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anon291yesterday at 8:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

Being active is great but fat is still dangerous. Let's not lie to ourselves.

> decided that I wanted to err on the side of overeating

The reason you bonk is because you've run out of sugar in your muscles not fat


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01100011today at 12:36 AM

I figured that the way I adapted out of bonking was that my liver stored more glycogen. It's just a wild guess though.

kccqzyyesterday at 11:34 PM

True, but sugar can be converted to fat in the body. If you eat too much sugar before/during a ride, the extra sugar becomes fat.

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