Ketogenic diets and physical performance

Nutr Metab (Lond). 2004 Aug 17;1(1):2. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-1-2.

Abstract

Impaired physical performance is a common but not obligate result of a low carbohydrate diet. Lessons from traditional Inuit culture indicate that time for adaptation, optimized sodium and potassium nutriture, and constraint of protein to 15-25 % of daily energy expenditure allow unimpaired endurance performance despite nutritional ketosis.