I often check out a forum for bodyweight exercises because I do a lot of bodyweight exercises as part of my dry land training.
Anyway, many people on that board are all into this low carb stuff. I tried it out for 6 months but had the feeling that I don't have enough energy if I don't eat enough complex carbs like grains(pasta, rice, bread etc).
Is it just me or do other swimmers experience the same?
Just wondering...
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I was also often dizzy during the day, and cranky.
It was an awful experience, one that I will never repeat again. I can't look at V8 juice the same way.
The problem is that your muscle glycogen is very very low b/c it isn't being replenished after workouts on a low-carb diet. It is interesting to hear about Superfly's more positive results; perhaps I didn't stick with it long enough for my body to get more efficient at metabolizing fat to replace muscle glycogen.
I know what you mean with feeling dizzy and cranky. I tried out low carb for 7 months, so I guess that is long enough to get used to it but even after 7 months I felt totally drained.
Btw, low carb promoters always blame carbs like grains for fat gain but the actual reason people gain fat is: A) they eat too much in general and B) they eat too much junk and processed food. Most overweight people should go on a low JUNK diet. In China the average person used to eat mainly rice and veggies(carbs). They were famous for being a lean society. Now in China more and more people can afford meat. They also eat much more junk food and obesity is starting to become a problem.
I would actually like to meet ONE obese person who got overweight from eating too much brown rice and fresh vegetables. I bet that person doesn't exist. Grains and complex carbs aren't the problem but if you eat processed grains transformed into a Twinkie or potatoes in form of potato chips that's a different story.
On a different note: the famous Dr. Atkins(who invented low carb) had a heart attack a couple of years before he died being severely overweight.
I was also often dizzy during the day, and cranky.
It was an awful experience, one that I will never repeat again. I can't look at V8 juice the same way.
The problem is that your muscle glycogen is very very low b/c it isn't being replenished after workouts on a low-carb diet. It is interesting to hear about Superfly's more positive results; perhaps I didn't stick with it long enough for my body to get more efficient at metabolizing fat to replace muscle glycogen.
I know what you mean with feeling dizzy and cranky. I tried out low carb for 7 months, so I guess that is long enough to get used to it but even after 7 months I felt totally drained.
Btw, low carb promoters always blame carbs like grains for fat gain but the actual reason people gain fat is: A) they eat too much in general and B) they eat too much junk and processed food. Most overweight people should go on a low JUNK diet. In China the average person used to eat mainly rice and veggies(carbs). They were famous for being a lean society. Now in China more and more people can afford meat. They also eat much more junk food and obesity is starting to become a problem.
I would actually like to meet ONE obese person who got overweight from eating too much brown rice and fresh vegetables. I bet that person doesn't exist. Grains and complex carbs aren't the problem but if you eat processed grains transformed into a Twinkie or potatoes in form of potato chips that's a different story.
On a different note: the famous Dr. Atkins(who invented low carb) had a heart attack a couple of years before he died being severely overweight.
