fat as fuel

[Guest guest]

I sent Barry Groves the article talking about fat and carb storage and how carbs

are the preffered source of anaerobic high intensity activity.

From: " Barry Groves " <barrygroves@...>

Date: March 23, 2009 4:53:24 AM PDT

" Holt " <danthemanholt@...>

Subject: Re: Fat as fuel

Hi Dan

Good article. The reason there is such a controversy (apart from the bad press

that fats quite wrongly get) is simply that we are not designed for hard,

prolonged exercise.

Our energy stores are designed for long walks in search of food and for rapid

movement to either kill or escape from predators. Stored body fats provide the

energy source for the former (low-impact exercise); blood glucose and stored

glycogen for the latter (high-impact exercise).

Doing what we are not designed to -- high-impact exercise for long periods of

time, and you are likely to end up, like Sir Steve Redgrave (5-times Olympic

rowing gold medallist), with type-2 diabetes. This means a less healthy life,

more discomfort as you get older, and a much shorter lifespan.

Is all that exercise worth it?

Regards

Barry

Author: Natural Health and Weight Loss

Trick and Treat: how 'healthy eating' is making us ill

Co-producer: Be Slim Without Dieting (Video / DVD)

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk

http://www.diabetes-diet.org.uk

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.org.uk

Fat as fuel

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0158.htm

Yours Truly,

Dan Holt

[Guest guest]

Hi Barry,

What exactly would constitute the following? I used to do high impact aerobics

for 45 minutes, 3 times a week, and felt great.

" Doing what we are not designed to -- high-impact exercise for long periods of

time "

Thanks!

Laree