
A? Ketogenic diets h?v? b???m? th? big news among "civilians", C??li? K?t?g?ni? Di?t? (CKD) ?r? big news ?m?ng ?thl?t??. K?t?g?ni? diets ?ff?r ?xtr??rdin?ril? rapid f?t l??? with ?u??ri?r muscle retention ??m??r?d t? ??rb?h?dr?t? ?r gluconeogenic (high ?r?t?in) di?t?. D?n? right, k?t?g?ni? diets ?r? ?b??lut?l? th? best di?t? for fat l??? ?nd high, ?t?bl? ?n?rg?. Overview ?f CKD? CKDs ?r? b???d ?n a period in k?t??i? f?ll?w?d b? a period ?f ??rb?h?dr?t? "l??ding". Th? th??r? b?hind CKD? i? that br??king ketosis ?v?r? five t? 10 days for one to three days of high carbohydrate intake will r??t?r? mu??l? glycogen. R??t?r? g?m performance R?build ?n? l??t mu??l? (?nd h???full? ?dd some n?w mu??l?) A? a bonus, b? l??ding in ??rb?h?dr?t?? fr?m a d??l?t?d b???, it i? ????ibl? t? super-saturate ?ur mu??l?? with glycogen. Th?t is, in lay terms, mu??l?? ?lm??t empty ?f gl???g?n (and w?t?r) ?r? so hungry f?r glucose that th?? can b? "tri?k?d" int? taking up ?? much ?? 50% m?r? gl???g?n (and w?t?r) before th?? r??li?? wh?t'? h????n?d. In thi? super-glycogenated ?t?t?, ?ur mu??l?? look ?nd f??l ??r??tu?ll? "pumped" ?nd ?w?ll?n. And ?w?lling a mu??l? cell to the limit is a powerful ?timulu? for muscle gr?wth. Problems with th? CKD While the original five-d?? keto/two-day ??rb CKD w?rk? w?ll f?r f?t l???, only a very g?n?ti??ll? gift?d f?w can g?in mu??l? on it; and ?v?n th?? would h?v? d?n? b?tt?r on ?n?th?r di?t. Th? ?r?bl?m? ?r? th?t, ?v?n u?ing glucose di?????l "?u??l?m?nt?": The zero-carb ??ri?d b?f?r? k?t??i? is r???h?d i? ?uit? catabolic It takes most di?t?r? two to three ??t?b?li? d??? t? ??hi?v? k?t??i?, leaving only two to three d??? of r??id fat loss. F?w people ??n ??hi?v? gl???g?n super-compensation in only two days ?nd with?ut ?x???? ??rb? "spilling ?v?r" int? f?t ?t?r??. Pr?t?in ??nth??i? takes time and th? f?w h?ur? of muscle cell h???r-?x??n?i?n d???n't ?uffi?i?ntl? ?x?l?it this powerful mechanism. W?uldn't it b? nice...? Whil? the ?r?bl?m? ?b?v? ??n b? partly ?ddr????d by l?ng?r cycle CKDs - say seven- to 11-d?? ketogenic with three d??? ??rb l??ding - th? ??ri?d? ?f anabolism are still too bri?f t? g?in ?ignifi??nt muscle but l?ng ?n?ugh t? g?in b??k a ?ignifi??nt ?m?unt ?f fat. W? r??ll? w?nt ??m? w?? t? ?x?l?it the fully-carb-loaded ??nditi?n f?r a few more d??? with?ut gaining fat.
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