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A lot of great advice in this interview with Greg Parham, Elite Endurance Mountain Biker and Multi-Sport Athlete.
"Leaner. Stronger. Faster. I made the switch to the Paleo Diet in January 09 and these are but a few of the benefits I’ve experienced. As an elite athlete, I was looking to take my performance to the next level. I didn’t buy all the marketing junk about high carb intake, sports drinks, powerbars, goos, protein drinks, you name it. My body needed real food. Making the switch was easy..." ~ Greg “Caveman” Parham, Elite Athlete
This is a Paleo Diet Debate Forum, and you asked for some Paleo endurance athletes. A race is a very small window of time in these athletes lives. Overall he's Paleo, follows a Paleo diet and performs at a very high level. I've added and highlighted in blue, the parts of each of his answers that you intentionally omitted.
"He may be lower-carb, but he is certainly not low-carb"
Again, he follows a Paleo Diet. Lower-carb, low-carb, whatever you want to call it, it's in the Paleo diet realm.
Notable quotes from his interview:
- The main time I supplement is during races that I anticipate performing at or above 75% of my max heart rate (MHR) for 90-150 minutes (what I would consider cross country pace). At this point I’m anaerobic and relying quite heavily on carbs rather than fat. However, I don’t believe in sports drinks that only have carbs, and I don’t need much carbs.
No one is zero carb, and of course we all need carbs. So what's your point here? You asked for Paleo endurance athletes. Are you saying that he isn't Paleo, or are you saying that he isn't Paleo enough by your standards? It's more likely that you don't even know.
- For races in the 4-6 Hour range I definitely need more carb intake because I’m likely running at 80% MHR the whole time. I’m still burning quite a bit of fat, but also burning a lot of carbs.
- Again, I’m mostly burning fat, but I am burning carbs here and there and need to replenish them if I wish to continue at the intensity it takes to win the race.
- In this case, I rely on Puresport, caveman energy bars, beef jerky, and fruit, especially grapes, strawberries, and bananas. I might even use some Organic Brown Rice Syrup
All Paleo.
- If I need a big boost late in the race I've been known to eat pizza, bread, or other forbidden processed carbs like muffins or cookies just to get me through it.
So what's your point here? Do Kenyans never eat processed foods? Do vegetarians not eat muffins? Do people on low fat diets never eat pizza? Does everyone follow their diet perfectly? At least the guy's honest.
- Keep in mind that the Paleo Diet is not really a low carb diet. It's low by modern standards, but these standards are just grossly out of proportion. Fruits and vegetables do indeed have carbs.
Yes, that's correct. Thanks for highlighting that there's a misconception about the Paleo diet being "low carb". It's really more about trying to eliminate grains, especially gluten, starchy vegetables, processed foods, junk food, legumes, dairy, alcohol, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, high GI fruits and hydrogenated oils.
- So, if I find myself craving carbs, I’ll just eat more fruits and sweet vegetables like carrots and capsicums.
All Paleo approved.
- Caveman energy bars: Dates, Cashews, Coconut flakes, Local honey, 100% Cocoa powder
Yes, that's his own recipe for what he calls "Caveman energy bars". All are Paleo approved, although some super hardcore Paleo followers might exclude dates and honey, even though both were likely available to our Paleolithic ancesters.
I try to live and eat by the 80% rule, which states if you follow the diet 80% of the time, you will get almost all the benefit from it. There are times when it’s next to impossible to follow the diet, like when you’re travelling or having dinner at a friend’s house and they have slaved away at preparing baked potatoes, bread, rice, etc. and it would be downright rude to not eat anything.
I don't know what's wrong with you 80-10-10 people. The human brain is 60% fat so you might want to think about eating some soon. You said he was 40-30-30, not me. There's absolutely no way you can tell. You have no clue what quantities of anything he eats. I'd bet he's running in the 10-30% range. It's extremely difficult to get to 40% carbs when your not eating breads, pastas, grains, starches, legumes, etc. Even the SAD only runs at 50% carbs with all the breads and pastas and pizzas and potatoes and corn syrup and sugar and pastry and bagels that everyone consumes.
I read what you wrote, you just hallucinated that I didn't. Oh, and let me quote specifically what you asked because you clearly can't remember "Where are all the elite Paleo runners and cyclists?"
By the way, there are recent studies that are showing that coconut oil reverses dimentia and alzheimer's symptoms, in case it's needed.
http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/new-alzheimers-drugs-continue-to-fail-where-coconut-oil-shines/
I'm sorry but he's running four times further than the Kenyans so there really is no comparison.
Eric B
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www.paleowired.com/paleo-lifestyle-2/4-celebrities-you-didnt-know-swear-by-paleo/
From the source cited above
http://www.active.com/running/articles/eating-practices-of-the-best-endurance...
"The average age of the Kenyans was 21, and mean height was 1.75 meters (~5' 9"), with remarkably little variation in stature (the shortest individual was 1.70 meters, the tallest 1.80 meters, which meant that the smallest and greatest heights were just three percent away from the mean)."
The average age is 21 of these athletes is... keep a person on that kind of diet above, and lets see how well they fair as the years pass.
Natways Arguement: Because 21 year old kenyans can perform exceptionally at marathons on a diet mostly of calories, it MUST be healthy.
This a complete STRAWMAN. But as usual... natway likes to grasp at straws. Just because a 21 year old takes steroids and can tip over cars, doesn't make it healthy. Its the same thing with all that sugar. I have yet to see any kind longevity study toting the benefits of this kind of diet.
Aswell the kenyans also ate meat 4 times a week... the 80-10-10 diet is a vegan diet. Vegans do not eat meet even once a week, let alone 4 times. Saying that meat eating Kenyan Marathon runners are exemplifying the greatness of the 80-10-10 vegan diet is absolutely absurd.
So what if you say ratio... the 801010 ratio was coined by a VEGAN! It means VEGAN.
How do I know you meant vegan too... by this logic
#1, you clearly have an agenda against the Paleo diet which you have previously demonstrated
#2. you clearly support the high calorie vegan diet which you have previously demonstrated
So clearly you weren't just mentioning 801010 out of some sort of random thought.
You are also arguing against a paleo diet, in a paleo diet debate forum, with a diet of keynan marathoners that includes MEAT AND DAIRY. This is just HILLARIOUS!! why on earth you decided to argue in favour of a vegan diet using a the diet of the kenyans that includes MEAT AND DAIRY is complete ABSURDITY.
I also don't need to post all the world class paleo runners, because you already did for me. GO MEAT EATING KENYANS!!! The fact that people eating animal protein are winning all the worlds races is awesome!!!
The DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) diet is one method. This diet aims to reduce high blood pressure by reducing your intake of fat, sodium, and alcohol. If you’re looking to reduce your blood pressure, this diet also recommends eating foods that are rich in potassium, calcium, and magnesium.
The DASH diet also recommends introducing more low-fat protein into your diet, as well as whole grains and lots of fruits and vegetables. This includes leafy greens, potatoes, beets, and fruits like berries and bananas. Drinking skim milk is another way to reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure as well. Eating oatmeal at breakfast is also a good start!
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