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The Best Diet for Athletic Performance

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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The Effect of Alkalizing Diets on Athletic Performance

A sufficiently alkaline diet is characterized by the production of alkaline urine. sodium bicarbonate have been shown to Consistently improve performance Alkalizing diets do not demonstrate the same effect or if you have 10 studies that investigated the effect of high versus low dietary acid loads on athletic performance did not find consistently improved exercise performance at maximal or sub-maximal exercise intensities However, maybe they just didn't go alkaline enough in this study. They were able to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat cheese cereals and eggs But saw no difference in any performance related parameters.

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