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Keto-adapted exercise and glycogen depletion

I read recently that, for someone who is keto-adapted, different forms of exercise rely of different bioenergetic systems. HIIT relies primarily on muscle glycogen/glucose, wherea …
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New to paleo diet- experiencing extremely low glycogen.

I have only been on the Paleo diet for 3 weeks. Before this I was on a very low grain diet, so Paleo was not a huge change for me. I burn through a lot of energy at work (retail ma …
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Pancreatitis from going from lots of fruit to almost none

I went raw vegan almost a year ago now on a whim. I was and still am suffering from tremendous neck and back pain and bought into the idea it was from too much protein. After 10 mo …
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High-intensity workouts when glycogen-depleted?

What I think I know, from reading random blogs on the net: When exercising at low to moderate intensity levels, the body mostly burns fatty acids As intensity increases, the body …
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Paleo and Neededing Glycogen to build muscle

Since starting paleo I have had great results. Feel good look amazing (lost a lot of body fat) and just my over all health is good. However being that it is hard to get a lot of ca …
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Learning to live with the feeling of glycogen stores..

This may seem like a strange one...but I am wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar. So i was Very Low Carb for a long time. And i loved it, it kept me lean it was wa …
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do you have to burn out glycogen to burn adipose?

Just wondering, im not fat adapted btw.
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Paleo and glycogen

I am a frequent weightliftAnd crossfitters more weightlifting tho and just went paleo. I feel like I have lost some muscle mass and strength and am starting to look flat. Think thi …
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Protein and Muscle glycogen.

Since excess protein will turn into glucose, will part of that go towards restoring muscle glycogen? I'm not 100% sure how this works, I'm coming from the perspective of a body bu …
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How do you know when you are glycogen depleted?

Morning, I eat < 100g of carbohydrate a day, and on the weekend listened to a very shouty podcast (from 47:15) from Robb Wolf stating I should know my primary goals and eat to …
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Problems with glycogen replenishment on Paleo/low carb

Hello everyone, I have been preparing for a jiujitsu tournament that will take place on March 29th. I have been mostly Paleo for a while; eat lean protein with every meal, and no …
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How hard do I have to exercise to need to refill glycogen storage?

I've been eating pretty low-carb paleo for the past four days or so (less than 35 net carbs, with the exception of yesterday when I found out young coconuts are still mostly sugar. …