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Tobi­as Mül­ler invi­tes us to the table. What’s on the menu isn’t a lavish feast, but a hea­ted deba­te. Is the cur­rent “high-carb” trend in endu­rance sports a cur­se or a bles­sing? Jan van Ber­kel, a for­mer pro­fes­sio­nal tri­ath­le­te, is cri­ti­cal of a trend that has long sin­ce taken hold in eli­te sports. As a staunch low-carb advo­ca­te and coach, he doesn’t trust the sugar wave. Yours tru­ly takes a slight­ly more nuan­ced view. At the hig­hest level — whe­ther in cycling, tri­ath­lon, cross-coun­try ski­ing, or run­ning — gene­rous amounts of carbs lead to bet­ter per­for­mance. Read the full text in the PDF: 

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Dani Hof­stet­ter –
Per­for­mance Nutrition
Mas­ter of Food Sci­ence ETH,
Nut­ri­tio­nist and Long distance tri­ath­lon world champion