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    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What does this mean: Carbohydrates Are Not Optional?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "In everyday life, carbohydrates are often framed as optional, something to moderate, swap out, or earn. In sport, that framing collapses."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "When You Eat Carbohydrates Matters as Much as How Much You Eat?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Most athletes who think they're eating enough carbohydrates are eating them at the wrong time. A large pasta dinner the night before a session doesn't compensate for arriving at training with depleted glycogen."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What does this mean: Generic Carbohydrate Guidelines Actively Mislead Most Athletes?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "The other persistent mistake is treating carbohydrate requirements as fixed. They aren't."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "What does this mean: Diet Culture's Carbohydrate Myths Have a Measurable Cost in Sport?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "The cultural baggage around carbohydrates, the idea that they cause weight gain, that they're somehow less clean than other macronutrients, that elite athletes are quietly avoiding them, has real consequences. Athletes under-fuel."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How can I put this into practice for better carbohydrates sport performance?",
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "Treat fuelling as part of your preparation, not an afterthought. The science only helps when it is applied consistently: plan around your training and competition, fuel before you feel you need to, and review what works for you over time. Science in Sport products are designed to make evidence-based fuelling simple to get right, so you arrive prepared and perform with confidence."
      }
    }
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