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dietary fat and running injuries (Read 460 times)

RER


    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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    rectumdamnnearkilledem

      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. k

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      seeEricaRun


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        I suspect that the danger here is in allowing to people to think that high-fat diets are therefore better.
        RER


          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.