GRReat information hv (: A couple of curiosity questions about this though,
"There is not a simple answer to this since the body uses so many fuel sources. Initially the body will burn glycogen. Then it moves to glucose."
The coca cola/caffeine trick burns all the glycogen and glucose right?
No, it spares the glycogen and shifts the body in to using its fats for its primary fuel source.
"If these are all used up the body starts to burn fat, and if all this is used up muscle is next."
Does this mean the body uses the fat that's already stored on your body (such as belly fat) or fat you've ingested recently only, like from safflower oils or foods, or fat in certain cells or something?
Both. The body will use dietary fats first then stored fats.
Do you need a clean liver to process the fats for energy purposes more efficiently or would it not make a difference (just curious I still want a clean liver anyhow lol)
If burning the fats though exercise it is not going to make a difference.
On the other hand the body of major athletes can actually move right past glycogen/glucose and start burning fats as its primary fuel source. Or another race's trick to make sure this happens is to take Coca Cola and dilute it down to a 2-4% sugar solution. Undiluted is around 10% sugar. It has to be diluted down so that the high sugar content does not delay gastric emptying, which in a race could lead to hypoglycemia.
So wouldn't it make more since to ingest a caffiene source without sugar at all? Or is sugar part of the trick?
Some people will use the caffeine alone. When I used to race, and long before I got in to herbs I was in a triathlon and they were passing out a performance enhancer called "guarana". This has two and a half times the caffeine as an equal amount of coffee. I tried it before the race though expecting there to be defizzed Coke on the course at the aid stations. Well the Coke was at the aid stations but they were not passing it out. My blood sugar dropped so low that I barely made it across the finish line and they ended up calling the paramedics on me. After some sugary electrolyte drink and some ice cream I was good to go again. So I tried the guarana one more time on a non-race day. Again my blood sugar bottomed out. I have not touched the crap since. Keep in mind though that endurance racers do not have a lot of body fat. I am 6' 2" tall and when I raced I only weighed 150 pounds. So I did not exactly have a lot of fat for energy. So the little bit of sugar in diluted Coke helps to provide some extra energy. If you are not endurance racing though, and maybe just lifting weights or something then the caffeine alone should work. But remember that too much caffeine can have an opposite effect. So small doses.
Anyway this helps to provide glucose for muscles, but more importantly the small amount of caffeine switches the body's primary fuel source to fats. To give you and idea my record for my 8 mil course was 59 minutes. I had a Coke and cinnamon roll and ran the same course in 47:45. I also tried it with just the sugar on the one mile course, which I ran consistently in 5:20. I drank an orange soda and waited until I felt it kicking in and ran the same course in 4:10. The trick is all in the timing though. If you do this too early you can experience a crash before the race starts.
I'm confused I thought sugar was a sedative (so why the cinnamon roll)
Generally if sugar is taken in the absence of protein it will stimulate the release of serotonin, which is calming. And the sugar can spike leading to an insulin rush that can lead to rebound hypoglycemia. But I had read that exercise suppresses insulin. So I ate the roll and drank the Coke to shoot up my blood sugar then at the peak took off to suppress the insulin release so that the glucose levels would not drop suddenly and drastically.
I also feel that what is best for the long run will also depend on the event. What works best for a short endurance race, such as the 100 yard dash will be different than what is best for a marathon. For longer endurance events I would start with the oil before the race, but rely more on a dilute carbohydrate-electrolyte drink for the long run."
Will the oil itself cause a crash if ingested too early,
No, but if you do not get accustomed to the larger doses it can cause diarrhea. So you have to build up to the levels slowly.
I was asking this primarily for my work as it's construction and I sometimes work 10+ hours with only 30 min lunch, and my entire body's energy levels give out before my muscles actually become sore or tired, it feels like I'm being forced to move slower because there's no energy there. So I guess the main question is should I ingest safflower oil in small parts all day long or just while I'm working, as I don't want to blow up like a whale from eating a lot of fat (or is that a myth?)
Oil does have a lot of calories. But again it will depend a lot on how efficiently the body is using fat as a fuel source.
Also what's the best fuel source for the brain, fat oils too?
Fats such as lecithin, EPA and DHA are great for brain structure/function, but glucose is the primary brain fuel. Glutamine can be used by the brain as a substitute for glucose.
Like if I was going to take a test, would safflower oil be a better breakfast addition than eggs and biscuits haha. I already know to use periwinkle and stuff.
I would go with the glutamine in addition to the periwinkle.
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