Have just read the link from Breathe - 'high carb days' are still only 50g carbs a day so still low carb isn't it?! I'm currently on c30g a day...
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hi, they aren't 50 g a day on that link. they are 50 g
per meal for the first 4 meals of the day. he eats six meals, and each of those first 4 he has 50 g of carbs in the form of oats. he is also a hard core body builder.
Of course, no idea if that link is similar to your book.
I agree, if you are plateauing, then shaking things up a bit would be a good idea.
But why not do something that won't mess your bg up at the same time.
How about a 'meat only' day like on the Dukan?
Or a higer fat day?
or a no fat day?
- remember, if you are keto adjusted, it is going to take days to get your body back to dealing with carbs, so for those first few days, watch your BG like a hawk. It will go high, and take a long time to go back down again - unless you introduce very small amounts of carb and build back up gradually. Personally, I wouldn't risk the high BG you will get. It'll take days to adjust. So changing carb levels every day is going to strain/shock/stimulate. Not sure if that is a good thing.
I'm currently doing 20g ish a day, using Diane Cress' Diabetic Miracle thing (see Amazon), and in it she is very VERY specific. She says that eating very low carb is a rest for the pancreas and liver - which is a good thing. But it takes a min of 8 weeks eating no more than 5 g complex carbs/meal to get the max benefits. Once those 8 weeks are over, you get to increase your carbs VERY GENTLY, to 11-20g of carbs/meal for a while. this is to let your liver and pancreas adjust to the increase. Because if you were to suddenly shove full portions of carbs down, it would undo all the lovely rest, and put a massive strain on the pancreas and liver. Then, when you are ready, you increase your carbs again to a higher level. The rest, and gentle rise is intended to avoid sudden peaks and troughs, and reduce strain on the body.
You may not be interested in following Cress' methods, but the whole 'be gentle with your body, and don't strain your insulin/glucose balancing capacity' makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Especially since this is a looooong, lifetime game.
Decisions you make now could well affect how resilient your organs are in 10 or 20 years.
I certainly know that decisions I made when younger are coming back to haunt me now.