Fw: [pct-l] Hyponatremia

[akamp at qwest.net (Dave)]

When I can talk with more time I will explain it but your right on has a 
diabetic we get taught this stuff because we need low carbs but to low 
of carbs you burn ketons which are bad that is the bad side of atkins 
diet is burning ketons

Wayne Kraft wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Kraft" <waynekraft@verizon.net>
> To: "Gary Wright" <at2002@mac.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hyponatremia
>
>
>> Gary, I was using the term "extreme carb depletion" (which I made up) 
>> interchangably with bonk, which is a term of art.  I'm not sure low 
>> blood sugar is the same thing, although it may be related.  As I 
>> understand it, some people have problems with low blood sugar even 
>> when they don't excercise.  The way it was explained to me is that 
>> when you are running slowly at marathon speed or walking, your body 
>> is using mostly fat for fuel. Burning fat is good because it doesn't 
>> produce lactic acid, a byproduct of the carohydrate burn, that 
>> eventually ties up your muscles and brings you to a halt.  However, 
>> your body can't run on just fat.  You still need to burn some carbs 
>> to keep the fat metabolism going. Like a pilot light in the furnace.  
>> Everybody, even the skinniest guy, has plenty of fat to run a 
>> marathon, but everybody, even a chubby fellow like me, can run out of 
>> the carb energy needed to keep the fat burning.  When that happens 
>> you bonk.  If you run too fast, lactic acid build up will get you 
>> before you bonk.  In fact, that can tie you up in a really short 
>> race. I've never been accused of running too fast in a marathon and 
>> I'm always ready to chow down, but there are limits to what your body 
>> can do for you. For one thing, it isn't too hard for a runner to burn 
>> more carbohydrate energy than the runner can eat and digest.  This is 
>> especially true for people who puke when they run hard.
>>
>> How this relates to hiking the PTC is an entirely different matter.  
>> After a few hours marathoners go home and eat and rest up and don't 
>> do another marathon for a month or a year or ever again.  You 
>> thru-hikers get up each morning and do it again and usually you don't 
>> eat enough to totally replenish the calories you've burned.  You 
>> could run out of fat doing that, although the body starts burning 
>> muscle for fuel before all the fat is gone. But in the short term, 
>> day-to-day, it shouldn't be too hard to avoid bonking if you stop for 
>> meals and eat snacks.
>>
>> Wayne Kraft
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wright" <at2002@mac.com>
>> To: "Wayne Kraft" <waynekraft@verizon.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hyponatremia
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2005, at 9:22 AM, Wayne Kraft wrote:
>>>
>>>> This was quite sudden and obvious.  I began to experience tunnel 
>>>> vision and poor balance and was reduced to a  walk. I gobbled a gel 
>>>> pack and was back to a jog in about 10 minutes and was able to 
>>>> finish the race. A cheeseburger, fries, microbrew and nap returned 
>>>> me to normal within a few hours.  This was clearly an example of 
>>>> extreme carb depletion, not hyponatremia.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, is it correct to say that "bonking", "extreme carb depletion", and
>>> "low blood sugar" are the same phenomena?
>>>
>>
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