Doug Egge

That's why they can be so hard to treat.

So carbohydrates are beneficial.

for many different reasons.

Athletic performance, this is a fact.

I really hate it when people try to make the case that if you go on a no-carb diet, you'll have the same athletic performance as if you had carbohydrates.

It's so proven to not be true.

Athletic performance is better with carbohydrates.

You have more power, more explosive power, and more strength.

Now, long, steady state kind of stamina, like if you're going to go on a really slow run for a long, long, long distance or a long walk for a long, long distance –

we don't necessarily see a difference.

But if you want strength or speed or power or the kind of endurance that requires strenuous energy.

Right.

When it comes to building muscle, they help.

They just help.

Oh, so many podcasts.

There's always an example of somebody who is the— You can still build muscle on it, but you typically would build more and more effectively with some carbohydrates in your diet.

Right, and what we also see with no-carbohydrate diets is they can affect hormones negatively.

So we see this in people in prolonged no-carbohydrate diets.

Women tend to be more sensitive to this than men, but both of them.

Now, that being said, because carbohydrates are not essential—