{"id":15790,"date":"2021-03-12T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15790"},"modified":"2021-03-12T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:02:26","slug":"low-fat-vs-low-carb-diets-a-new-study-renews-the-debate-for-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/running\/low-fat-vs-low-carb-diets-a-new-study-renews-the-debate-for-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Fat vs. Low Carb Diets: A New Study Renews the Debate for Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that runners need to think critically about how to fuel their bodies before and after their workouts. What is a normal diet for a non-runner may not offer the nutritional needs for a runner, and you need to take special care with what you put in your body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pros of low fa<\/strong>t<\/span><\/h3>\n

A new study out of <\/span>Natural Medicine<\/span><\/i> recently reported that eating a low fat diet will ultimately lead to eating fewer calories overall. With lower energy foods comes lower calorie intake, and participants on average consumed 500-700 fewer calories in the study.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cons of low fat<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Runners need a wide variety of macronutrients to excel. For runners, being without healthy fasts could lead to injury, longer time to recover after a run, and the proverbial \u201chitting the wall.\u201d Although the study shows that participants consumed fewer calories, this is not necessarily beneficial for runners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Low carb questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The problem with a low carb diet for runners is that runners\u2019 bodies thrive on carbs. Carbohydrates are what keep you going through the long runs and the intervals and the hills.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of going for a low carb diet, runners should seek balance in the types of foods they are eating.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do the experts say?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Most experts also subscribe to the idea of balance for runners. <\/span>According to Kara Hoerr, R.D.N., a dietitian who specialises in sports nutrition<\/span><\/a>, \u201cMany people, including athletes, believe that if they follow a low-carb or low-fat diet, they\u2019ll see desired results. But being low in a certain macronutrient doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s necessarily better for you.\u201d Since runners need strength and endurance, being deficient in any specific macronutrient is not ideal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scientists and runners will debate this top for many years to come. It seems that having a balance of macronutrients in your diet, and eating a healthy mix of vegetables, fruits, healthy carbohydrates and lean meats will fuel your body the best.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that runners need to think critically about how to fuel their bodies before and after their workouts. What is a normal diet for a non-runner may not offer the nutritional needs for a runner, and you need to take special care with what you put in your body.\u00a0 Pros of low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[706],"tags":[770],"class_list":["post-15790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-running","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}