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The Truth About Carb Cycling for Weight Loss
Have you heard about carb cycling to lose weight? Carb cycling is the latest fad for
weight loss. It’s a popular diet among body builders and some fitness experts.
However, this diet is not a perfect fit for everyone.
Before you jump on this trend, consider the details:
1. What is carb cycling?Carb cycling forces you to alternate between low and high
carbohydrate days during each week. Although there are several variations,
some of the most popular ones are to eat low carbs five days a week and high
carbs two days a week.
During carb cycling, you may have one day as a reward. Many people
choose Sunday as their reward day and eat whatever they want.
The key is space out your high carb days, so they don’t occur two days in
a row.For example, you can have a low carb day on Monday and a high
carb day on Tuesday. Wednesday would be a low carb day, and so on.
2. Eat complex carbohydrates.Carb cycling is not about eating junk food to get
more carbohydrates. This diet requires eating complex and healthy
carbohydrates.
You can eat brown rice, quinoa, and oats to get more carbs. Avoid foods
like white bread and donuts.
Complex carbohydrates take longer to digest, so you have fewer blood
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