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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

Does a Low Carb, High Fat Diet Work for Runners?

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog

Running, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.5936 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we chat with well-known and highly acclaimed scientist, doctor and author Professor Tim Noakes.

We learn is a Low Carb, High Fat diet can be beneficial for athletes. We also discuss the controversy and challenges athletes face when trying to eat low carb and high fat.

This episode is quite dense with nutritional information, historical information and may put some of our deepest held nutritional beliefs to the test.

But as Tim says, the most important thing is that we listen to our own bodies and not necessarily any 'experts' (including him) to determine our optimal nutrition.

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0:00.0

On today's Run to the Top Podcast.

0:05.0

The American Art Association, once you eat trans fats in margarine and vegetable oils,

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sunflowers, saffler, which are all highly toxic.

0:15.0

And you wouldn't want to eat what the Heart Foundation of America wants you to eat.

0:19.0

You want to eat fats that appear in animals, that's, and in nature and in plants.

0:25.0

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect,

0:29.0

where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.

0:35.0

Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

0:41.0

Now here's your host, Stephanie K Atwood.

0:45.0

Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier Coach and host for the

0:51.8

Rent to the Top Podcast. Today's guest is the well known

0:55.6

and highly acclaimed South African scientist doctor ultra-marathoner

1:00.6

educator author and controversial high-fat low carb. Marathoner, Educator, Author, and Controversial High Fat Low Carbohydrate Spokesperson Professor Tim Nokes.

1:09.4

Timothy Nokes is a retired professor of exercise in sports science at the University of Cape Town.

1:15.6

He has run more than 70 marathons and ultra-marathons and is the author of several books on exercise

1:21.8

and diet over the last four decades including

1:25.3

the lore of running the real meal revolution waterlogged the lore of

1:30.5

nutrition and challenging beliefs.

1:33.2

Today's talk will focus on high-fat low-carbon

1:36.9

nutrition for athletes, the good, the bad, the controversy,

1:40.4

and the conflict that Professor Nokes met when he reversed his stance on how we should eat for athletic performance and lifetime health.

1:49.0

This is must listen stuff.

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