RE: Energy (one more thing esp. athletes) [s]

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

 

One more thing for athletes in particular. When you exercise, you burn fuel

sources in the following order:

 

1. Present blood sugar.

2. Glycogen reserves. Glycogen is a starch made internally, stored in the

muscles and liver for rapid conversion into fuel and energy.

3. Body fat reserves.

 

For a true athlete, exercising and burning through a couple thousand

calories at a time, you deplete your glycogen reserves noticeably. During

the first 1-2 hours following exercise, your body will replenish these

reserves at roughly twice the rate it normally would, IF you eat timely and

correctly. This is the perfect time for a substantial fruit meal.

 

This is significant, because failure to allow the body to fully replenish

glycogen reserves is the primary cause of that needed " rest day " every week.

A RF actually has a distinct advantage here. If you do this right, you'll be

able to train 7 days a week if you like.

 

Elchanan

 

 

--

---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]----------------------

vlinfo signed email body (777 characters)

on 18 March 2005 at 02:34:18 UTC

rawfood

-------------------------------

: Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft.

: Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines

: below are the sender's verifiable digital signature.

-------------------------------

00fAAAAAEAAAAqPjpCCQMAAG0BAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O

zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X2Wdp

pO3iaML2pVTmlynM+yvKiQBf7p+8Ppp0CqKrjjPg==

------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]----------------