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  1. walkerr
    The article I linked upthread cites a number of proper studies: http://eatlocalgrown...tritionist.html They are not Banting specific, but they do touch on many of the same areas. Also upthread I posted one of many articles that link glucose to cancer cell growth. Noakes may not have conducted or published full studies - but that doesn't mean that related ones aren't out there. He didn't invent or start this area of debate. If you want to really want to scare yourself go read the Wheat Belly cookbook. Again it's not Banting specific, but it cites a huge wealth of proper scientific studies on the effects of wheat in our diet, in particular the kind of everyday wheat (often GMO) that is found in most of the common/cheaper breads and pastas. I absoultely love bread and pasta, but it's something I eat in careful moderation having seen what studies have shown in that area.
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    A rational and convincing argument if ever I heard one
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    If you want to really scare yourself shitless Google "cancer" and "glucose" It has been clinically proven that glucose is the only fuel that allows cancer cells to grow. They can synthesize their own glucose, but only enough to sustain themselves and not grow. (http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=3087 and many other citations). The glucose you take in is the fuel they need to thrive. So not only are you playing russian roulette with insulin and diabetes with high carbs and sugars, you're also rolling the dice with cancer. I'd take up smoking if I were you ...
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    That hasn't been proven at all - in fact all the actual scientific studies prove the exact opposite: http://eatlocalgrown...tritionist.html Edit - for those too lazy to read the whole thing: === Nutritionist Says: “Saturated Fat Raises Cholesterol and Causes Heart Disease” Answer: This is a myth. Saturated fat raises HDL (the “good”) cholesterol and changes the LDL from small, dense to Large LDL, which is benign and doesn’t increase the risk of heart disease. This has been intensively studied in the past few decades and the studies consistently show that saturated fat is not in any way related to the risk of heart disease. Studies Siri-Tarino PW, et al. Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010. Mente A, et al. A systematic review of the evidence supporting a causal link between dietary factors and coronary heart disease. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2009. Dreon DM, et al. Change in dietary saturated fat intake is correlated with change in mass of large low-density-lipoprotein particles in men. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1998. More: The saturated fat myth has been debunked thoroughly here and here. ===
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    I'm actually quite nervous - despite being on it for about 6 weeks, I've cheated with extra carbs when out on the bike. So I know I am going to suffer a ton over the next few weeks when I ditch those. It's about the long term and fueling for long distance riding for me, so it'll be worth it once I get past the short term dips I know.
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    Yep - you have to find what works for you.
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    It isn't just about athletes - it's about insulin resistance and diabetes. My GF was insulin resistant and bordering on Type 2 diabetes, a serious condition. On her latest bloods her IR has now totally gone. Before you trash it make sure you understand it. Edit: Steve Redgrave was a world class rower, possibly one of the best of all time. Despite all his fitness he still developed diabetes leading into his last Olympics. Just because carbs help you perform does not make them good for you
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    I found adding back some carbs on ride days, but not too much helped. On days when the riding was of a sort where I felt I'd need to go to a higher intensity, I'd cut myself some slack and add back about 50g extra of carbs to my eating. I have friends who push that to 100g extra with no ill effects on the diet. The extra carbs add back that burst, but after the ride you won't have picked up weight or struggle to get back to the LCHF diet on a day to day basis. In fact rather oddly, I dropped more weight on the days when I stuck a very small amount of carbs back (10g or so). I have no idea why that is. Nearly all my rides now are long low intensity for the next year (Argus excepted) - so I'm going to be stricter and try and get solidly in the fat burning zone and not go over 50g of carbs even on ride days. But if there are days/rides I need the extra Zip, I'll boost a few extra grams of carbs. Edit - i'm careful what sort of carbs though. Avoid breads or pasta, and avoid too much processed (exclude Baviaans here, I just ate anything going). But in general I try and go for vegetable based carbs - sweet potatoes etc. And definitely try to avoid wheat
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    That's been my experience so far - but it's early days for me. I know others who seem to have very good burst speed without adding the extra carbs that I do. Of course they may just be faster than me whatever diet they use ...
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    Exactly my approach so far - going to start weaning myself off them, because if I have them there I tend to munch them even though I don't really need them.
