Carb Cycling.....What isit???

krystlelee12
krystlelee12 Posts: 19 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Question is in the title really......what the heck is carb cycling?! How do i do it?! And what are the benfits??

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    krystlelee12 wrote: »
    Question is in the title really......what the heck is carb cycling?! How do i do it?! And what are the benfits??

    eating less carbs on some days and more on others. http://carbnite.com/ for example.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Yes - keep below 100 grams/day most days, then once a week bump up to 150-200. :)
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    As Yarwell said: It's eating different amounts of carbs on different days.

    People will commonly have a higher carb day on a day that they exercise (often with the carbs being consumed around the work out) and eat lower number of carbs on their rest days. In these instances people often say that they feel that they have more energy for the work out than otherwise.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    It's for elite athletes really to maximise performance

    not so much a dieting tool IMO - there are far simpler ways

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