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Re: What is "lipid power"? Did you perhaps mean aerobic power? Because exogenous ketones turn off fat burning (AKA lipolysis) so fats are not being used to generate power. But, ketones are burned aerobically, even above the "lactate threshold". This is why you see low blood lactate.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275931

Yes, ketone bodies are "mind controlling substances". There is no mental fatigue, so you can push harder on long climbs/rides. It is not a "drug" though...

Re: Re: The standard ketogenic diet will allow you to work out, in the best of the cases, up to about 80% of your FTP. There is a targeted ketogenic diet where you carb load before a specific event, just like anyone else does. This does not kick you out of ketosis because you burn all the...

Re: Re: A ketogenic diet inhibits gluconeogenesis and has a protein-sparing effect. I am riding 8 hours in a fasted state, and 70% of the energy comes from body fats. In one single ride I can burn up to 300g of fats without muscle loss.

Re: Re: Nutritional ketosis has a protein-sparing effect and burns fats. No need for PEDs.

Re: Re: In the old Tour de San Luis there were plenty of nice climbs, including a couple of 1st Cat climbs and one HC. San Juan also has a few of other nice roads but for some reason they decided not to include them in this race.

Re: Having lived in Trieste (Venezia-Giulia) for a couple of years I can say I totally agree with that. Some of my favourite climbs in the area, and also in Europe, were Monte Crostis and Monte Mangart. There is also Vrsic pass on the Slovenian side and mount Učka further down south in Istria...

Re: He said there will be only "classic climbs", emphasising that Zoncolan won't be there. (Spanish is my mothertongue)