Bonking + Bicycles

On Fri, 29 May 2020 16:47:10 -0700 (PDT), Mike A Schwab
wrote:

On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 11:07:52 PM UTC, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Have any of you been on a ride where you've bonked to the point that every single pedal stroke no matter how low a gear you're in or how calm the winds are, feels like it's all you can do to get that crankarm past the 12 0'clock position?

If so, how long did it take you to recover so that you were able to ride at your normal pace again?

If you ate soon after bonking, how long did it take you to then recover enough to ride further?

Cheers

One way to avoid this is to kick start your fat metabolism. Consume dietary Ketones to get your fat / ketone metabolism going. Then when your body runs out of carbs, it will start burning fat instead of boinking or falling into Diabetic Ketoacidosis (which can be fatal). Supplements are best (ketone salts) but taste awful. 2nd best is Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) which have little taste, and is made from Coconut Oil. 3rd best is Coconut Oil, which is 2/3s MCTs. Here is an MD using MCT with elderly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFUPSdATuw

Well yes, except that conversion from triglyceride to glucose is a
much slower process than glycogen to glucose.



Long term, once the fat metabolism is going, is to adopt the ketogenic diet, except for high demand events. I follow the wheat belly diet.


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cheers,

John B.