Solution to low carb weakness?

[Mr_Krabs]

Just came across a very interesting study:

http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/news ... cid=266762

Apparantly a carby-mouthwash and spit could boost your strength without destroying your low-carb diet?

Ive always wondered about this sort of thing, the sugar rush you get by eating a sweet, the rush occurs well before any of the sugar could possibly reach your blood stream...

Im still on the fence but read the study for yourself and discuss?

[alex-art]

Nice article but the whole meaning of "low carb weakness" is really dependable on your body. Many people are saying that they're handling low-carb diet very bad but as for myself, I've been sitting on less then 50g of carbs per day for 6 weeks and haven't noticed any mood changes or muscle weakness

[ThePman]

I'll have to look at the whole thing to draw any real conclusions and I can't be bothered getting it right now, but this:

Around one second after swallowing the drink, neural activity increased by 30 percent and muscle strength two percent, with the effect lasting for around three minutes. The response was not related to the amount of glucose in the bloodstream or how fatigued the participants were.

“It might not sound like much, but a two percent increase in muscle strength is enormous, especially at the elite level. It’s the difference between winning an Olympic medal or not,” says co-author Dr Cathy Stinear.

makes me kinda giggle, because a) you know good and well they weren't using elite athletes for this, and untrained college kids don't mean a whole lot when talking about high-level performers and b. 2% increase in biceps curling strength doesn't necessarily mean it'll translate like that to any

other exercise, nor anybody that's got a real training background.

I'm sure there's other discussion points that could be raised on further reading.

EDIT: I will say that the increase in neural drive does sound interesting (and it's not actually surprising to me for several reasons) and it's worth exploring, but there's a whole lot of issues that would surround this in practice.

[Ronin]

Not 100% sure on this one, but I remember my first aid instructor telling us that a quick remedy for someone in hypoglaecemia is a jellybean under the tongue, as sugar can be absorbed through the lining of the mouth straight into the bloodstream. If this is true, and the test subjects are swilling a sugary drink around in their mouths, could it just be that the sugar is being absorbed this way?

(Stands back and awaits the ridicule :pfft: )

[startinfromscratch]

Not 100% sure on this one, but I remember my first aid instructor telling us that a quick remedy for someone in hypoglaecemia is a jellybean under the tongue, as sugar can be absorbed through the lining of the mouth straight into the bloodstream. If this is true, and the test subjects are swilling a sugary drink around in their mouths, could it just be that the sugar is being absorbed this way?

(Stands back and awaits the ridicule :pfft: )

good post. repped.