What if you didn’t eat the potatoes after a hard workout? What if you abstained from carbs entirely after a glycogen-depleting workout? What if you just went to bed without any (carbs in your) supper? What if you were an elite athlete and skipped the carbs?That’s exactly what a team of French researchers had a group of highly trained male triathletes do, according to a study released a couple months back.They were exploring the effects of a “sleep-low” eating regimen on the type of performance indices relevant to endurance athletes.

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)