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Your body can rebuild its sugar stores even without eating carbs, as long as you wait a full day.
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Low-Carbohydrate-High-Fat Diet: Can it Help Exercise Performance?
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2017 FebEven without eating lots of carbs, the body can still rebuild its energy stores (glycogen) by turning other things like fat and protein into sugar—this study shows athletes on low-carb diets keep their energy levels just as high as those on high-carb diets.
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The study found that on a low-carb diet, muscles rebuilt their energy stores much slower than on a high-carb diet, and didn’t fully recover by 24 hours — which contradicts the claim that low-carb diets can quickly rebuild muscle energy using other sources like protein and fat.