Alan Aragon discussing the misinterpretation of research regarding “nutrient timing”.
“Much of the existing sports nutrition research is done on endurance athletes. So a certain degree of extrapolation and assumption must be done by those attempting to apply the data to different activities.
Hierarchy of importance:
When speaking nutrition for improving body composition or athletic performance, it’s crucial to realise there’s an underlying hierarchy of importance. At the top of the hierarchy of effects is total amount of macronutrients by the end of the day. Below that- and I mean distantly below that- is the precise timing of those nutrients.
With very few exceptions (I.e. the intermittent fasting crowd), athletes and active individuals eat multiple times per day is spent in a postprandial (fed) rather than a post-absorption (fasted) state.
The vast majority of nutrient timing studies have been done on overnight-fasted subjects, which obviously limits the applicability of the studies’ conclusions.
Pre-exercise (and/or during-exercise) nutrient intake often has a lingering carry-over effect into the post- exercise period. Throughout the day, there’s a constant overlap of meal absorption. For this reason, nutrient timing is not a strategy that’s only effective if done with chronometer- like precision”. –Alan Aragon
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“Much of the existing sports nutrition research is done on endurance athletes. So a certain degree of extrapolation and assumption must be done by those attempting to apply the data to different activities.
Hierarchy of importance:
When speaking nutrition for improving body composition or athletic performance, it’s crucial to realise there’s an underlying hierarchy of importance. At the top of the hierarchy of effects is total amount of macronutrients by the end of the day. Below that- and I mean distantly below that- is the precise timing of those nutrients.
With very few exceptions (I.e. the intermittent fasting crowd), athletes and active individuals eat multiple times per day is spent in a postprandial (fed) rather than a post-absorption (fasted) state.
The vast majority of nutrient timing studies have been done on overnight-fasted subjects, which obviously limits the applicability of the studies’ conclusions.
Pre-exercise (and/or during-exercise) nutrient intake often has a lingering carry-over effect into the post- exercise period. Throughout the day, there’s a constant overlap of meal absorption. For this reason, nutrient timing is not a strategy that’s only effective if done with chronometer- like precision”. –Alan Aragon
FREE gift from me. "How to set up a nutrition plan" PDF
Click here>> http://www.jameslaytonfitness.co.uk/?page_id=195
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