Can a keto diet actually work for endurance athletes?

March 25 2018 by , medical review by in Exercise, Keto, Ketosis

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

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In this video, Dr. Ted Naiman shares his best tips and tricks on exercising.
Fat Chance
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Run on Fat – Cereal Killers 2
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The great follow up to the Cereal Killers movie. What if everything you knew about sports nutrition was wrong?
"We are not designed to be chronically ill"
25:54
Is low carb bad for exercise?
02:45
Can you exercise on a low-carb diet? Top low-carb doctors answer this question.
LCHF Paleo
41:55
Why a low-carb ancestral diet is beneficial – and how to formulate it correctly. Interview with paleo guru Mark Sisson.
"I knew nothing"
28:51
How come Professor Tim Noakes completely changed his view on what constitutes a healthy diet?
Low-carb ketogenic diets for athletes
55:30
How can low-carb ketogenic diets help athletes perform better, improve endurance, and prevent bonking?
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.
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10:50
Is there a point where you increase fitness at the expense of health, or vice versa?
Very low-carb performance
22:45
Interview with Dr. Attia about ketogenic diets for athletic performance and health.
Keto-adaptation and performance
58:58
Professor Jeff Volek gives a great overview of the benefits of making your body burn fat for fuel.
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.
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?
Why I supported high carb
1:01:39
Why did Professor Noakes support high carb earlier? And why did he change his mind completely?
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.
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.
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35:32
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Ketogenic diets and resistance training
36:00
How can ketogenic diets together with resistance training massively improve body composition?
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

Keto for beginners: Introduction
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Living low carb with Jill Rieder: Finding her way to health
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Meet Jill Reider and get to know all about her experiences on a keto diet.
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My success story with Mitzi Champion
02:41
Mitzi is a 54-year-old mother and grandmother who has been following the low carb/keto lifestyle more than two-and-a-half years. This is a journey and lifestyle, not a temporary quick fix!
My success story with Chuck Hicks
02:39
At nearly 500 lbs (230 kg) Chuck could barely move at all anymore. It wasn’t until he found a keto diet that thing started to change.
My success story with Carole Freeman
02:58
Carole’s list of health issues had been growing longer and longer over the years, up to the point when it just got to be too much. Check out the video above for her full story!
My success story with Gillian Szollos
02:55
Gillian had a normal life when she all of a sudden started to get seizures. She suffered terrible side effects from the meds so she started a keto diet.
Fat Chance
1:05:43
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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.
Can fasting be problematic for women?
05:54
Can fasting be problematic for women? We'll get the answers from top low-carb experts here.
All things keto with Keto Connect
16:44
What is it like running the very popular YouTube channel Keto Connect?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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46:36
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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?
A life without migraines
15:44
Elena Gross' life was completely transformed with the ketogenic diet.
How to lose 240 pounds without hunger
31:06
How to lose 240 pounds without hunger – Lynne Ivey and her incredible story.