cmcole
11-14-2006, 11:46 AM
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0134.htm
Fat is on the lips of more and more athletes these days - in both the verbal and gastronomic sense
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Many runners, for instance, are talking about the possibility that increased dietary fat might help them run faster, and some have actually boosted their fat intakes in hopes of trimming their 10-K and marathon times.
Some athletes with an evolutionary perspective also clamour for higher-fat eating, claiming that our ancestors were carnivorous types with a lust for meat and fat. Human digestion and metabolism, they say, is thus better adapted to high-fat and high-protein foods, rather than leafy and root vegetables.
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/athletic_diet.html
Fat is on the lips of more and more athletes these days - in both the verbal and gastronomic sense
Snippets follow - see link for entire article
Many runners, for instance, are talking about the possibility that increased dietary fat might help them run faster, and some have actually boosted their fat intakes in hopes of trimming their 10-K and marathon times.
Some athletes with an evolutionary perspective also clamour for higher-fat eating, claiming that our ancestors were carnivorous types with a lust for meat and fat. Human digestion and metabolism, they say, is thus better adapted to high-fat and high-protein foods, rather than leafy and root vegetables.
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/athletic_diet.html