Of course, quality carbohydrates, complex carbs, are an essential part of a balanced diet — even if you go low carb you still have to balance your diet with vegetables and
fibrous carbs for energy.
Not exact matches
However, that's just
for after working out — the rest of the time aim
for slow digesting
carbs such as fruits, oatmeal, sweet potatoes,
fibrous veggies and whole - grain products.
Humans can not digest the
fibrous portion of carbohydrates (anything that is not a protein or a fat is a
carb: fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes,
for example), so our gut bacteria do it
for us.
I would be aiming
for an intake of say 75 g — 100g a day from only natural
fibrous carbs.
Regardless of if you follow a ketogenic diet and
carb cycling
for fat loss, it's always good to try to include as many
fibrous vegetables as you can.
As
for the rest of the day, limit
carbs to
fibrous vegetables.
I've noticed simple things like avoiding the bread, not nibbling on the appetizer or taking just one or two bites, skipping the deserts and sticking to the lower
carb thing (like your meat combined with veggies or instead of adding a biscuit and gravy
for breakfast, going
for the oatmeal and loading up on
fibrous fruits) makes a difference.
Concentrate on getting your
carbs in the form of high
fibrous veggies, and what, in the paleo sphere is known as, «safe starches»: white rice and white rice noodles, white and sweet potatoes / yams, plantains, taro, sago, tapioca and their components
for baking: white rice flour, buckwheat flour, tapioca / potato / arrowroot starches.