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Fasted exercise

06KWC
To eat or not to eat prior to exercise, that is the question!
There are several factors that go into this decision:
What is your daily nutrition? Mine - I’m animal-based, low-carb ketogenic. This means that I maintain my carbohydrate intake to less than 5% of my overall nutrition. I generally consume 60% fats and 35% protein.
How often do you exercise? Me - daily cardio/weight training, and swimming 2-3 times a week.
What is your goal? Mine - live until 120, swim into my 100s, and maintain overall general good health.
My preference? I prefer to exercise in a fasted state. Eating anything before exercise tends to make me feel sluggish, whether in the gym or in the water. If I’m putting in a double workout, cardio/strength training in the morning (0600) and a swim in the afternoon (1500), I eat breakfast after my morning workout and dinner after I swim.
Caution - The more carbohydrate dependent you are, the more difficult it is to exercise in a fasted state.
When not to exercise fasted - if you feel dizzy or nauseous, stop exercising and get some fats and proteins (bacon and eggs). 
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  • in reply to Elaine Krugman

    Not at all.

    There is a great deal of research out showing that dietary cholesterol does not impact blood serum cholesterol. There is evidence that in the 1950's, the Sugar Research Foundation paid off 3 Harvard Researchers to say that saturated fat and cholesterol caused heart disease. There is no causation link between high LDL and heart disease, unless you are an overweight type 2 diabetic with a metabolic disease.

    Cancer is caused by mitochondrial dysfunction and fueled by sugar. There is no causation link that shows eating red meat causes ANY disease. Another propaganda lie in an attempt to get people off the most nutrient dense food - cow.

    For perspective, here is my family cancer stats:

    2 - whole food plant-based members died from cancer

    1 - Standard American Diet (SAD) eater died from cancer

    3 - SAD eaters got and survived cancer.

    By those numbers, a person is better off eating meat as part of a *** diet than be plant-based. 

    The research is mostly epidemiological (observational). Meaning they give people a food frequency questionnaire and say "okay, tell me what you've eaten for the past year with quantitative accuracy". The worst I saw was every 4 years. These studies compare plant-based to SAD, not plant-based to animal-based. The SAD peoples diet generally consists of 45-60% carbohydrates, I generally remain less than 10%. 

    I have seen studies where they count lasagna as "meat" and a hamburger with fries and a coke as "meat". It's one of the great lies of the past 2 centuries.

    Don't forget that veggies also contain oxalates, toxins, and anti-nutrients. They are not all sunshine and roses. 

    I have helped both vegans and vegetarians introduce beef into their diet. The response is always the same, "I didn't realize how sick I was." 

  • in reply to 06KWC

    Your family cancer stats are a VERY small sample of the population and doesn't prove anything. There is no way to prove that the cause of their cancer was from their whole food plant-based diet. There are many other causes of cancer besides diet. 

    A meat diet like yours is lacking in fiber; you might want to consider regular colonoscopies.

    Do you also believe vaccines cause autism?

    You can always find studies to support your belief...

    Personally, I choose to believe the studies that have concluded the Mediterranean diet is the healthiest. The existing Blue Zones in the world have convinced me. I choose to get a lot of my protein from salmon, other fish and seafood, and nuts.