A former professional cyclist tried a 100-mile bike ride while doing the keto diet. Most people may think they have to load up on carbs, so he wanted to see what would happen on keto.
He cut it short at 90 miles due to the heat, but his overall conclusion: "I was certain that I was going to bonk catastrophically and need to be driven home... But literally nothing went wrong. I was able to churn out the watts, my heart rate didn't go crazy, I didn't get heatstroke. I did do the ride at a low intensity, so I didn't give it 100 percent up every climb, but I did have periods where my heart rate went up to 170 and I went super hard."
His disclaimer about his personal experiment: "Diet is so personal. What works for me will not necessarily work for you."
Given the article was about one person's personal experiment, it would have been nice for the article to include a summary of research on that topic to give readers a context for appreciating what the cyclist was trying to do.
Nordic walkers may be interested in these kinds of things because there may be implications for optimizing one's nutrition practices.
