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A Beginner’s Guide to Carb Cycling + 30 days of Recipes

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The ketogenic diet has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years, and for good reason. It can help you lose weight, improve your overall health, and more! The only downside is that it can be difficult to follow if you don't know what to eat or how much. Carb cycling is an easier way to achieve the benefits of the keto diet without all of the work involved. This post will give you everything you need to know about carb cycling so that you too can start living a healthier life today!

 

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What is the Carb Cycling Diet??

The carb cycling diet is a low-carb, high-fat weight loss strategy that combines periods of strict keto with scheduled breaks from the diet to maintain your sanity. Carbohydrate intake on these days should be kept below 50 grams for women and 100 grams for men. The goal here isn't necessarily fat or calorie restriction but more about maintaining muscle mass while getting enough carbs to boost performance in the gym and power through intermittent fasting without malaise.

It's also worth noting that this type of eating pattern can help protect against many chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), and others because it helps balance insulin levels by providing regular carbohydrate refeeds every few weeks when you are restricting carbohydrates most of the time.

 

How is carb cycling different than the keto diet?

The main difference between carb cycling and a strict ketogenic diet is that you get more carbs when you are not following the ketogenic diet. This means for those who have been on the low-carb, high-fat plan for an extended period of time but found it difficult to sustain without a break from carbohydrate intake once in awhile or want to perform better at sports they will be able to take advantage of this strategy by getting even just 50 grams per day during the less restrictive periods.

Additionally, your body also gets some protection against many chronic illnesses including diabetes (which can develop as a side effect of long-term ketosis), cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), etc. This happens because carb cycling provides regular carbohydrate refeeds every few weeks when you are restricting carbs most of the time so your body has a chance to rest and recover from all that hard work keeping up with ketogenic dieting.

What is the downside of carb cycling?

The only real significant downside could be if someone ate too many carbohydrates on their "off" days, which would negate any health benefits they gained during those times. The goal isn't necessarily fat or calorie restriction but about maintaining muscle mass while getting enough carbs to boost performance in the gym and power through intermittent fasting without malaise.

It also helps protect against many chronic illnesses such as diabetes (which can develop as a side effect of long term ketosis), cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), because it balances insulin levels by providing regular carbohydrate refeeds every few weeks when you are restricting carbs most of the time.

What are the benefits of carb cycling?

Carb cycling can help boost performance in the gym, power through intermittent fasting without malaise, maintain muscle mass while getting enough carbohydrates to improve your overall health including diabetes as a side effect from long-term ketosis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), etc. It also helps protect against chronic illnesses such as these due to the fact that it balances insulin levels by providing regular carbohydrate refeeds every few weeks when you are restricting carbs most of the time.

The only real significant downside could be if someone ate too many carbohydrates on their "off" days, which would negate any health benefits they gained during those times. The goal isn't necessarily fat or calorie restriction but about maintaining muscle mass while getting enough carbs to boost performance in the gym and power through intermittent fasting without malaise.

It also helps protect against many chronic illnesses such as diabetes (which can develop as a side effect of long term ketosis), cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), because it balances insulin levels by providing regular carbohydrate refeeds every few weeks when you are restricting carbs most of the time.

Tips for Carb Cycling

 

-Eat a low carbohydrate diet on most days of the week and enjoy your favorite carbs for one meal per day.

-The best time to eat these carbohydrates is post-workout or as an evening snack, it will help restore muscle glycogen levels so you can start off with a better baseline in the morning without crashing later on from not having enough energy.

-Eating carbohydrates at night before bed may also improve sleep quality because they stimulate serotonin production which causes melatonin release that helps regulate our biological clock according to seasons.

-eat more vegetables than fruit - especially when following ketogenic diets where insulin inhibiting foods are typically recommended (i.e., avocados). The high sugar content in fruits can cause a spike and then crash, which might not be ideal for long-term weight maintenance. If you plan to continue with carb cycling after reaching your desired goal weight, lower the number of carbs eaten on off days until it's easier to maintain your new body composition without added sugars or other carbohydrates that increase cravings and blood glucose levels.

How long should I carb cycle?

If you're looking to lose weight, carb cycling could be used until reaching your desired goal weight. If maintaining weight is important, it would be recommended to continue with carb cycling until long-term weight maintenance is reached.

30 Days of Carb Cycling Meal Plan

 

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Carb cycling is a great way to lose weight, improve your energy levels, and enjoy delicious food that you’ve never tried before. We hope this guide has helped inspire some new flavors for your mouth! If it did, we’d love to hear about the dishes you loved most in the comments below so others can find them too. Whether you were looking for breakfast recipes or dinner ideas - anything from smoothies to desserts - there should be something here that suits your tastes. Now go carb cycle like a pro!

 

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