach to ultra athletes, he knows the benefits of ketosis and how to formulate a suitable diet.
Is Low Carb for Athletes?
10:56
Is low carb for athletes? Dr. Peter Brukner, the team doctor for the Australian cricket team, answers.
What are we wired to eat?
28:51
Robb Wolf discusses the ultimate diet for an athlete and different approaches to a healthy lifestyle for the standard American.
Why I Supported High Carb
1:01:39
Why did Professor Noakes support high carb earlier? And why did he change his mind completely?
Winning on Fat
49:49
Peter Defty talks about what he has come to realize – everything from stress, weight management and how to get adapted – by getting top athletes to become fat-burning machines.
Ketogenic diets and resistance training
36:00
How can ketogenic diets together with resistance training massively improve body composition?
Get in Great Shape Without Exercise
35:32
Is it possible to get into great shape, even if you hate exercise? Yes – there might be a way.
Q&A About Keto
53:00
Questions and answers with keto experts Bryon Jaymes, Dominic D’Agostino, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lowery, Adam Nally and Angela Poff.
Q&A About Low Carb & Performance
29:52
Peter Defty, Jonathan Edwards and Alessandro Ferretti answers questions related to low-carb and ketogenic diets and performance.
Keto-Paleo for Athletes
11:31
In what ways can paleo and ketogenic diets be beneficial for athletes?

Keto

Keto for beginners: Introduction
08:02
Learn how to do a keto diet right, in part 1 of our video course.
Achieve ketosis through fasting
19:58
What is the best way to achieve ketosis? Engineer Ivor Cummins discusses the topic in this interview from the PHC conference 2018 in London.
"I'll do this or I'm going to die trying"
19:23
Kristie Sullivan struggled with her weight for her whole life in spite of trying every diet imaginable, but then she finally lost a 120 pounds and improved her health on a keto diet.
How to formulate a low-carb keto diet
48:32
Low-carb pioneer Dr. Eric Westman talks about how to formulate an LCHF diet, low carb for different medical conditions and common pitfalls among others.
Fat Chance
1:05:43
Is it possible to ride a pushbike across the Australian continent (2,100 miles) without eating carbs?
How to make keto sustainable
15:00
How can you make the transition to a low-carb or keto diet as smooth as possible?
Keto and fast food
10:28
Can you get low-carb food at fast-food restaurants? Ivor Cummins and Bjarte Bakke went to a number of fast-food restaurants to find out.
Eating keto to survive cancer
28:51
Audra Wilford on the experience of using a ketogenic diet as part of treating her son Max’s brain tumor.
All things keto with Keto Connect
16:44
What is it like running the very popular YouTube channel Keto Connect?
Exploiting cancer metabolism with ketosis
44:42
Can a ketogenic diet be used in cancer treatment? Dr. Angela Poff at the Low Carb USA 2016.
My success story with Jim Caldwell
02:23
Jim Caldwell has transformed his health and gone from an all-time high at 352 lbs (160 kg) to 170 lbs (77 kg.
Low-carb living
1:00:21
How do you successfully eat low carb for life? And what’s the role of ketosis? Dr. Stephen Phinney answers these questions.
Challenging The Dogma
16:47
Dr. Priyanka Wali tried a ketogenic diet and felt great. After reviewing the science she started recommending it to patients.
The latest science behind a keto diet
13:17
What is the current science in support of a low-carb and keto diet?
How to lose 240 pounds without hunger
31:06
How to lose 240 pounds without hunger – Lynne Ivey and her incredible story.
Treating cancer with a keto diet
17:07
Can a strict keto diet help prevent or even treat some cancers, like brain cancer?
A New Life with a Keto Diet
13:38
If your muscles can't use stored glycogen, is it then a good idea to eat a high-carb diet to compensate for this? Or can a keto diet help treat these rare glycogen storage diseases?
Is lower insulin the key to better brain health?
46:36
What is the root cause of the Alzheimer's epidemic – and how should we intervene before the disease is fully developed?
Losing Weight with Less Protein
09:24
Jimmy Moore talks about the greatest insight that made it possible for him to get rid of 80 stubborn pounds (36 kg) without hunger.
How to Cure Type 2 Diabetes
24:25
In this interview Dr. Jay Wortman tells us how he cured his own type 2 diabetes and then did the same for many, many others.
LCHF and diabetes: science and clinical experience
45:59
What is the root of the problem in type 2 diabetes? And how can we treat it? Dr. Eric Westman at the Low Carb USA 2016.
A life without migraines
15:44
Elena Gross' life was completely transformed with the ketogenic diet.
Low-Carb Ketogenic Diets for Athletes
55:30
How can low-carb ketogenic diets help athletes perform better, improve endurance, and prevent bonking?
80 pounds lighter and no medications
09:12
Is it possible to reverse your diabetes with the help of a strict low-carb diet? Definitely, and Stephen Thompson did it.