Is It Safe To Go On A Low-carb Diet When Doing Intense Workouts?

Or will that send the body into starvation mode?
I generally don’t eat more than 1300 calories a day.

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6 Responses to “Is It Safe To Go On A Low-carb Diet When Doing Intense Workouts?”

  1. mike h on September 21st, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    You NEED carbs for energy!
    For a healthy diet, you need to be eating small to medium meals regularly. 4 or even 5 times a day. Each meal (apart from breakfast which should preferably be fibre rich), should contain a balanced ammount of carbohydrates for energy, (from potatoes, rice and pasta, etc) protien (from fish, chicken, occassional red meat is fine, soya is good too) and plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (simple fresh fruit and veg). Eat like this and make sure you are well hydrated (fruit juice is as good as water, any fluid counts, but some fluids have negative effects too, such as alcohol or caffiene rich drinks.)
    Now for the science bit: Protien is essential for repairing muscle and keeping the muscle you do have healthy (this includes your heart, lungs, brain etc). You naturally lose the ammount of protien you have throughout the day (through urine etc) so this needs to be replenished regularly on a daily basis.
    Carbohydrates are essential for energy. You won’t be able to function without it. It also regulates body fat and glucose etc.
    Vitamins and minerals are obviously essential for a variety of reasons. For normal growth and development, for the healthy maintenance of the cells, tissues, and organs that make up our bodies, and also to let us efficiently use chemical energy provided by food.

  2. Be happy, don't worry! on September 21st, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    That sounds like a bad combination, what’s the point in doing lots of exercise if you don’t have much fat to ‘burn’? The whole point of exercise is to ‘burn’ fat off

  3. yuy j on September 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 am

    about it you can find information from the following website
    http://healths4life.blogspot.com/?q=diet

  4. Jamie D on September 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 am

    No, sorry. But you need to eat a high carbohydrate diet. You need to eat 2000 calories atleast It will send you body into starvation mode!

  5. Nickelod on September 22nd, 2009 at 9:06 am

    You need at least 1600 calories a day or your body will go into starvation mode and start breaking down the muscles…

  6. WithinNi on September 22nd, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Well I Tried It And Kept Passing Out So Your Answer Is No
    x

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