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Top Episode Replay: CARBS, FATS, SALTS & BRAINS - with Professor Tim Noakes and Paul Laursen

Top Episode Replay: CARBS, FATS, SALTS & BRAINS - with Professor Tim Noakes and Paul Laursen

Update: 2025-07-18
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What is the MINIMAL amount of carbs 🍬 that you NEED for ENDURANCE?! WHAT IF taking >= 60g of carbs per hour COMPLETELY STOPS your liver GLUCOSE production 😱?

Prof. Tim Noakes wants you to understand that for long endurance efforts you simply do NOT NEED❌ massive amounts of EXOGENOUS carbohydrates. There is a minimal amount of carbs that you need to continuously SUPPLEMENT every couple of hours to tell your BRAIN 🧠 that you are ok - otherwise, you got FAT!

In the 77th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Tim discuss:

🧠 what the central governor theory is & how it applies in the field nowadays;

🍞 the MINIMUM amount of CARBS you actually need to perform at your best;

🧂 to SALT or NOT TO SALT during exercise?!

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Today’s speakers:

Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ 

Prof. Tim Noakes https://thenoakesfoundation.org 

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References:

Other The Noakes Foundation channels:
https://www.facebook.com/thenoakesfoundation/ 

https://twitter.com/TheNoakesF 

http://bit.ly/2tBjSSN 


Nutrition Network:
https://nutrition-network.org 

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Top Episode Replay: CARBS, FATS, SALTS & BRAINS - with Professor Tim Noakes and Paul Laursen

Top Episode Replay: CARBS, FATS, SALTS & BRAINS - with Professor Tim Noakes and Paul Laursen

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