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| dietary fat and running injuries (Read 222 times) |
RER |
posted: 1/5/2008 at 4:31 PM |
| Two good studies out this month relating diet to running injuries. One specifically showing low fat diets increase risk of injury (JISSN Jan 08-). The other showing restricted diets (overall intake) reduce bone density (AJCN Jan 08-). The information is not new, or surprising, but the problem is not many people hear about this kind of research. |
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| view log Runs With Snowplows |
posted: 1/5/2008 at 4:44 PM |
Nope...because the "fat is evil" camp took over. Nevermind the fact that diabetes rates have steadily increased as dietary fat has increasingly been vilified (and low-fat products full of HFCS were used as substitutes). No low-fat for me, TYVM.
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Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
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| view log Ms. Fussypants |
posted: 1/5/2008 at 5:59 PM |
I suspect that the danger here is in allowing to people to think that high-fat diets are therefore better.
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RER |
posted: 1/5/2008 at 6:18 PM |
| One problem is defining "low" or "high" fat -- whose definitions do we follow? Most people have some definition in their head, and that varies dramatically from person to person. One of the studies commented that a diet that's on average 36% fat may be ideal in preventing injuries in women. |
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