30/07/2024
Gaman að sjá greinina okkar nefnda í þessum pistlum frá Stacy Sims ✨
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Greinin í fullri lengd hér: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sports-and-active-living/articles/10.3389/fspor.2024.1390558/full
Restricting Carbs Hurts Performance and Health
Want to avoid LEA and REDs? Eat enough carbohydrates.
As fasting, keto, and carb-phobia continue to be promoted across social media, we’ve seen an uptick in low energy availability (LEA) across the spectrum of athletes. In my own work, I've found about 55 percent of individuals who are training every day are in low energy availability. And females are especially at risk.
As I've written about previously, LEA is a problem I see every day, and if it isn't caught in time, it can sometimes lead to irreversible damage to your health, such as dangerously low bone mineral density. Avoiding LEA starts with eating enough.
There are various equations to determine your calorie needs, but the reality is, most do not know their true body composition to effectively use these calculations. AND the body is more than an algorithm. We need to focus on fueling for and recovering from exercise stress; and to fuel across the day for life stress. Don't book end your day with calories, you will still end up in a catabolic (breakdown) state that the hypothalamus perceives as a low energy state.
But let’s take it one step further and hone in on carbohydrate intake. Current research is suggesting that athletes (especially female athletes) are not meeting their carbohydrate recommendations and that they may actually be experiencing additive detrimental effects of low carbohydrate availability (LCA) on top of the health and performance consequences of LEA.
Study Links:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/5/986
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2024.1390558/full
Read more >>> https://www.drstacysims.com/blog/restricting-carbs-hurts-performance-and-health
#REDs #Low Energy Availability #EatYourCarbs