If you start smelling ammonia, eat something. This means you are burning muscle instead of fat.
This is usually an issue at the end of a long endurance race.
Discussion
Like just randomly smelling ammonia??
Yes
What does it even smell like 😂
Smells kind of like urine.
I think if you have fat to burn, your body will burn that instead of muscle when carbohydrates are low. This is really only an issue with long intense cardio workouts
I think when cortisol is elevated, the body prioritizes fat for survival and will eat muscles. It’s really complex lol