Fat Adaptation for Athletes

[Jeffrey Yoder]

Hello, here is my question. Let's take a CrossFit athlete or a UFC fighter. Is there a benefit for the athlete to become fat adapted for performance purposes?

[Jance Footit]

This would be a great question for John Connor, can you please repost this in the cutting weight section? I know it may not seem to fit, but he does handle their diets as well and he only checks that one segment. Thanks!

[Jeffrey Yoder]

Will do thanks!

[Adrienne Smith]

Simple answer, No.
Now, if the athlete has insulin issues, is severely over weight, or major hormone imbalances then this may be a good option to try. It may be even just simply doing very low carbs ratio for a short time and not completely make him "fat adapted".

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