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    Something of a newcomer to the Noakes diet. My reason was none of the usual ones - not weight loss or insulin resistance. Mine is to find a better (read more efficient) fuel for ultra-distance events. These are very long, mostly low intensity activities. So far so good - but it's still early days. It's a year long experiment for me, culminating in PBP this time next year. I've had a full panel of bloods already when I started, and will do another at 6 months and 12 months. So that I can understand how it affects my physiology. At this stage I am not 100% fully fat adapted. I do boost my carbs on riding days where I know there will be higher intensity. By boost I mean going from around 50g/day to 100g/day - still within LCHF levels in fact even at the high end. I'm gradually going to reduce that now though to become better fat adapted. The part in the article that I do agree with is that we are all different. I know some very fit, fast amd strong endurance riders who have been doing very well on this diet though. I've read several articles which show that it may not be as good as carbs for very high intensity - i.e. peak performance. I can't really add anything to that with the type of riding I'm doing though, and the fact that I'm not fully adapted yet. One rider I regularly cycle with who is doesn't seem to struggle to keep up with the fastest of our pack at any stage, in fact she can probably drop most of us.
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    If you're on Alu rims no, you don't. If you're on carbon rims, or rather you want the most effective carbon rims, yes you do.
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    Our one team rider, Penny, is still something of a beginner on a MTB and only just building her confidence on single track - and this was also her first night riding (my bad planning for not getting us out to practice at night). So you can imagine how she felt at that stage. Luckily she's very fit and mentally very strong too - was proud as anything how she stuck her head down and kept going through that section knowing how nervous she was. Stuff that Baviaans tales are made of ...
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    Wikus did not lie when he said " ... and for the rest of you, it's an adventure". Team Coasters (59) crossed the line a around 3:42am, tired but elated - all 4 riders safe and smiling. What a ride! So glad we decided to take a support driver - our unsung hero on the day. We had failing lights at #5 and #7. Without his backup we'd have been crawling along in the dark. Well done everyone - especially the guys that stuck it out and finished with a time of 23:24. True spirit and guts to keep going and finish regardless of what the trail throws in your way.
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    Very true
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    Inspiring stuff - kudos! No better reason to ride than "just because" ...
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    Sad - discs on carbon rims make sense to me, Alu rims less so. But I guess if they want to push it as a standard, they'll want one common approach on every model. Personally, I might be tempted with discs but only if they were tubeless as well.
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    Definitely correct. But from what I've observed, the bikes that we find in shops are a steady trickle down of the high end bikes the Pros ride. The tech is very flash, but probably overkill for most of us average riders. We still buy it anyway - initially for the bling, and later because it's then all that is on sale as the old stuff has been phased out. Agree with the other guys here, discs are going to take some time to supplant rim brakes on road bikes - just like 11 speed, which is still only slowly coming in, but eventually it'll happen. What would really offend me is when the cheapo makes start putting road discs on Alu rims - I'm sure we'll see some muppet manufacturer doing that though eventually
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    No - you are bang on the mark. Discs on a road bike don't just offer better braking, they remove the issue of brake pads being less effective on carbon rims in the wet, overheating etc etc. Add discs to a set of carbon clinchers with tubeless tyres, and the wheel removal issue also goes away coz punctures become very rare. My buddy rides tubeless in the UK, and hasn't had a flat in over 2,000Km (probably way more than that now). That's heading towards close to the useful life of a fast road tyre, which is a predictable maintenance replacement you can do in the workshop.
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    There is one track that is correct, and a messy bunch of bits - plus at least one checkpoint off in the middle of nowhere. I'll upload my cleaned up one to Drop Box and post a link Edit: give these a try. GDB and GPX files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kxy6zislmt0pt6w/AACpnn3mWDlrZqfTAX4K593na
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    The published T4A file is a bit of a mess to be honest - seems to have leftovers and hacked bits in it. I have a cleaned up MapSource GDB and GPX export if you need.
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    http://wannabteam.com/partners/special-offers/somerset-sport-rehab-centre/ I don't think she'll have cell reception the kloof though
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    Our team has a pro sports massage therapist on it - who worked on Cipollini no less! The only trouble is she's one of our riders. I did suggest she could work on us at the end. I can't put her response here as it will break forum rules about bad language.
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    OK - please don't think I'm being rude here. I see they have a driver briefing on teh Saturday AM and a briefing to us riders in the start chutes too. Presumably they'll cover the essential stuff there also? If we hang around in Willowmore until past 7pm, and then go back to accomodation it's gonna be way later than ideal the night before a big ride.
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