Nov 02
A recent study from Loughborough University in England showed endurance athletes whose competition is over two hours long could benefit from a low carbohydrate pre-competition meal. The whole idea behind this is to preserve the sugar in the muscle for a longer period of time. By ingesting high glycemic foods (foods that raise the blood sugar quickly) more insulin is released resulting in the consumption of more stored sugar during exercise.
Endurance athletes give this a try. Of course, it is always a good idea to cut back on training, and increase complex carbohydrates for a few days prior to the event to saturate the muscles with energy producing glycogen.
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Nov 02
Wine lovers, today is a day to hold up your glass, and make a toast to longevity, and activity. A recent scientific study lead by Harvard Researcher David Sinclair found that a compound found in red wine, resveratrol, reverses the damaging effects of a high-fat diet in mice and can prolong life.
The study, lasting 114 weeks, divided 3 groups of mice into a “normal” diet group, high fat diet group, and a high fat supplemented with resveratrol group. Interesting enough, 58% of the high fat only group died, while only 42% of the other two groups died.
The red wine compound resveratrol seed to be responsible for a 31% reduction in death for the mice on a high fat diet. The researchers also noticed the high fat supplemented with resveratrol group seemed to be more active. This possibly helped to reduce the death rate.
Next, researchers need to apply this knowledge and see how humans respond to resveratrol. A drug company already has started a clinical trial of resveratrol and its effects on Type II Diabetes.
Please don’t feel this is a ticket to consume large amounts of wine. It isn’t. The extra calories from drinking excessive wine will only cause harm to your health, not help it. Consume wine in moderation!
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