Carbo Cycling

[Priam]

Does anyone have any views on carbo cycling i.e. high carb days, moderate carb days and low carb days?

 

[Lamont D]

Hi, I did think you would ask this sort of questions, when I read your first post.

Of course the answer could be ambiguous, because the idea behind getting your blood glucose levels down is to low carb.
Now, that means different things to different people.
To me, the lower the better to stay in ketosis. Which means under 20gms per day.
As a newbie, if my body could still tolerate carbs, my recommendation is to slowly reduce your carbs each day till you're happy that you are getting your blood glucose levels in or normal range.
I believe that you are used to having high carbs because of the exercise and how you've trained in the past.
Once you have started to reduce your carbs your body will not need the amount of carbs that has fed you to do your sport.
In reality there are many instances of endurance and distance athletes that use anything other than carbs to get there energy from.
I don't need carbs to work and get my energy, I am sixty and have a manual job, which requires a lot of walking and being busy all day, if it wasn't for my knees, I would be happy to do some jogging, but I do a lot of walking, which is just as beneficial as jogging.
I think you need to educate yourself a little more about the damage carb overloading has done to a lot of athletes and how to really get good blood glucose levels without carbs and still do a lot of exercise.

 

[Priam]

Hi, I did think you would ask this sort of questions, when I read your first post.

Of course the answer could be ambiguous, because the idea behind getting your blood glucose levels down is to low carb.
Now, that means different things to different people.
To me, the lower the better to stay in ketosis. Which means under 20gms per day.
As a newbie, if my body could still tolerate carbs, my recommendation is to slowly reduce your carbs each day till you're happy that you are getting your blood glucose levels in or normal range.
I believe that you are used to having high carbs because of the exercise and how you've trained in the past.
Once you have started to reduce your carbs your body will not need the amount of carbs that has fed you to do your sport.
In reality there are many instances of endurance and distance athletes that use anything other than carbs to get there energy from.
I don't need carbs to work and get my energy, I am sixty and have a manual job, which requires a lot of walking and being busy all day, if it wasn't for my knees, I would be happy to do some jogging, but I do a lot of walking, which is just as beneficial as jogging.
I think you need to educate yourself a little more about the damage carb overloading has done to a lot of athletes and how to really get good blood glucose levels without carbs and still do a lot of exercise.

Many thanks - this is useful information.

 

[ljules93]

I am personally a low carb fanatic. Although I have only recently begun law carbing( not word I know) I have seen how eating low carb meal can drastically improve your levels. Of course low carb mean a different for everybody; for me that is about 30-45 carb meal with 60 being my absolute maximum.
I have recently begun a blog http://www.mytype2diabetesmanagement.com/ where I will be posting about my diagnosis of being type 2 diabetic, my experiences and how I have managed my glucose levels. I will post things I've done that were successful and I'll also post my failures. Visit my site, it's in the infancy stage but we can learn from each other.

 

[Priam]

I am personally a low carb fanatic. Although I have only recently begun law carbing( not word I know) I have seen how eating low carb meal can drastically improve your levels. Of course low carb mean a different for everybody; for me that is about 30-45 carb meal with 60 being my absolute maximum.
I have recently begun a blog http://www.mytype2diabetesmanagement.com/ where I will be posting about my diagnosis of being type 2 diabetic, my experiences and how I have managed my glucose levels. I will post things I've done that were successful and I'll also post my failures. Visit my site, it's in the infancy stage but we can learn from each other.

Sorry for the delay in replying. But thanks for your info and the website details, which I will have a look at.