The Best Supplement for an Athlete on a Low Carb Diet

Okay so your an athlete and your trying to compete while your on a low carb diet. I too tried this. It's not easy. One of the things that I did to help myself, was take a slow burning carb to fill my glycogen stores. It's made by a company called generation UCAN. 

They make a pre-workout shake that contains 50 carbs. This isn't your normal carb, it is an improved carb. It is starch based and it doesn't spike your insulin. They also make a post workout protein shake. This has 20 carbs to replenish your glycogen stores. It is the same starch based carb that is in the pre-workout shake.

If you want more information just visit their site. I hope this helped! Please share this with anybody you think this will benefit. Leave a comment(s) with any questions.  

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Low Carb Dieting part 1

This is hopefully the first of many posts on low carb dieting. For this post I'm just going to talk about how awesome a low carb diet is and giving an overview. I also have some great books on the subject listed below.

First, what is a low carb diet? A low carb diet basically goes against all common and widespread

knowledge about dieting, but it has the most science behind it. Learn more about that in the books below. I love my low carb diet. I lost 10 pounds in the first two weeks on it. Keep in my mind that I was doing the extreme version of it, and only eating 20 carbs a day. If you want to just be on a low carb diet here is all you have to do. Eat 75 carbs a day, or less. DON'T eat any SUGAR. You can eat artificial sweeteners like splenda. Make sure you also eat protein. Feel great! It's that simple. Let me know in the comments how much weight you lose in the first 2 weeks.

Here is a list of books you can read if you want to learn more. I will be doing more posts on this subject. I race bicycles, so I also know the sports side of this diet. Anyhow, here are the books.

Taubes, Gary. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It. Reprint. Anchor, 2011. (This is the short version of the below book Good Calories, Bad calories. It is by far the best place to start)

Phd Stephen D Phinney MD, and Rd Jeff S Volek Phd. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living. Lexington, KY: Beyond Obesity, LLC, 2011.

Taubes, Gary. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health.  Random House Digital, Inc., 2008.