Very low carb performance with Peter Attia
Conventional wisdom says you need to eat lots of carbs to exercise. As you probably know that’s not true. But how low carb can you go — and are there even benefits to performance from eating extremely low carb?
Peter Attia is a medical doctor and an endurance athlete. He’s learned from the world’s biggest experts on keto-adaptation (such as dr Stephen Phinney) and in the last few years he has relentlessly self-experimented.
Here dr Attia shares his insights on very low carb (ketogenic) diets and physical and mental performance.
Peter Attia’s blog: The Eating Academy (highly recommended)
I would say I am living proof that one can exercise with virtually no carbs.
And for those who may not remember, I am a 59.5 year-old female with a major family history of "diabetes." To do a century ride in and of itself without tiring (I felt fabulous at the end and could have ridden farther) seems miraculous and to do it without carbohydrates is simply mind-boggling.