Back in May 2015 I was waiting to catch a plane to New York for my sister\u2019s wedding. I had some time to kill in the departures lounge so I ambled into the book shop. I\u2019m always drawn to the sport or non fiction sections. Within a couple of minutes browsing I came across Christoper McDougalls\u2019 latest book, \u201cNatural Born Heroes\u201d. Having really enjoyed the concept of his previous book \u201cBorn to Run\u201d I decided to give this one a shot.<\/span><\/p>\n Apologies, very short book review, but sets the context well. Natural born Heroes is about a band of\u00a0non-commissioned officers who\u00a0with the aid of locals, wage guerrilla warfare\u00a0against Nazi occupiers\u00a0on the island of Crete. These men had to live off the land with no supplies yet their strength and endurance capabilities became legend on the island. Their mission was to disrupt Nazi advancement by\u00a0keeping them\u00a0grounded in Crete until winter before they could make a\u00a0push against Russia. One of their missions involved kidnapping a Nazi general and cross the island on foot evading search parties and\u00a0check points. To achieve this they had to cover some of the harshest terrain and scale sheer cliffs of rock.<\/p>\n McDougalls\u2019 slant is, did these men inadvertently stumble across the key to lasting endurance?\u00a0Was it their low carb high fat diet (Mediterranean diet)\u00a0combined with lower to moderate\u00a0intensity activity over a sustained period of time that helped to unlock their endurance potential?<\/p>\n These questions led me to look into the low carb high fat diet (LCHF), or more appropriately low carb high fat lifestyle. To me, diets don\u2019t work as most are unsustainable.\u00a0They are unsustainable because most diets require people to deny themselves the things that the mind and body crave. \u00a0What most people require but don\u2019t realise is, a lifestyle change. Deciding what is important and what is not, then making the big decision to change is\u00a0a starting point.<\/p>\n Many out there use low carb high fat as a means of weight loss, but I\u00a0wanted to look at it\u00a0from an endurance point of view. There is an abundance of web sites out there explaining what\u00a0the low carb high fat diet\u00a0is and how to go about it, different recipes etc. But I was lucky to come across a\u00a0podcast\u00a0<\/a>on\u00a0Enduranceplanet<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Dr. Philip Maffetone\u00a0<\/a>explaining his book \u201cThe Endurance Handbook\u201d. Dr. Maffetone is a researcher, clinician, and author in the field of sports medicine, nutrition and biofeedback. He\u00a0has been advocating a low carb high fat diet since the late eighties. He has trained many athletes\u00a0including\u00a0six time Ironman World Champion Mark Allen.<\/p>\n He believes the body works as a whole with each bodily system complementing each other. Therefore if one system is not performing adequately, the body doesn\u2019t perform adequately. I doubt anyone would disagree with this simple belief. It sounds very logical doesn\u2019t it? Throughout his book, he explains how to get the best out of each system from a health and endurance perspective. You\u2019ll have to read the book or listen to the podcast for more because I\u2019m not doing another book review!<\/p>\n I was interested in his thoughts on nutrition and training, and how they complement each other. He is an advocate of running slower to run fast. He believes this can be achieved by following some simple guidelines. Namely you need to convert to low carb high fat diet and you need to train within your aerobic zone. By keeping within your aerobic zone you teach your body to burn fat as fuel. This is the premise in its simplest form.<\/p>\n In my next post I\u2019ll explain what I have implemented into my own training and nutrition. I will also make reference to other low carb high fat advocates such as Professor Tim Noakes author of \u201cThe Lore of Running\u201d, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, cardiologist and researcher and Dr. Stephen Phinney author of \u201cThe Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Low Carb High Fat Back in May 2015 I was waiting to catch a plane to New York for my sister\u2019s wedding. I had some time to kill in the departures lounge so I ambled into the book shop. I\u2019m always drawn to the sport or non fiction sections. 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Essence Of LCHF<\/h3>\n