Marathon Brain

Didn’t carbo-load before the race? Try some brains instead! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Marathon runners rely on carbohydrates, like pasta, for energy. When that runs out, fat is next! Now guess what’s sixty percent fat? Your brain! That’s due to the fatty myelin

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Extreme Endurance

Baby, we were born to run! But just how far? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Could YOU run a marathon every day – for twenty weeks? A dozen athletes did just that! They competed in the Race Across the USA. Is there no limit

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