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Should we go gluten-free? Will that give me the energy I want?

Last week, there was yet another article  in the WaPo Health section about the benefits of going gluten-free. Sports Illustrated had an article about gluten-free athletes  a couple of years ago, touting the benefits of freeing up your body's metabolism from the breakdown of gluten in the intestine to more athletic performance work (reallocating scarce resources in the body makes sense right?). I shoulda eaten more carbs... To be fair, nobody is advocating carb-free diets for athletic performance. In "Endurance Sports Nutrition", Dr. Eberle points out that the science is pretty straight forward on this: you need carbs to perform and keep you going for the long haul until the body can access glycogen stores, but carbohydrates are the main thing that will keep you in the long races. You can read more about this  from the publisher's website What we are discussing is whether gluten, being a difficult protein to break down, can slow you down just a little. In

Fitness News From Around the Web

Have you used a FitBit to track your activity during the week? They've released their third model called Force to compliment the Flex model. It tracks steps, distance, calories, and amount of sleep!      For those of you using Android devices, Google Now has a card to track your walking and biking mileage. Make sure to give it permission to track you! The Google Now Card    First diet, then exercise, and now attitude ! A Washington Post article discusses how health professionals want to end the big diet debate by focusing on taking small steps in the right direction for long term, not just short term gains.   Having a tough time finding healthy places to eat out? Not a problem anymore! Someone built a website to make it easier to find those places.