Comments on: Dear Mark: Low Energy on Primal Challenge http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ebrunner http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-195392 ebrunner Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:38:20 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-195392 Mark, I'm trying to understand how glucose created by proteins and fats are used and stored. Is that ~200g of glycogen stored in the muscles to be used for exercise, or is it stored in the liver and used to fuel the brain and "day-to-day" functions? Also, if muscle glycogen is depleted, will ingested carbohydrates be used first to replenish muscle glycogen and then to fuel other daily functions, or are they used the other way around? I'd like to be able to use ketones to fuel my daily activity, but still have enough muscle glycogen stores to fuel intense exercise. Mark, I’m trying to understand how glucose created by proteins and fats are used and stored. Is that ~200g of glycogen stored in the muscles to be used for exercise, or is it stored in the liver and used to fuel the brain and “day-to-day” functions?

Also, if muscle glycogen is depleted, will ingested carbohydrates be used first to replenish muscle glycogen and then to fuel other daily functions, or are they used the other way around?

I’d like to be able to use ketones to fuel my daily activity, but still have enough muscle glycogen stores to fuel intense exercise.

]]> By: Dear Mark: All Things Sweet (Plus Cheese and Gut Health) | Mark's Daily Apple http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-119252 Dear Mark: All Things Sweet (Plus Cheese and Gut Health) | Mark's Daily Apple Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:52:16 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-119252 [...] Low Energy on the Primal Challenge [...] [...] Low Energy on the Primal Challenge [...]

]]> By: Aaron http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-97426 Aaron Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:12:15 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-97426 Hello, Hallie! Welcome to MDA. We are very glad to have you. Take a look around our site. I am sure there will be much to enjoy as we have over 1200 blog posts. Be sure to check out the "What is the Primal Blueprint?" page. Let us know if you have any questions. Keep in touch! Hello, Hallie! Welcome to MDA. We are very glad to have you. Take a look around our site. I am sure there will be much to enjoy as we have over 1200 blog posts. Be sure to check out the “What is the Primal Blueprint?” page. Let us know if you have any questions. Keep in touch!

]]> By: Hallie http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-97416 Hallie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:41:58 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-97416 Was sent the link to your blog and am loving it so far. I live in Maine and my husband and I are on a very lo carb diet right now. I don't need to lose much but am making steady progress - 6 pounds in 8 days with only about 6 to go. Then it will be about maintaining. Just thought I'd say hello. Hallie http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/ Was sent the link to your blog and am loving it so far. I live in Maine and my husband and I are on a very lo carb diet right now. I don’t need to lose much but am making steady progress - 6 pounds in 8 days with only about 6 to go. Then it will be about maintaining.

Just thought I’d say hello.

Hallie
http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Arthur http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-97218 Arthur Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:26:18 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-97218 Triguy, Mark knowingly states that. He's said it many times. You can't really be a triathlete or an endurance athlete if you are 100% primal. Read his earlier posts and you will see that he discourages against endurance athletics for health reasons (inflamation, higher levels of cortisol, increased requirements for CHO, etc). He is supportive of endurance athletics as a personal choice, whatever it may be, but definitely not health. Triguy,

Mark knowingly states that. He’s said it many times. You can’t really be a triathlete or an endurance athlete if you are 100% primal.

Read his earlier posts and you will see that he discourages against endurance athletics for health reasons (inflamation, higher levels of cortisol, increased requirements for CHO, etc). He is supportive of endurance athletics as a personal choice, whatever it may be, but definitely not health.

]]> By: Sue http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-energy-levels/#comment-96953 Sue Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:31:53 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1215#comment-96953 I think you can train intensively on a pure Primal diet but not for longer than an hour. If, as the poster, you are exercising intensively for 2 hours you probably need more carbs? I think you can train intensively on a pure Primal diet but not for longer than an hour. If, as the poster, you are exercising intensively for 2 hours you probably need more carbs?

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