Traditional carbohydrate loading is the process of:

a. eating as much carbohydrate as possible on a daily basis to "load" your muscle stores.
b. eating low-carbohydrate foods for the first 3 days of the week, while continuing to exercise, and then consuming a high-carbohydrate diet the 3 days prior to competition while exercising minimally.
c. eating a ratio of 40% carbohydrate, 30% fat, and 30% protein in order to shift to a "fat burning" metabolism.
d. All of the above
e. a and c only


b

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