Subject: RE: Ketogenic diet...all the rage. Originally posted by Dnn I hate fad diets. They're a tiny step above dieting pills. Stupid shortcuts for people who are lazy and presumably stupid. That's in a weight loss context though, but I remain skeptical even if we are talking sports context. The science behind nutrition isn't hard to understand if you spend 5 minutes reading. Nutrition for long distance racing is more tricky, but for a regular athlete/person it should be straight forward. I diagree with you on multiple points. First, a low carb diet is not a fad diet. Secondly, your choice over what foods you eat, based upon a desired result is not even close to a diet pill where a person wants to take a shortcut over hard work. Finally, a ketogenic diet is far from a shortcut for people who are "lazy and presumably stupid." I can appreciate long distance endurance sports but what I chose to do now requires something far from lazy and stupid. It is rather intense and it is well calculated. I am targeting an all natural 400lb bench press by April and doing things natural (without shortcuts) requires some intense (not so lazy) workouts. |