most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-23T10:11:47Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/154141 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/154141/fat-loss-on-vlc-ketogenic-diet-in-athletes Smeags 2012-10-07T12:21:15Z 2012-10-07T23:11:06Z

<p>I'm really starting to believe in the effectiveness of a vlc/ketogenic diet on fat loss and improved performance. I just got "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living" &amp; "Performance" by Volek and Phinney, and I'm super excited. But I was wondering how, if athletes have lots of triglycerides (TG) stored in their muscles so that it can be oxidized quickly, and if these TG's come primarily from dietary fat, is fat from adipose tissue ever used? Or would you have to exercise for so long that you run out of whatever is readily available and therefore have to tap into your stores of adipose? I can probably find this in one of those books, but I'm not there yet and I'm getting antsy. Thanks in advance.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154141/fat-loss-on-vlc-ketogenic-diet-in-athletes/154143#154143 alligator 2012-10-07T12:27:08Z 2012-10-07T12:35:36Z

<p>It is much easier to burn adiposity on carb controlled diet, rather than on a VLC/ketogenic diet. Why? Because when you eat just enough carbs to fuel exercise and daily mental function, when you are low on them, your body will turn to fat for energy. </p> <p>However, if you are eating ketogenically, you are in starvation mode, and instead of burning adipose tissue when low on carbs, it will instead burn ketones (because this is much less efficient means of burning fat...so you survive longer).</p> <p>Think about it- the leanest people on the planet (fitness models) overwhelmingly eat moderate carb diets with oatmeal/brown rice/sweet potatoes as daily occurances. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/154141/fat-loss-on-vlc-ketogenic-diet-in-athletes/154188#154188 dmi 2012-10-07T20:16:21Z 2012-10-07T20:16:21Z

<p>It is very simple: if what you eat provides enough calories for your daily basal needs of energy, as well as the extra energy you need for running or whatever exercise you're doing, then no, unfortunately you will not magically lose weight. I.e. you have to eat less calories, in order for stored fat to be utilized.</p> <p>alligator (I don't seem able to comment on an answer..), you've mixed a few things: ketones are typically made from fat, and sometimes possibly from ketogenic amino acids if you're eating a lot of protein. So when you burn ketones, you burn fat. Whether it's dietary or stored as I already said, depends on the amount of dietary.</p>