#23 - Low carbohydrate diets - do they raise you cholesterol and trash your microbiome. Evidence to prove they don't..

Medical Sports Nutrition

Send us a Text Message.

In this podcast we cover the evolving evidence that low carbohydrate diets are not going to kill you in the ways that we keep getting told. We also look at the 1 year impact of even mild covid and look at what form your carbohydrate needs to be in mid race (spoiler - it does not really matter as long as you can tolerate it).
Below are the references for this episode in no particular order...

Moholdt T, Parr EB, Devlin BL, Debik J, Giskeødegård G, Hawley JA. The effect of morning vs evening exercise training on glycaemic control and serum metabolites in overweight/obese men: a randomised trial. Diabetologia. 2021 Sep;64(9):2061-2076. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05477-5. Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34009435; PMCID: PMC8382617.

Haganes KL, Silva CP, Eyjólfsdóttir SK, Steen S, Grindberg M, Lydersen S, Hawley JA, Moholdt T. Time-restricted eating and exercise training improve HbA1c and body composition in women with overweight/obesity: A randomized controlled trial. Cell Metab. 2022 Oct 4;34(10):1457-1471.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2022.09.003. PMID: 36198292.

Kuikman MA, Smith ES, McKay AKA, Ackerman KE, Harris R, Elliott-Sale KJ, Stellingwerff T, Burke LM. Fuelling the Female Athlete: Auditing her Representation in Studies of Acute Carbohydrate Intake for Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Oct 14. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003056. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36251373.

Hearris MA, Pugh JN, Langan-Evans C, Mann SJ, Burke L, Stellingwerff T, Gonzalez JT, Morton JP. 13C-glucose-fructose labeling reveals comparable exogenous CHO oxidation during exercise when consuming 120 g/h in fluid, gel, jelly chew, or coingestion. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2022 Jun 1;132(6):1394-1406. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00091.2022. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMID: 35446596.

Baldó Vela D, Bonfanti N, Villarino Marín LA. Eating disorders risk assessment in men who practice team sports. Front Nutr. 2022 Sep 29;9:957075. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.957075. PMID: 36245480; PMCID: PMC9556847.

Mancin L, Amatori S, Caprio M, Sattin E, Bertoldi L, Cenci L, Sisti D, Bianco A and Paoli A (2022) Effect of 30 days of ketogenic Mediterranean diet with phytoextracts on athletes' gut microbiome composition. Front. Nutr. 9:979651. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.979651

Whitaker M, Elliott J, Chadeau-Hyam M, Riley S, Da

This podcast is a lighthearted review of the medical literature and Dr Matheson has enormous respect for all scientific researchers and could not do a job as hard as theirs.
The information presented is the personal opinion of the healthcare professional and is not a substitute for seeking professional advice. It is based on interpretation of current best practice and guidelines when the episode was recorded. Guidelines can change; To the best of our knowledge the information in this episode is up to date as of it’s release but it is the listeners responsibility to review the information and make sure it is still up to date when they listen.

Dr Matheson is not liable for any advice, investigations, course of treatment, diagnosis or any other information, services or products listeners might pursue as a result of listening to this podcast. Reliance on information provided in this podcast is solely at the listeners risk.

The podcast is designed to be used generate learning discussions and for education only. It is not recommended to be used as a method of diagnosis, opinion, treatment or medical advice for the general public. Do not delay seeking medical advice based on the information contained in this podcast. If you have questions regarding your health or feel you may have a medical condition then promptly seek the opinion of a trained healthcare professional.