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How are most of you eating fruit during CBL? It doesn't really seem to fit well into ULC or backloading given the fructose and the moderate GI, but I believe the nutrition in fruit is too beneficial to give up eating. Any suggestions?
My suggestion… Fruit isn't very nutritious. You can find much more micro-nutrient dense foods to fit in either part of the day that will aid in reach your goal.
My suggestion... Fruit isn't very nutritious. You can find much more micro-nutrient dense foods to fit in either part of the day that will aid in reach your goal.
I disagree with the first part. I already eat other more nutrient-dense foods, but fruits like blueberries carry an immense number of antioxidants to combat free-radicals. I currently eat a shitload of leafy greens, but I think there is plenty of other nutrition to be had as well(hence the normal "variation in diet" advice).
heres part of an interview by MandF. Kiefer talks about fruit so it should answer your question.http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/carb-back-loading-explained/carb-back-loading-explained-episode-3
I mix/blend ripe bananas or berries into my PWO shake to kick off the carb back load… No other fruits at anytime.
+1 on the bananas and berries in shakes. berries more for the taste than anything. but even so, a cup of blueberries doesn't have much in the way of carbs
I incorporate bananas and berries into a banana loaf that I eat PWO fairly regularly. You can also add other fruits/veg like pineapple and carrot, depending on your recipe.
I was under the impression that bacon was a fruit?
I eat bananas occasioanlly for backloads, but bananas aren't really that nutritous. I don't eat fruit really, there really is no need to if you are eating vegetables. And if you are eating high quality grass fed meats, you really don't need much vegetables.If you want to eat fruit I would reccomend eating berries when you are ULC and some over-ripe bananas when you backload.
Thanks for all the replies. Right now I do bananas, mangoes, berries and peaches on backloads in a shake. Maybe this is just one of those nutritional facts that it'll take me a while to believe. It's taken me a long time to overcome the popular fear of saturated fats, but I'm finally through it.For backloads, I was thinking of either doing something with a higher GI before the fruit shake or just adding a ton of dextrose to it.
Thanks for all the replies. Right now I do bananas, mangoes, berries and peaches on backloads in a shake. Maybe this is just one of those nutritional facts that it'll take me a while to believe. It's taken me a long time to overcome the popular fear of saturated fats, but I'm finally through it.For backloads, I was thinking of either doing something with a higher GI before the fruit shake or just adding a ton of dextrose to it.
Add a ton of dextrose. =]
Cool article on fruit and vegetables: http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/10/plants-and-plant-compounds-are-not-essential-or-magic.html
If we believe, as I do, that the key to health is avoiding neolithic agents of disease and that the common element of all healthy populations is animal products, how can it be that any plant that was not universally available is essential to health? It is not impossible, but in the scientific sense it is highly implausible if you accept my other premises.
He's not saying avoid them or that they're harmful, just that they (fruitnveg) aren't magical elixirs to longevity or superhumanity worth worrying about. Nor are they necessary to be a healthy human.
Cool article on fruit and vegetables: http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/10/plants-and-plant-compounds-are-not-essential-or-magic.html
If we believe, as I do, that the key to health is avoiding neolithic agents of disease and that the common element of all healthy populations is animal products, how can it be that any plant that was not universally available is essential to health? It is not impossible, but in the scientific sense it is highly implausible if you accept my other premises.
He's not saying avoid them or that they're harmful, just that they (fruitnveg) aren't magical elixirs to longevity or superhumanity worth worrying about. Nor are they necessary to be a healthy human.
Yea I always get annoyed when some new exotic plant is the rage and considered to be a "superfood". Generally anything called a superfood is something that I would never eat.
The only essential nutrients that are practically non existant in animal products are vitamin K and C
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