When it comes to carbohydrate intake, especially around exercise, there's a lot of confusion

and polarization.

Both sides, the zero carb camp or the ketogenic camp and the calories in and calories

out energy balance camp have totally different perspectives that I think are sort of fraught

with dogma and bias.

And I think what the literature shows in a paper that we're going to really unpack today

and talk about how to conceptualize carbohydrate intake around exercise and as a tool to promote

exercise performance, but also help with fat loss.

I think there's flaws in both sides of the polarization spectrum.

Again, the zero carbohydrate camp will tell you that carbohydrates are totally not essential

and there is absolutely no benefit when it comes to sports performance when it comes

to carbohydrate intake.

And I will say, having done zero carb, having done low workouts, fasted exercise sessions,

I will say that at least for myself and I know there's statistical outliers who perform

really well on a zero carb diet, someone that we've had on the show before, like Sean

Baker, we've had my friend Robert Sykes, both of these individuals, have been basically

zero carb for almost a decade now or seven plus years and they, it really works well for

them.

Now, on the other side of the equation, there is the energy and energy out, calories

in and calories out, balance, energy balance model, sort of seco group.

And they will tell you that, of course, carbohydrates don't really matter as long as you're

in a calorie deficit and you can have kick at bars and twinkies and ruffles chips and

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