Fat for fuel, my ketogenic diet experiment while endurance training.

What is a ketogenic diet?

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fuelling brain function. However, if there is very little carbohydrate in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies pass into the brain and replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, is a state known as ketosis.

TNF 50 mile championship results here!!

Mad Props to Gary Gellin of Menlo Park... 9th place

Leigh Schmitt Of Santa Rosa... 18th place

Galen Burell of Mill Valley... 20th place