Study

If you're doing any form of exercise on a low carb diet, you're basically cortisol-maxxing.

By OxidativeState · · 1 min read

PubMed: A 2 Week Cross-over Intervention with a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat Diet Compared to a High Carbohydrate Diet Attenuates Exercise-Induced Cortisol Response, but Not the Reduction of Exercise Capacity, in Recreational Athletes

If you're doing any form of exercise on a low carb diet, you're basically cortisol-maxxing.
low carb-black lines.
high carb-gray lines.

14 male athletes enrolled in this study.
Cortisol, cortisol levels and FFA were higher in the low carb group.

Also FFA were drastically higher on the low carb diet, which is a common sign in aging, diabetics and cancer patients.

The study

  1. A 2 Week Cross-over Intervention with a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat Diet Compared to a High Carbohydrate Diet Attenuates Exercise-Induced Cortisol Response, but Not the Reduction of Exercise Capacity, in Recreational AthletesNutrients · 2021 · PMID 33418951
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