Guest: Dr. Mauro DiPasquale
When this interview originally aired in 2008 it caused a LOT of controversy. No carbohydrates in your post-workout nutrition extends the anabolic window? Ketones? What is this heresy?
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Show Notes:
Show Notes:
[1:30] Is the anabolic diet the same as the keto diet?
- How can you get the best effects of insulin without packing on too much fat?
[3:22] When does a person enter the ketosis phase?
- Carbs do not have to be completely cut off, but they do need to be cut down in order to upregulate the ketones that you normally produce.
- The body was using whatever fuel source is appropriate for the task at hand.
- Lactate can actually be used as a preferred fuel source.
[10:42] Avoiding carbs post-workout for body composition.
- Avoiding carbs post-workout can increase GH release.
- This also keeps insulin sensitivity high and glycogen levels depleted in order to keep the body in an anabolic environment longer.
[14:10] Gluconeogenesis will top off glycogen in the long run.
- There is no major hepatic stress from gluconeogenesis.
- There are no essential carbs.
[23:00] The body is incredible at turning nearly any available substrate into energy.
[34:35] Ketone strips aren’t very useful.
- Long term, low carb adaptation can help the body to employ carnitine to shuttle fatty acids to be used without conversion into ketones.
