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Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Kenyan Runner's Diet - Surprising!
About 86 percent of daily calories came from vegetable sources, with 14 percent from animal foods. As you might expect, the Kenyan-runners' diets were extremely rich in carbohydrate, with 76.5 percent of daily calories coming from carbs
Every 24 hours, the Kenyans took in about 600 grams of carbohydrate, with very little variation from day to day
just behind ugali in second place for calorie-provisioning was plain sugar, which provided about one out of every five calories (20 percent) consumed by the Kenyans over the course of the day.
Since the Kenyans relied so heavily on full-cream milk as a source of energy and protein, their daily consumption of saturated fat checked in at about 28 grams -- 252 calories out of the daily caloric quota of 3,000 or so.
the carb intake of elite distance runners in the U.S., the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa have been measured at 49 (!), 50, 52 and 50 percent of total calories, respectively, a far cry from the Kenyan total of 76.5 percent.3,4,5,6 The Kenyans appear to be doing a better job of fueling themselves for their high-intensity training, compared with their "peers" in other countries.
Source: Eating practices of the best endurance athletes in the world by Owen Anderson.
MY COMMENT: After reading this, I am OK with sugar in my tea. With all the hype surounding a low carbohydrate approach for effective weight loss, this is indeed a reminder that what's good for heavy people may not be good for the runner in training. If you didn't know, Kenyans are notorious for gaining weight during their down time.
Every 24 hours, the Kenyans took in about 600 grams of carbohydrate, with very little variation from day to day
just behind ugali in second place for calorie-provisioning was plain sugar, which provided about one out of every five calories (20 percent) consumed by the Kenyans over the course of the day.
Since the Kenyans relied so heavily on full-cream milk as a source of energy and protein, their daily consumption of saturated fat checked in at about 28 grams -- 252 calories out of the daily caloric quota of 3,000 or so.
the carb intake of elite distance runners in the U.S., the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa have been measured at 49 (!), 50, 52 and 50 percent of total calories, respectively, a far cry from the Kenyan total of 76.5 percent.3,4,5,6 The Kenyans appear to be doing a better job of fueling themselves for their high-intensity training, compared with their "peers" in other countries.
Source: Eating practices of the best endurance athletes in the world by Owen Anderson.
MY COMMENT: After reading this, I am OK with sugar in my tea. With all the hype surounding a low carbohydrate approach for effective weight loss, this is indeed a reminder that what's good for heavy people may not be good for the runner in training. If you didn't know, Kenyans are notorious for gaining weight during their down time.
Monday, July 12, 2010
How Many Calories do Tour de France Riders Need?
Guys like Lance Armstrong actually eat about six times during a race day. They eat breakfast, a pre-race meal, during the race, a post-race meal, dinner and a bedtime snack. Add it all up, and it's about 9,000 calories, washed down with at least a gallon of water and more than a gallon of energy drink. -livescience.com
Breakfast: includes a banana, a third of a pound of pasta (weight is uncooked), a third of a pound of muesli (a carbohydrate-rich cereal), a croissant, a half-pound of mixed fruit, 10 ounces of orange juice, eight ounces of coffee, and eight ounces of water.
etc, etc, etc. Facinating article by Dan Peterson of livescience.com!
Breakfast: includes a banana, a third of a pound of pasta (weight is uncooked), a third of a pound of muesli (a carbohydrate-rich cereal), a croissant, a half-pound of mixed fruit, 10 ounces of orange juice, eight ounces of coffee, and eight ounces of water.
etc, etc, etc. Facinating article by Dan Peterson of livescience.com!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Change the Way You Eat For Ever!
Next time you have a spare hour, watch The Effects of Animal Fats on the Human Body, a lecture by Dr. Michael Klaper.
My diet is reasonably healthy, but after watching this I am going to reconsider some of my food choices. Very powerful! Maybe there is something to Scott Jurek's vegan diet after all. I am not going to stop eating fish though.
My diet is reasonably healthy, but after watching this I am going to reconsider some of my food choices. Very powerful! Maybe there is something to Scott Jurek's vegan diet after all. I am not going to stop eating fish though.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
How Bad is Your Diet?
What you eat undoubtedly plays a role in how well you can run- never take that for granted. A typical American diet too high in calories, fat, sugar, and sodium eventually takes it's toll even on the most highly trained athlete (Is Alan Webb's Diet the Problem?)
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler explores the reason behind our facination with "bad for you" foods. Watch this short video promotion of his book The End of Overeating.
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler explores the reason behind our facination with "bad for you" foods. Watch this short video promotion of his book The End of Overeating.
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