Who are these triathletes? This is one of the top gels for endurance.
You don’t seem to understand. Once you get into the 80% VOmax range, fat use as a fuel falls off a cliff and glucose becomes the preferred fuel source out of necessity.
As was said , Keto is almost like a religion and its advocates can’t accept this reality.
Somebody here posted a marathon or triathlete guy who was on keto. Maybe Keto Kid.
I will not dispute your statements about keto not being ideal for that.
It would be impossible to get enough calories doing keto to maintain your bodyweight and strength doing those things.
Most Americans are fat and either diabetic or pre-diabetic so getting enough calories is not the problem.
Since none of us are doing marathons or triathlons or MMA it's irrelevant.
Like i said I've trained hard for 1-2 hours with weights, then done a strenuous 20+ mile trail bike ride immediately after without eating anything for 14 hours.
I understand what you are saying about ATP. How was I able to do all that? My body was producing the energy needed.
It was producing glucose and ketones from stores of course.
You do low carb/keto/carnivore for health reasons.
If you want to die young then do all those extreme athletic pursuits, disable your body, enlarge your heart, get concussed, mess with your endocrine system, etc.
I don't do keto anymore. I did for a good year or more but then went to carnivore as it is much simpler.
You just eat meat, eggs, and animal products. No calorie counting. No hunger.
I carb up a bit on the weekend too and eat some bagels, etc. However, not too much or I don't feel good.
5 days a week I am carnivore with the addition of some low starch green vegetables or salad.
For example, yesterday I had (over the course of the day) 7 whole eggs fried in animal lard, beef fat fried, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, 1 1/2 baked chicken leg quarters, broccoli, 12 oz coffee with halfnhalf. I eat 3-4 dozen whole eggs each week.
